'Dead' cat buried alive: Back from the grave after 5 days
When Ellis Hutson found his beloved cat Bart lying in a pool of blood after being struck by a car he was sure it was the end.
But almost a week later - like a scene out of Stephen King's Pet Sematary - Hutson spotted his black and white feline in a neighbour's garden.
Dubbed 'zombie cat', Bart's owner and Florida vets are stunned as to how he managed to crawl out of his grave after five days.
"We were so close, I couldn’t stand to bury him," Hutson told ABC News.
He said he was too distraught to bury Bart after the accident, so he asked a friend.
"I put him on the shoulder of the road and went and got David. He dug a hole and covered up the cat with dirt. I witnessed him bury the cat."
Bart was found suffering serious injuries, head trauma, a broken jaw and dehydration.
He has undergone surgery to remove his left eye, but is expected to make a full recovery.
"He's purring, even with all these injuries," The Humane Society's Sherry Silk said.
"I can't even imagine how awful he must have felt. He's just a really wonderful, patient, loving cat."
Hutson's neighbour Dusty Albritton said their family cat died of similar injuries on the same day.
“Now my kids believe their cat will also rise from the dead," Albritton told ABC News. "But I told them I don't think so."
Morning news break – January 28
