Sam Sam the Kittycat Man ran away. Thanks to a microchip, he was found close by — 11 years later

After Sam Sam the Kittycat Man disappeared 11 years in the past, Jennifer Ravenel couldn’t maintain one other cat in her lap. Her coronary heart by no means might overcome the lack of that feral kitten she had rescued from the criminal of a tree on her South Carolina farm.

However Sam is now again in Ravenel’s lap, because of her resolution to have a microchip put in him.

Charleston County Animal Management discovered Sam this month, skinny and feeding off scraps from a feral colony lower than a mile from Ravenel’s dwelling. His microchip was scanned, and Ravenel bought a virtually unbelievable cellphone name.

“I actually although y’all have been enjoying a prank on me, as a result of it couldn’t be doable. However it is a miracle in itself,” Ravenel informed employees on the Charleston Animal Society.

They guided Ravenel to a room the place Sam was in a cage. She cried as quickly as she noticed him.

“Sam, Sam the Kittycat Man! I’m missed you a lot! 11 years!” she mentioned.

As soon as everybody was certain Sam was OK, Ravenel bought to carry her lap kitty once more. She squeezed him, telling him that he was her boy and remarking how skinny he was.

“I haven’t held a cat since he left — 11 years — as a result of it broke my coronary heart. To really feel his little heartbeat in there, oh, gosh, it’s the craziest factor that has ever occurred to me,” Ravenel mentioned in a video offered by the Animal Society.

Sam weighed in all probability 15 kilos (6.8 kilograms) when he disappeared and half that when he was discovered, mentioned Kay Hyman, a spokesperson for the Animal Society.

Ravenel initially discovered Sam in a feral colony after listening to quiet meows from a criminal in a tree. He sat in her lap and adopted her across the farm.

However in the future a canine got here alongside and spooked Sam, and she or he couldn’t discover him.

“I searched and searched the woods. I requested everyone that lived round us, and no one noticed him. However he’s a survivor,” Ravenel informed society employees as she petted her now-old good friend.

The reunion would have been not possible with out the microchip implanted just below Sam’s pores and skin. The Animal Society mentioned it exhibits how necessary it’s to have that form of everlasting identification for pets.

Ravenel informed the shelter that Sam is spending most of his time on the foot of her mattress and doesn’t need to return exterior.