Hero Cat Comes To The Rescue After Owner Gets Locked Outside

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"He was so proud of himself when I got in" 😸

By Stephen Messenger

Boko, a rescued stray, found a sweet way to return the favor.

Last year, college student Gabby Tropea took in the lonely tabby cat after finding him living as a stray on her campus in Texas. Since then, the two of them have been inseparable.

But recently, a mishap at home threatened the connected-at-the-hip thing Boko and Tropea have going.



The other day, Tropea left Boko at home for a moment so she could walk her sister Isabelle to school. What Tropea didn't realize, as she stepped out the door without her keys, was that her sister had set the door to lock behind her.

Upon returning, Tropea realized she was unable to get back inside. She wasn't the only one concerned.

"I got to the front door and Boko could hear me trying to get in," Tropea told The Dodo. "He started crying and scratching at the door."

Tropea was stranded — but she wasn't trapped outside for long.

Soon, Boko saved the day.

"I went to the back patio and he saw me waiting there," Tropea said. The patio door was secured with a stick to prevent it from being opened. It was no problem for the clever cat.

"He started rubbing his face on the stick and I was encouraging him to mess with it. I was coaching him to lift it up," Tropea said. "He understood what I was trying to tell him and he started lifting it up!"

(Triumphant moment on video)

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"He was so proud of himself when I got in and I gave him a couple treats," Tropea said. "He was all clingy and snuggly after that for a good while."

Boko wasn't about to let anything keep them apart.

The whole ordeal only lasted about 10 minutes, but in that short time Boko reaffirmed his love for Tropea — literally opening the very home she was kind enough to welcome him into months earlier when he'd needed it most.

"We went full circle," Tropea said.



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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. What a wonderful story.

[lilactime]

2. Awww! I wish my cats were that smart!

[KT2000]

4. Me too -

mine would just yell to hurry up and feed them from outside

[forgotmylogin]

22. Yeah, my kitties REALLY need a job.

They'd be staring at me through the patio door like "Yeah. That invisible wall really sucks, amirite? Sooo...what arrangements are you making so we don't starve to death in the next three hours?"

[Blue Owl]

3. What a sweet kitty!

[rpannier]

5. Mine would have stared at me with the

"Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten yourself into" look

[zipplewrath]

14. And then walked away

Mine would give me that look, and then walk away and take a nap.

[rpannier]

16. I think mine would have stayed

The curiosity of how I was going to get in. Plus, she was probably hungry

[PatSeg]

17. Yeah, that sounds more like most cats

I've known. They usually can manage quite well without you for long periods of time.

[rpannier]

18. It's why Timmy was lucky he had Lassie

If Timmy had a cat, he'd still be at the bottom of the well

[PatSeg]

20. I know!!!

Think of all the more "Timmys" who had cats instead of dogs!!!

Okay, in all seriousness though, cats can be vitally important companions. We rescued a stray cat who turned out to be pregnant. One of the kittens was a very feisty, independent fellow. A co-worker wanted a kitten for her invalid husband, who suffered from heart disease and she picked the rascal. Well it turned out that our wild little guy attached quickly to the man and was able to sense whenever the man had a heart incident or event and was able to alert him and/or his wife. He started doing this when he was still just a kitten. We were amazed!

When I was sick, the mother cat would not leave my side. I really had underestimated cats most of my life.

[Scarsdale]

6. Handsome little guy.

Lucky they have each other.

[The River]

7. I Had a Cat

who operated a phone answering service. Back when phones had "wires"
attached to them I used an old desktop model. Our cat "Tom" saw us pick up
the handset whenever it rang. We kept finding the handset on the floor after work.
Tom was answering the phone when we were away. We started calling home and would hear the crash of the phone hitting floor and then a lot of meowing. Unfortunately, he never learned to write down messages so we had to rubber band the receiver in place when we left the house.

[lucca18]

10. Love that story of your cat! Funny!

[haele]

24. I had a cat that did that too. After a while, a young boy started calling around 2pm to talk to him

My Korat mix figured out how to push the handset just off the cradle, putting it in speakerphone mode, and knock it back when he was done. I used to call home to talk to the kitties when I was on work travel, and he figured out how to answer the phone and hang it back up - he had this way of talking in little meows and squeaks, and he'd hold a conversation with me for a while until he got bored.

I was home early one day and answered - and this little voice piped up - "Oh, can I talk to the kitty?" And he was right there glaring at me because I answered the phone during "his time".

He also considered the Beta fish his "pet". Wouldn't try to fish it out or anything, just liked to play with it - it would come up to him when he sat next to it - and one of his sleeping positions was curled around the fishbowl in the same manner he curled around his brother.

Haele.

[The River]

25. Cats Are a Lot Smarter

than we give them credit for.
They're just too Zen to care.

[calimary]

8. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!

[trueblue2007]

9. what a Good CAT MAN !!! He is gorgeous!! What a lover.

[Duppers]

11. That's a very smart, handsome kitty.

Great kitty video 😸👍


Years ago, my sister had a cat who'd "answer" the phone. I think the cat wanted to stop the ringing and learned that knocking it off its cradle would stop the sound. Happened a number of times.

[gopiscrap]

12. what a beautiful kitty

I had one like him, he was the best cat I have ever had

[Devil Child]

13. Boko is a good boy! Thanks for posting catbyte!

[lunatica]

15. If you keep posting this cat stuff

Everybody is going to end up being cat people!

[red dog 1]

19. That's one smart cat!

K&R

Thanks for posting, catbyte!

[Doreen]

21. Good job cute kitty.

I love mine but I think they would say something like "Hey, you standing in the window, get out of my sun. )

[Honeycombe8]

23. Awwwwww. nt

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. How convenient the back door wasn't locked too.

Not sure I'm buying this scenario, LOL.