Couple's cat walks through front door - hours after they buried him

A heartbroken couple buried the remains of their beloved cat after he was 'hit by a car' - only for their actual pet to stroll home 24 hours later. Danielle and Sam Smith were devastated when a neighbour found a dead, black and white cat - thought to be their 11-month-old pet Lucky - on Saturday, May 14.

Sam, 31, rushed to identify the body - which had almost identical markings to Lucky - and when he brought the dead animal home to Danielle, 30, she broke down and fell to the floor 'like something from a film'. The retail worker cradled and talked to the moggy, which appeared to have been hit by a car, while landscape gardener Sam dug a grave.

The couple then held a small ceremony where they laid a headstone marked 'RIP Lucky'. The next day while still in tears at work, mum-of-three Danielle received another image of her actual feline who had strolled through the front door and started tucking into his breakfast.

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To both her relief and horror, she realised they had buried someone else's cat. Danielle, from Birmingham, said: "The whole situation is hilarious and it's mortifying because of how distraught we all were.

"I still can't get my head around it. It was a traumatic weekend. A mum in a group chat for school mums messaged asking if anyone knew a black and white male cat, quite big.

"My cat is quite naughty, he tries to get in people's house so I messaged back saying 'me, what's he up to?' and sent her a photo of Lucky but I didn't hear back from her so I tried calling her a couple of times. I was panicking because she went quiet so I thought something had happened.

"I was just about to get in the shower and she called and said 'I'm not sure