According to a Facebook post from Kingston Toyota, a small kitten was found in the engine of a rental car on Thursday.
Adam Waxman, a travel writer, was visiting Kingston from out of town. At a certain point during his trip, he began to hear a faint meowing coming from his rental Camry.
“I opened the trunk and popped the hood but there was nothing,” said Waxman.
He could hear the meowing on and off, and he kept second guessing himself.
“I was wondering if this model of car just makes these types of noises.”
Waxman said he called the Kingston Humane society to check the car out, and various friends and colleagues, but no one could hear the meows he was hearing.
Despite his doubts, before getting on Highway 401 to get back to Toronto, Waxman decided to have some professionals look into the strange noises coming from his car.
He brought his car to a Toyota dealership in Kingston, and the workshop manager Lynn Vallee was tasked with taking a look under the car’s hood.
“We heard the kitten meow,” said Vallee. “Then I could see it all the way down under the engine.”
She then reached her hand down and could only grasp a bit of the kitten’s fur. She had to pull it out slowly with both hands.
“It was really tight,” said Vallee.
Waxman said, when Vallee arrived she just sensed where the kitten was.
“She was so empathetic and compassionate,” Waxman said.
Fortunately, when Vallee pulled the little brown tabby out from under the engine, she found the kitten was in perfect condition.
An even nicer turn of events, Vallee is now adopting the kitten.
A Facebook video posted by Waxman shows Valllee pulling the kitten out and hugging the kitten to her chest saying, “I want to keep her.”
“I have 10-year-old and 12-year-old,” said Valley. “When I brought her home… they freaked out.”
They named the kitten Toyota, and will call her Yoda for short.
“She’s as happy as can be,” Vallee said, adding that she has already become a loving part of the family.