Cat lost during move, found in box spring

SURREY, British Columbia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman said her 14-year-old cat, which disappeared during a recent move, turned out to have spent five days hiding inside a box spring.

Anne Green said Augustus the ginger tom disappeared Aug. 5 while movers were packing up her family's old Edmonton, Alberta, home for a move to Surrey, British Columbia, The Vancouver Sun reported Thursday.

Green said her family searched their old neighborhood for days and the movers checked the contents of their truck, but there was no sign of the orange cat.

Green said she decided to search the truck herself when it arrived in Surrey eight days after it was packed.

"Al, the driver, got out of the truck and asked if we'd found him. I said no and asked if I could walk into the van and look for him," she said. "I didn't think it would do any good but I called his name and then I heard this little meow. I shouted 'He's here' and they all came running and we found him in the box spring, which had been completely wrapped in plastic."

Green said Augustus has since taken to the box spring as his favorite hiding spot.