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Woman Lets Cat Out Of The ... Couch?

Buyer Of Used Couch Finds Cat Inside
POSTED: 1:29 pm CDT March 13, 2009

SPOKANE, Wash. -- For $27, a Washington state woman got a used couch and a mystery -- a strange mewing sound coming from inside the sofa.

After days of searching for the source, Vickie Mendenhall's boyfriend discovered a very hungry calico cat living inside the couch Tuesday night. It had been there for nearly three weeks, apparently crawling in through a small hole on the underside.

The Spokesman-Review in Spokane reported that Mendenhall took the cat to the animal shelter where she works so it could recover.

She also contacted Value Village, where she bought the couch, but the store had no information on who donated it.

Next, she contacted media outlets in hopes of finding the owner. That tactic worked: An acquaintance alerted Bob Killion about a TV story about the cat, and he was able to reclaim Callie.