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Stowaway cat survives plane ride in suitcase

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: Sep. 13, 2012 | 8:53 a.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. - When an Ohio woman packed her bags for a Disney vacation, her cat didn't want to stay behind.

Sometime Monday, Bob-bob the cat found his way into Ethel Maze's suitcase, made it through screening at Port Columbus International Airport and was loaded into an airplane for a flight to Orlando.

The Orlando Sentinel (https://bit.ly/RTXXKh) reports the black cat popped out when Maze unzipped her bag after checking into her hotel Monday night. Maze, of Circleville, Ohio, says the 14-month-old cat was shaken but still purring.

Maze was part of a group of disabled veterans and volunteers making an annual trip to Orlando.

Mike Groleau, who handled the bags for the group, says he thought he saw the bag move, but loaded it along with the other bags heading to Orlando.

posted on Sept 13, 2012 9:26 PM ()

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or a coon skin hat/cat with legs.

comment by nittineedles on Sept 19, 2012 11:41 PM ()

I have to laugh just thinking about it.

reply by troutbend on Sept 20, 2012 10:41 AM ()

They don't x-ray baggage on domestic flights? or Did security think she was carrying around a dead cat?

comment by nittineedles on Sept 15, 2012 5:06 PM ()

From TSA: â€œYou will need to present the animal to the Security Officers at the checkpoint. You may walk your animal through the metal detector with you. If this is not possible, your animal will have to undergo a secondary screening, including a visual and physical inspection by our Security Officers. Your animal will NEVER be placed through an X-ray machine. However, you may be asked to remove your animal from its carrier so that the carrier can be placed on the X-Ray machine.â€ Sounds like that screener wasn't expecting a live animal in the luggage, maybe it looked like a pair of shoes with a tail.

reply by traveltales on Sept 17, 2012 8:55 PM ()

Do cats get discounts on the rides at Disney?

comment by jondude on Sept 14, 2012 7:02 AM ()

One time we locked the keys in the car (left it running all day), thought we'd lost them, so first went to the lost and found at the Enchanted Kingdom, which is in the Kennel building where park-goers can board their pets for the day. They didn't have them, so we went out to the car, and it was still running, all doors locked. All we had to do was hang out in a certain spot and a security person came along and called a free locksmith for us. He told us this wasn't the first time it'd happened, and they've seen worse.

reply by troutbend on Sept 17, 2012 8:51 PM ()

Those Kitties do love suitcases.

comment by elderjane on Sept 14, 2012 6:15 AM ()

Buddy used to jump in there when we were packing. I don't know what this cat will do.

reply by troutbend on Sept 17, 2012 8:47 PM ()

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