Lost cat found 85 miles away in Virginia
@Deepizzaguy (122101)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
October 9, 2025 3:40pm CST
Francine who is a cat that is part of the Lowe's hardware store family managed to get aboard a delivery vehicle which was at the store in Richmond Virginia in September 2025.
The delivery vehicle took Francine to Garysburg North Carolina. Store cameras inside of the Lowe's store showed the cat enter the truck.
The cat was located in Garysburg when the search parties used food, drones and humane traps to find her two weeks later.
Lowe's store manager Mike Sida and store supervisor Wayne Schneider traveled to North Carolina to take back Francine to Virginia safe and sound.
To make sure that Francine does not get lost again, she has a harness with a tracker on her since the old saying is true.
The saying is "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
Link is msn.com/en-us/news/cri...
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Oct
Francine is part of the Lowe' family.
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@xstitcher (39015)
• Petaluma, California
10 Oct
Oh, my. Guess the kitty wanted a road trip!
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Oct
Most likely what happened.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Oct
It is amazing that some animals can get so far away from home. Nice that Francine has a tracker on her now.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Oct
@Deepizzaguy .......They are curious animals.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Oct
@celticeagle You are right.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Oct
I am in agreement with you that cats like to get away from home from time to time.
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@LeaPea2417 (40026)
• Toccoa, Georgia
10 Oct
I read the article about the cat getting lost. I am so glad she was found and returned to her Virginia Lowe's home.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Oct
So am I happy that the cat has been returned home.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Oct
I am in agreement with you that Francine returned to her owners safely.
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@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Oct
I hope Francine finds something to like and keep her at home,
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Oct
I hope so as well since Francine is admired by the employees at Lowe's.
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@Traceyjayne (11286)
• United Kingdom
10 Oct
They went all that way , they must really love that cat.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Oct
The Lowe's management love Francine like one of their close family members.
@innertalks (23736)
• Australia
10 Oct
Maybe the cat was checking over the delivery routine to see if all was above board, or maybe it just saw a rat in the truck, so jumped in there.
Who knows the real reason, but it was good it was found.
@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Oct
Probably a rat inside of the truck caused Francine to enter.
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
10 Oct
I'm glad that Francine was located and able to be returned to the store.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Oct
So am I since Francine is like a member of their own family.
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