"Dead" kitty shows up five days after being buried

[Contrary1]

"Cats, they say, have nine lives. This one, however, almost ran out of his ninth – and is on its way to live its 10th, in all likelihood. Say hello to Bart, the miracle cat from Florida. In fact, you should not be saying hello to him in the first place because he was supposed to be dead.

That’s right, Bart was dead – and was buried by his owner last week after he was hit by a car, reports ABC 7 News. Like most pet owners, the owner was mourning the loss of his beloved pet when on the fifth day after his “death,” the owner, to his shock, found his cat standing outside his front door! The owner’s neighbor was with Bart and told the owner that he found the cat wandering on his lawn. Bart had cheated death in probably the most incredible manner. He walked out alive out of his own grave!

It is now thought that Bart was not dead, but simply knocked unconscious after he had an accident with a car. When he regained consciousness, he found himself buried underground. Now, the bad-ass animal that he is, he simply clawed out of his own grave and walked away to freedom..."

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1793638/bart-miracle-cat/#tIKRhdRdkbBAQqIG.99

**Warning** The 2nd pic of Bart toward the bottom of the page is brutal.

[msanthrope]

1. Pet Sematary. nt

[11 Bravo]

16. First thing I thought of. If that kitty is walking stiff-legged ...

I hope the owners sleep with a locked bedroom door.

[FLPanhandle]

18. My first thought too.

Would have freaked me out.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. Yes, my first thought, too.

Scary zombie cat. Can the apocalypse be far behind?

[pa28]

2. Most horrifying things seem to happen in Florida.

Good to know.

[irisblue]

3. tough kitty

[Rex]

4. Shit, I see why the owner thought the cat was dead.

BUT I am glad to see that he is alive and the cat can get medical attention. Poor cat and owner.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. http://www.joblo.com/posters/images/full/1989-pet-sematary-poster1.jpg

[newfie11]

6. Reminds me of that old song, The Cat Came Back. Nt

[NuclearDem]

7. HhhhUuUummMaAanNNnn bbBbBrRrrRaaAaiiInnNzzzz

[meow2u3]

9. DUzy

[shenmue]

8. Oh dear...

[madokie]

10. Came home one day

and our newest member of the family, a Keeshond/blue healer mix puppy was tossing a new born kitten up and catching it and it took me a while to get the lifeless body from him but I persisted and finally did. The new born kitten was lifeless and I dried it off and tried to find some life but no life was to be found. I reluctantly dug a hole in the back yard near where we'd planted some Arbor Day trees a few day before and placed the kitten it in and covered it up. It was a hot summer and the ground was like a rock so I wasn't able to dig the hole very deep but I did get a grave dug and placed the kitten in it, covered it up and felt bad about the whole scene. A few days later after work I'm sitting on the patio out back reading the paper and having a cold one and I hear a weak feeble little cry. I only have one ear so I couldn't find it as outside our yard was a field that wasn't kept mowed so the grass and weeds were knee high. The next day same thing I hear a weak cry and I think to myself that sounded like a kitten so I rush to where I buried the kitten and it really didn't look like the ground was disturbed any so I went back to the paper and cold one and then I hear it again and this time I think I see a little bit of something white out by the fence out in the tall grass and weeds. Finally I see it but it scampered away and I didn't see it again. I went in and got some milk and put it in a bowl and placed it where I thought I seen the kitten and went back and mustered up what ever it takes to see if it could be the kitten I buried a few days before and sure enough it wasn't in the ground. I'm on a mission then to save this kitten and so I sit out closer to the bowl of milk and sure enough after a while I hear the little cry once again and by then I know without a doubt that the new born kitten I had buried was what it was so I look and look and finally I find it and its so pretty and little and afraid of me or anyone but I finally coaked it to come to me or better yet I coaked it to let me pick it up, it was real weak, and well after a bit of holding it with my old big rough hands and placitn we made friends, we took it in and I fixed it a door in my shop so it could come and go, helped it to learn to drink milk and eat, mother wouldn't have anything to do with it at first but finally she took it in and we took her in. She was a wild cat that hung around our place and we'd see her from time to time but never to let us get close to her. The kitten grew into the biggest and prettiest white cat I've ever seen.

I'm typing this with watery eyes just thinking about the close call the kitten had and that it survived its first few days totally on its own after digging its way out of the ground.

[Arugula Latte]

14. Wow!

So glad that little kitty revived and that you were able to help the kitten and mom. Oh man, that would have freaked me out.

[Blue Owl]

17. Great story!

Cats rule!

[cwydro]

11. Unfortunately, I've had to bury quite a few animals in my time.

But I never do so until rigor sets in.

The whole buried alive thing scares the crap out of me.

[Javaman]

12. immaculate cat-seption....

Thank you thank you! I'll be here all week! try the liver and tip the waitstaff!

[greytdemocrat]

13. Oh no!

[Blue Owl]

15. Owner renames him "Lazarus"

[AtomicKitten]

19. He was resting his organs whilst taking a dirt nap.

But he got better.

[bananas]

20. Happened in 2013, too

Cat had a seizure, became cold and lifeless, they thought it was dead.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022693301

Cat Uses One Of Its Nine Lives After Being Buried Alive
Posted 6:28 pm, April 12, 2013, by Patrick Clark, Updated at 11:10am, April 13, 2013

<snip>

Because I couldn’t find her heart rate or her breathing cause she was completely lifeless,” explains mom, Sarah McCallum.

The cat was cold, including its nose and tongue. Sarah McCallum thought Muffin had headed to the great beyond.

“Then I took tape and wrapped around the outside of the box to prevent critters from trying to dig her up after we buried her,” says McCallum.

The McCallum’s had lost a longtime family cat last year and Sarah thought she was doing the right thing burying Muffin before the kids came home from school. But Bradley wanted to plant a flower at the cat’s grave site when he got home.

“When I was burying a hole for it,” says Bradley kicking a clump of dirt, “I heard a meow.”

“As soon as I put the shovel in the ground then I could hear and then I couldn’t move the dirt fast enough,” says Sarah

That’s right, they thought she was a goner. But the cat came back.

“Even the vet said anyone would have mistaken the cat comatose with her temperature so low,” explains Sarah.

So after being buried for three and 1/2 hours, it wasn’t finite-oh for this feline, instead a seizure Muffin suffered led Sarah to think the cat had died.

<snip>

http://fox2now.com/2013/04/12/cat-uses-one-of-its-nine-lives-after-being-buried/

[Arkana]

21. That cat is metal as fuck.

[AtomicKitten]

22. Hey, I saw that movie.

I recall a bird crashing into my upstairs window and lying seemingly dead on the patio. My daughter was ready to bury the bird, but I took it and put it in a room and shut the door. When I got back from the grocery store, the bird was quite alive. I opened the window and left the room, and he flew out and got on with his day.

I have terrible nightmares about accidentally burying a live pet. When my beloved bird died a couple years ago, I kept him in his covered cage overnight just to be sure before having him cremated.