Missing Cat Found 7 Years Later And 1,500 Miles Away Thanks To Microchips

November 13, 2022

When Denise Cilley was planning her daughter’s 10th birthday party seven years ago, their cherished cat escaped.

They looked in every direction for Ashes. They worried that the worst had happened because they lived in a remote part of Maine where there were plenty of predators.

Finally, after weeks of searching, the Cilley family grieved… then February 2022 rolled around seven years later.

During those seven years, Ashes had somehow made her way from her home in Maine to Longwood, Florida – that’s a 1,500 mile distance!

“I had a voicemail from a shelter in Florida that said they found my cat, and I was like, that’s weird,” Denise said. “And I was gonna call them and say, ‘Oh, you have the wrong number,’ but they called and said, ‘We found your cat.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, I live in Maine and I’m not missing a cat.’”

Flabbergasted, Denise eventually found o