A one-eyed cat was found under a car bonnet in Fife more than 150 miles from home.
Tabby cat Josie had gone missing from her home in Gateshead, near Newcastle, 10 days earlier before she was found under the smoking bonnet of garage worker Conor Crawford's car.
Conor had driven to work at the Mazda garage in Kirkcaldy on Saturday, October 1, when he noticed a burning smell coming from the car. When he opened his bonnet to check the engine, the petrified moggy leaped out.
Partner Deni, 26, who works as an animal care assistant at St Clair Vet Group, spent an hour asking neighbours if Josie belonged to any of them before taking her to be scanned for a microchip.
The feline 's chip showed she was registered in England, prompting an urgent search for her owner.
Deni told the Record: "I woke up to a text from Connor saying what had happened and that Josie had ran away. He tried to look for her but he needed to go to work.
"I found Josie very quickly. She must have been terrified because she tried to bite me. I I took her straight to my work."
"We scanned her microchip and the database said the owners were in England so we thought maybe they had moved to Fife.
"We couldn't believe it when we realised she had travelled all the way to Scotland. We're guessing she must have got stuck in a car or van and ended up here.
"She's definitely got nine lives."
Owner Amy Bosworth said she burst into tears when she got the call to say Josie had been found. The cat had belonged to Amy's late parents who died five years ago.
Josie had undergone surgery to have her eye removed four weeks before and Amy has no idea how the elderly pet made it to Scotland.
"She only had surgery to have the eye removed about four weeks ago as they thought it might be cancerous," Amy said. "She managed to escape out the cat flap. The last time I saw her was on September 22.
"I've been out twice a day searching for her and thought that was the last time I'd seen her so I was devastated."
A delighted Amy made the six-hour round trip to collect Josie, who has lost weight and suffered a burn to her tail but made it through her travels unscathed.
Amy added: "She must have more than nine lives. For to survive that trip at her age and after surgery is a miracle. Who knows how she got to Fife.
"I guess she wanted an adventure in her old age!"
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