It's not only you, it's more common than you might think. There was a newspaper article here in my berg about a year ago with a similar story; some folks who were traveling and got home to find this mewling noise coming from the engine compartment. They couldn't coax the cat out either and finally called someone from the local shelter or somesuch who eventually grabbed the little beasty and removed him.
The cat was filthy greasy from the engine and 3/4's starved and dehydrated, but simply would not come out no matter the enticement, thus the grabbage.
I'm sure that animal psychologists could offer some reasonable explanation for this bizarre behavior (not the engine nesting bit-- it's warm in there, but the deal where sheer stubbornness overrides even hunger or thirst) but all I can say is that of course there are people like that, too. Some of them even attain high office.
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Date: 2007-07-04 04:05 pm (UTC)The cat was filthy greasy from the engine and 3/4's starved and dehydrated, but simply would not come out no matter the enticement, thus the grabbage.
I'm sure that animal psychologists could offer some reasonable explanation for this bizarre behavior (not the engine nesting bit-- it's warm in there, but the deal where sheer stubbornness overrides even hunger or thirst) but all I can say is that of course there are people like that, too. Some of them even attain high office.
;-)