‘Bones the killer cat’ survives jump from truck hurtling down I-70, causing closure of Johnson tunnel in Colorado

After surviving a leap from a pickup truck traveling up to 70 miles per hour on Interstate 70, “Bones the killer cat” wandered into the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels — briefly shutting down eastbound traffic before walking into the arms of a Colorado Department of Transportation employee.

The rescue capped a frantic overnight search after Walt Hagstrom of Denver discovered his 7-year-old cat had somehow slipped out of a small opening in the rear window of his truck while driving home from a 10-day trip to Steamboat Springs.

By 5:30 a.m. Sunday, July 12, Bones had reunited with his family after spending around an hour “cuddling” with tunnel operations staff who rescued him…

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