Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops

AthlonXP1800 · 04-15-07, 08:02 PM

Wow clever cat took trips on bus number 331 to the shops in Willenhall, UK.

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Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week. The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings - he then jumps off at the next stop 400m down the road, near a fish and chip shop. The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot's poem. He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.

Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, who first saw the cat jumping from the bus in January, said: "It is really odd, the first time I saw the cat jumping off the bus with a group of passengers. I hadn't seen it get on which was a bit confusing. "The next day I pulled up on Churchill Road to let a couple of passengers on. As soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran under one of the seats, I don't think any of the passengers noticed. "Because I had seen it jump off the day before I carried on driving and sure enough when I stopped just down the road he jumped off - I don't know why he would catch the bus but he seems to like it. I told some of the other drivers on this route and they have seen him too."

Since January, when the cat first caught the bus he has done it two or three times a week and always gets on and off at the same stops. Passenger, Paul Brennan, 19, who catches the 331 to work, said: "I first noticed the cat a few weeks ago. At first I thought it had been accompanied by its owner but after the first stop it became quite clear he was on his own. "He sat at the front of the bus, waited patiently for the next stop and then got off. It was was quite strange at first but now it just seems normal. I suppose he is the perfect passenger really - he sits quietly, minds his own business and then gets off."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

Cats are amazing.

Banko · 04-15-07, 08:05 PM

That is no mystery cat.

His name is Begemot, and he hangs out with the devil.

If there are any Russians in here they would get the reference (Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov)

Butter Bandit · 04-15-07, 08:15 PM

I love kitties!

Riptide · 04-15-07, 09:14 PM

Wow smart kitty.

OWA · 04-15-07, 09:27 PM

That's pretty amazing.

wnd · 04-16-07, 08:17 AM

Beat that, Hachikō!-) I bet Macavity is not getting a statue though.

crainger · 04-16-07, 08:36 AM

mutter mutter fetching lazy cat can't even walk 400 metres. Back in my day we had to walk 40 km to the fish and chip shop. mutter mutter

P.S. That cat is cool. Someone should make an "I are bus cat" pic. In the first pic he looks so sad though... I bet his gf just SMS'd him saying she dumped him... Poor kitty.

Mr_LoL · 04-16-07, 10:18 AM

Wow. Guess the cat loves the bus ride.

04-15-07, 08:05 PM	#2
Banko Red Pepper Vodka Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,421	Re: Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops That is no mystery cat. His name is Begemot, and he hangs out with the devil. If there are any Russians in here they would get the reference (Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov) __________________ Lian-Li PC-80 Intel Core i7 860 @ 3.53 MSI P55-GD80 G.Skill DDR3-1600 8gb 4x2gb Asus DRW-1814BLT SATA ATi Radeon 5870 OCZ GameXStream 700W Windows 7 Ultimate

04-15-07, 08:15 PM	#3
Butter Bandit Registered Ninja Warrior Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Durant, Oklahoma Posts: 7,033	Re: Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops I love kitties! __________________ -Gateway 7805U FX Series Laptop- Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.26ghz; 1gb Geforce 9800M GTS; 4gb RAM; 80gb Intel SSD; 320gb 7200rpm HDD ; Vista Ultimate 64-bit

04-15-07, 09:14 PM	#4
Riptide Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Billings, MT Posts: 22,267	Re: Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops Wow smart kitty. __________________

04-15-07, 09:27 PM	#5
OWA ... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,409	Re: Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops That's pretty amazing.

04-16-07, 08:17 AM	#6
wnd Nerd, Geek, Freak Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 837	Re: Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops Beat that, Hachikō!-) I bet Macavity is not getting a statue though. __________________ web \| cat Christianity, noun: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. [mad.frog]

04-16-07, 08:36 AM	#7
crainger I'm a Lagomorph. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 33,987	Re: Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops mutter mutter fetching lazy cat can't even walk 400 metres. Back in my day we had to walk 40 km to the fish and chip shop. mutter mutter P.S. That cat is cool. Someone should make an "I are bus cat" pic. In the first pic he looks so sad though... I bet his gf just SMS'd him saying she dumped him... Poor kitty. __________________ Credit Card, You can use it to open more then just a womans legs! ^_^ -\|MagNuS\|

04-16-07, 10:18 AM	#8
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