A woman living on the first floor of an elevator building in Jiangsu, China, discovered that her home had been intermittently filled with faint cat meows for over a month. Initially unsure whether the sounds were coming from stray cats outside or a neighbor's pet, she paid little attention to them. However, recently, strange noises began emanating from the ceiling, prompting her to hire renovation workers to investigate.
To her astonishment, when the ceiling was opened, a plump white cat fell out. It turned out that this cat had been trapped in the ceiling for over a month. Reports indicate that the cat belonged to a neighbor on the sixth floor and had inadvertently fallen into the building's pipe system while playing. The owner had been trying to locate the cat by contacting the building management, fire department, and police for help, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
The woman, identified as Ms. Ye, stated that her family had not taken the meowing seriously at first, thinking it was merely a stray cat outside. However, after hearing increasingly loud meows close to the ceiling over the past few days, they decided to investigate further. Upon discovering the cat and its stash of cat food and waste materials in the ceiling space, they realized that someone upstairs had been feeding it to prevent it from starving.
Fortunately, after being rescued, the white cat was found to be in good health. This bizarre incident has sparked considerable discussion online, with many netizens urging pet owners to ensure that their pets cannot access dangerous areas like pipe systems in buildings to prevent similar occurrences.