Cat Hit by Car Braves Cold to Crawl Home on Broken Legs

Jan 13th 2010

Another lost cat hit by a car managed to crawl home on two broken hind legs -- this time in England.

Last month, we told you the story of Giggle-Blizzard, a cat in Florida who was missing for two weeks and dragged himself home on two shattered hind legs after being hit by a car. This time, the harrowing tale involves Paddy Paws, an eight-month-old kitten in Carlisle, England who'd been missing for a week, reports the (U.K.) News & Star.

"We had lost another cat on the main road and when Paddy went I thought we had lost another and had started to think about moving on and telling ourselves we wouldn't see him again," the kitty's owner, Gabrielle Stephenson-Bell -- who put up missing posters and searched for her cat -- told the News & Star.

With their town in northwest England hit by freezing cold temperatures, and with Paddy Paws being missing for so many days, the cat's family feared the worst. But, on Sunday night, Paddy Paws miraculously managed to find his way home.

"When he came through the door dragging his back legs behind him it was like seeing him come back from the dead," a shocked Stephenson-Bell told News & Star.

The cat was in terrible shape. A veterinary exam revealed he'd been hit by a car that broke his hind legs, and that he'd spent a week in the cold without food.