Caylee Gilson realized that it was time to say goodbye to her large sectional when she moved to her new apartment, and so she put it up on sale on her local Facebook Marketplace. On the social media site, however, she saw a smaller grey couch, and she fell in love with it, and so she bought it. Upon bringing the old-new couch to her home, however, Gilson and her boyfriend did not realize that they brought something else with them.
Gilson knew the springs on the bottom of the sofa were exposed but didn't think anything of it. "[The seller had] already told me there was no liner under the couch because her Boston terrier liked to rub on the underside of the couch,” Gilson told The Dodo. “We packed all of it up in the truck and thank goodness we didn’t have to take a highway to get home. But it was about a 30-minute drive.”
The next day, Gilson worked from home and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. But that night, as she was preparing dinner, her young son called to her from the living room. “The next thing I know my son says, ‘Mama, there’s a cat in here,’” Gilson said. “I didn’t think anything of it because he is always talking about this imaginary cat named Ender Dragon.”
As you may have guessed, Gilson’s son really was not making stuff up; there was a real cat in their house.
Gilson couldn’t figure out where the mysterious cat had come from since all her doors and windows were closed. “I started thinking, ‘The only thing I’ve changed is the couch. Maybe the cat came in with the couch,’” Gilson said.
Sure enough, a quick text to the couch’s former owner revealed that the cat had caught a ride to Gilson’s house via his favorite sofa.
The couch’s previous owner, who was also the cat’s mom, rushed over to Gilson’s house to retrieve the cat, which apparently was hiding inside the couch’s arm as Gilson brought it home.
What an adventure for the cat.
(Image Credit: Caylee Gilson/ The Dodo)