18th Century mummified kitty falls out of ceiling as house is being renovated

Daily mail ^ | 27th January 2012 | David Baker

[Charlespg]

Bringing old homes up to scratch is nothing out of the ordinary for property renovators Andrew and George Hartley,

But this professional couple nearly jumped out their skin when greeted by their most recent form of preservation - as a mummified cat fell on them.

The couple got a face full of the ancient feline as they removed ceilings from an 18th century property in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

[Mercat]

We found a possum like that in the attack of our pony shed.

[Mercat]

opps. Attack = attic. Time to go to bed.

[txhurl]

That’s a way bigger cat than just a housecat.

Otherwise it’d be in the house, snacking in the kitchen rather than hiding out in the attic. Looks like an eastern Bobcat.

[txhurl]

And she doesn’t look like an ‘Andrew’ or ‘George’, either.

[Shadowstrike]

Agreed.

Hopefully tho, it had a long life, and just laid down, and went to sleep.

[Shadowstrike]

Agreed.

Hopefully tho, it had a long life, and just laid down, and went to sleep.

[Fawn]

Why is she smiling? Cat obviously starved to death in the ceiling...poor thing.