A heartbroken couple buried the remains of their beloved cat after he was 'hit by a car' - only for their actual pet to stroll home 24 hours later. Danielle and Sam Smith were devastated when a neighbour found a dead, black and white cat - thought to be their 11-month-old pet Lucky - on Saturday, May 14.
Sam, 31, rushed to identify the body - which had almost identical markings to Lucky - and when he brought the dead animal home to Danielle, 30, she broke down and fell to the floor 'like something from a film'. The retail worker cradled and talked to the moggy, which appeared to have been hit by a car, while landscape gardener Sam dug a grave.
The couple then held a small ceremony where they laid a headstone marked 'RIP Lucky'. The next day while still in tears at work, mum-of-three Danielle received another image of her actual feline who had strolled through the front door and started tucking into his breakfast.
