When a family moved from Hawaii to Michigan, more than a year ago, they thought they had lost their cat forever.
Bogie, a Siamese cat, was supposed to move with the family, but he escaped his kennel on a United Cargo flight, nonprofit Hawaii CatFriends told KHON-TV.
Bogie was missing for 19 months before he was reconnected with the family in Michigan.
"I found Bogie about six or eight months ago," said Hawaii resident Bill Antilla, who feeds a colony of stray cats near the Honolulu airport.
"Bogie started showing up periodically."
Antilla is a volunteer for CatFriends, a nonprofit that spays and neuters feral cats on Oahu.
Bogie was friendlier than most feral cats and caught Antilla's eye because he looked like a purebred Siamese.
He discovered that the cat was microchipped and the Hawaiian Humane Society was able to trace it back to the family in Detroit.
"Probably about 30 minutes later, I received a call from the daughter. She was just ecstatic we found Bogie," Antilla said.
