Category: Animal House
Cat memorized British bus routes
London, April 11:Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started
using the No 331 several mornings a week.
The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton
bus at the same stop most mornings - he then jumps off at the next stop 400m down
the road, near a fish and chip shop.
The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot's poem. He gets
on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row
of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.
Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, who first saw the cat jumping from the bus in January,
said: "It is really odd, the first time I saw the cat jumping off the bus with a
group of passengers. I hadn't seen it get on which was a bit confusing.
"The next day I pulled up on Churchill Road to let a couple of passengers on. As
soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran under one
of the seats, I don't think any of the passengers noticed.
"Because I had seen it jump off the day before I carried on driving and sure enough
when I stopped just down the road he jumped off - I don't know why he would catch
the bus but he seems to like it. I told some of the other drivers on this route and
they have seen him too."
Since January, when the cat first caught the bus he has done it two or three times
a week and always gets on and off at the same stops.
Passenger, Paul Brennan, 19, who catches the 331 to work, said: "I first noticed
the cat a few weeks ago. At first I thought it had been accompanied by its owner
but after the first stop it became quite clear he was on his own.
"He sat at the front of the bus, waited patiently for the next stop and then got
off. It was quite strange at first but now it just seems normal. I suppose he
is the perfect passenger really - he sits quietly, minds his own business and then
gets off."
That is weird. very very weird.
Bob
Aw, I think it's cute. How intelligent.
I heard this story yesterday and thought is it a joke or real? I have heard of a dog jumping on the train. a guide dog it was.
If that happened here in the U.S., someone would insist on charging the cat the usual bus fare to ride. LOL
It really is curious why and how the cat decided to ride the bus.
That's incredible are they feeding MacAvity at the chip shop he'd remember that all right.
Stevie