Hairless Kitten Found At Atlanta Airport

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Credit: Tasmin Dayment/Facebook

A four-legged airline passenger who missed his connecting flight on Thursday has been found roaming Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

According to CBS Atlanta, Rudy the Sphynx was traveling in a crate as his owner Tamsin Dayment flew from Seattle to Tampa. The pair had a layover in Atlanta, and Dayment went to the baggage claim in Florida expecting to pick up her cat.

The only problem was, the cat wasn’t there.

CBS Atlanta says that Rudy’s crate broke open in a cargo loading area, and the cat took the opportunity to stretch his legs after a long flight.

And did he ever stretch them; according to the “Help Us Find Rudy” Facebook page, Rudy walked all the way from Terminal D to Terminal B, a distance of about one mile. Even more impressive, Rudy managed to cross two runways without being seen.

“He was heard meowing around midnight [Monday] by some airport employees, a search team then formed and they found Rudy!!” The Facebook page reports. “Besides a little dirt and very minor, superficial skin tears, he is unscathed!!:) Rudy was checked out by the airport vet and was found to be slightly dehydrated but ok!!!!”

Rudy has been reunited with his family.