NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – It has been more than a decade since Jennifer Ravenel’s cat, Sam, went missing from her small Hollywood farm. The two were recently reunited – and it’s thanks to a microchip.
Ravenel adopted Sam in 2011 after hearing a kitten near a pasture in the crook of a tree. The two were instantly connected. “He was my lap kitty […] he was always in the house and just followed me everywhere I went around the yard,” she recalled. “We live on a little farm, so he was always at the barn- he went everywhere I went.”
Then someone brought a dog to Ravenel’s home which scared Sam, and he spent more of his time at her barn. “Then he didn’t come to the barn one day,” she said.
Sam had disappeared.
“I searched and searched and asked everyone, but nobody saw him,” Ravenel said.
Eleven years later, Sam was reported as a stray and brought to the Charleston Animal Society. He was found to be microchipped, which helped the animal shelter connect Sam with his owner.
Ravenel said she thought she was being pranked when she received a call from Charleston Animal Society telling her that Sam had been found.