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Thread #103749   Message #2691229
Posted By: Amos
31-Jul-09 - 03:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: News of Note (was 'I Read it . . .')
Subject: RE: BS: News of Note (was 'I Read it . . .')
It's an animals sorta day:

"England (ChattahBox) - The buses in Devon has an unusual passenger to transport, who has been frequenting the lines on a daily basis.

Casper the cat has been catching the 10:55 AM bus line every morning for four years, hopping on, the moment the doors open, and sitting in the back seat. He rides the line to the end of the route, and then gets off back at his stop, his round trip lasting about an hour.

"Casper has always disappeared for hours at a time but I never understood where he was going," his owner, Susan Finden, tells The Telegraph.

"I called him Casper because he had a habit of vanishing like a ghost. But then some of the drivers told me he had been catching the bus. I couldn't believe it at first, but it explains a lot. He loves people and we have a bus stop right outside our house so that must be how he got started - just following everyone on.

"I used to catch the odd bus too so maybe he saw me and got curious what I was doing."

The bus drivers are so used to seeing old Casper that they have put a notice up in their main headquarters, alerting all driver to look after the furry passenger."

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