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When Kaipara Flats resident Angela Robertson woke up one morning earlier this month and found a bit of a shambles in her lounge and dining room, she suspected that someone had been through the house while she slept.
After reporting the incident to police, she went off “nervously” to work only to return home that night to a similar mess. A painting was over-turned, electric cords unplugged, mats out of place and a doorstop turned upside down.
“I started to think it was someone playing a joke because it almost looked staged,” she says.
“I couldn’t see how anyone could have got into the house as it was still locked up. I realised then that whatever was making the mess must still be in the house.”
Angela noticed that her cat was looking under one of the beds and when she investigated, she saw “something fluffy with two big eyes looking back at me”.
“At first, I thought it was a possum, but then realised it was a another cat.”
It took hours to coax the cat out and, by this time, it was too late to contact anyone.
“The next morning, I took a photo and sent it to neighbours asking if anyone was missing a cat. It turned out it belonged to the household on the other side of an adjoining paddock.”
The cat, named Maverick, was duly returned to his relieved owner, 12-year-old Keanu McDonnell.
Although Angela rang police to tell them it was a cat, they still came out and took fingerprints just in case the cat had been let in by an intruder.
“It was a bit embarrassing to cause such a fuss over a cat, but police said it was best to check, just for peace of mind. We still aren’t 100 per cent sure how he got in, but suspect it was probably through the cat flap which my own cat refuses to use!”
