[Noah930]

Dave, you're the first person I wanted to call. I see you're still here.

Cookie's been missing since Christmas. He will wander for a day or day-and-a-half. But he's never been gone for more than 2 days at a time. I thought he was a goner. Coyote? Raccoon? Stolen?

Tonight, I went out and walked in front of our house, meowing. I heard a meow. Turns out he's been stuck in a garage across the street for the past 4 days. Homeowner's been sick and hasn't driven her car in a week. Somehow our cat snuck into her garage, she closed the door, and I found him peering out from between the leaves of one of those aluminum mushroom vents. I had to wake the neighbor at 11 pm to let us into her garage so I could dismantle that vent and pop him out the roof (he got stuck in between the fan blades and couldn't come down).