Cat missing for four years in Garstang is found
Colin has now been reunited with his ownersA missing cat has been reunited with its owners in time for Christmas - four years after disappearing.
Colin the black cat disappeared shortly after Peter and Maria O'Neill moved from Middlesbrough to Garstang, Lancashire, in August 2006.
Despite attempts to locate the missing moggy the couple eventually gave up hope and moved back to Middlesbrough.
Colin was found in a garden in Garstang and taken to charity Cats Protection, which arranged a microchip scan.
The O'Neills, who originally found Colin as a feral kitten roaming around the Corus steelworks, had updated the charity with their new address in Ingleby Barwick, Middlesbrough.
He was found by a woman in Garstang earlier this month.
Mrs O'Neill said: "I couldn't believe it when I got a call to say Colin had been found. It was really the best Christmas present I could have hoped for.
"When I went to pick Colin up, he was quite nervous and cowering in the corner of a pen. I simply said his name and he instantly recognised me.
"He bounded up to me and stuck his head under my arm. It was just a magical moment and it left me close to tears."
Source of the story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12076415
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