A couple thought they’d rescued their friend’s cat – who had been missing for two weeks – but instead ended up being accused of stealing someone else’s.
Their hilarious story has blown up on Twitter, with the passive aggressive response from the ‘stolen’ cat’s owner prompting some bemused responses.
Lauren Faulkner and her boyfriend Charlie Allan noticed that their friend Sophie’s cat, Lentil, had potentially been spotted in an area near where they lived.
Sophie was unable to go herself as she was at work and didn’t have her car, so Lauren and Charlie decided to step in and see if they could find Lentil. They packed blankets and a cat carrier, and were fully prepared for pet and owner to be reunited.
Lauren told Metro.co.uk: ‘Me and my boyfriend drove round to the address Sophie had said and as soon as we got there I saw a ragdoll identical to Lentil so we just panicked assumed it was him picked him up and put him in the car.
‘Another male neighbour was in the car park at the time and he was like “awww I’m so glad you found him because he had heard about the missing cat” so we all just stood there having a chat.’
That’s when things started to go awry.
Lauren explained: ‘Then another neighbour came out and went “hi, excuse me that’s the wrong cat by the way”‘.
‘I was like “OMG WHAT”, and she was like “he’s lived here for a year just thought I’d let you know”
‘So then me and my boyfriend were like “should we knock on the owner’s door to apologise?” So we went over with the neighbour who told us it was the wrong cat and knocked on the door, but nobody answered.
‘By this time their cat was already out of my car.’
It was all a little awkward, and Charlie ended up having to message Sophie to tell her that Lentil hadn’t actually been found. However, it was no harm, no foul.
Or, at least it was until Lauren was sent this screenshot from a local Facebook group.
‘I then proceeded to message her to say it was a genuine mistake, there was no malicious intent, and to explain we did come to her house to apologise but she wasn’t in,’ says Lauren, but the woman still hasn’t answered my message.
Charlie also mentioned on Twitter that the owner of not Lentil had been taking pictures of the couple – who have a YouTube channel about their relationship – and said ‘IF WE APPEAR ON CRIME WATCH as hardened criminals do not be shocked.’
Lauren’s tweet about the whole debacle has now racked up over 10,000 likes, with people shocked at both the whole situation and the fact it was implied they were thieves who may have stolen a child’s scooter too.
‘I can confirm we had nothing to do with the scooter,’ said Lauren, and adds that her and Charlie are still ‘mortified’ by the whole thing.
Sadly Lentil is still missing, but if you do see him out and about, try not to take him away, as that might be deemed an ‘appalling and cowardly act’.
Instead, please contact Sophie on Twitter.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/02/well-meaning-couple-thought-rescued-friends-missing-cat-ended-accidentally-stealing-someone-elses-11030622/
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