Holy cow! Did someone actually spot a stray cat in Lop Nur? We’re talking about Lop Nur here, the infamous “Lifeless Zone,” totally deserted, and yet, there’s a stray cat roaming around?
It’s almost too bizarre to believe, but this is a true story from an explorer… David, a seasoned explorer, is no stranger to heading off the beaten path with his buddies. On this particular trip, they hit up Lop Nur, famously dubbed the “Sea of Death.”
In Lop Nur, life is a rare sight. All you see are endless stretches of wind-swept sand. As dusk rolled in and the sun began to dip, the group set up camp and got ready to whip up some dinner. But then, out of the blue…
In a place where you’d only expect to hear the howling wind, a loud cat’s meow cut through the silence. Suddenly, they saw a kitten sprinting toward them from a distance. The explorers were floored: What in the world? A stray cat, out here in the middle of nowhere, and it’s friendly?
The little furball was meowing like crazy at them, desperately saying, “meow meow~”. David quickly caught on and offered the kitten some water. That day, the little guy gulped down water for over five minutes, chugging half a bottle of mineral water like it was nothing! Cats usually eat and drink in small amounts, so guzzling that much water? This kitty was parched…
Watching the kitten drink, the explorers didn’t sweat the details – was it a stray or a wild cat? They just knew they had to get it out of this barren land. But then they hit a snag – with wide-open spaces all around, what if the kitten bolted when they tried to scoop it up?
While they were wracking their brains, the now-hydrated cat made its move. It licked its chops and hopped into the car, refusing to budge, as if to say, “Let’s roll, I’ve had enough of this dump!”
Turns out, after all that worrying, the kitty had already figured out its next move! I mean, who’d want to stick around in such a bleak spot? So, the following day, the explorer escorted the kitten out of the wasteland.
But this raises a question: Was this kitten a born wild cat, or an abandoned house cat? Given how it sought help from humans and seemed to know what a car was – a ticket out of there – it seemed like a pretty savvy cat, not your typical wild one.
The explorer figured it might have tagged along on a road trip with its original owner, got separated, and ended up a wanderer in this desolate spot.
Actually, inspired by various travel bloggers, taking cats on road trips has become a thing. From scaling Mount Everest to trekking through deserts, cats are hitting the road everywhere.
It’s not rare for cats to get lost or stressed out during these adventures. Sure, the owners might be having the time of their lives, but the dangers? Those are a cat’s burden to bear.
So, a word of advice from Mr. Meow: Please, don’t take your cats on trips! If you really have to, be super careful, and always use a leash when you open that car door! After all, not every cat is lucky enough to find a human savior in the wild; nor can every cat survive until the break of dawn after a long, perilous night.
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