Back in April, a woman in San Diego named Kirstin Miceli and her family got themselves a cat. It was a Siamese cat, and they named him Ghost. But in September, Ghost disappeared.
The family put up posters and searched for Ghost but couldn't find him. Then, earlier this week, a friend of theirs spotted Ghost . . . in the window of a home around the corner.
Kirstin went to that neighbor's house to ask for the cat back . . . but the neighbor said NO. Quote, "He's like, 'Oh, that cat came here like months ago and we're super attached to him and we're not going to give him back.'"
So Kirstin called the cops. But they say because Ghost wasn't taken from Kirstin's house, this was a civil property issue and not a criminal case.
Now Kirstin is using Nextdoor and trying to rally the rest of the neighborhood to SHAME the people into giving her cat back . . . but so far it hasn't worked.
Quote, "They're saying it's theirs now and finders keepers. It's like we're in elementary school or something."
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