SINGAPORE — Only God will know how a fluffy cat can travel from Geylang and get stranded around Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE).
Only if the fluffy could speak, many would want to know how the cat made the journey of nearly 9km away from its comfy home.
Yesterday (18 Janu), a TikToker with the user name @osrastays shared this bizarre experience in a video clip, describing how friends and family members were mobilized to search for the cat and ended up discovering their pet inside the bushes of the divider of the MCE.
“Tofu went missing. Thankfully for AirTag, it detected Tofu around Marina Coastal Expressway, ” she wrote in the TikTok clip and had suspected that someone could have taken Tofu away and thrown the AirTag collar at the place.
@osrastays opened the AirTag App to locate the cat. According to the description on the Apple website, it is designed for users convenient to locate their missing device, by sending out a secure Bluetooth signal that can be detected by nearby devices.
The TikToker said at 11.30 am that day, the Airtag later detected Tofu having moved to a nearby carpark, “the person who took Tofu must have moved around.”
But after a mere hour, the Airtag indicated that Tofu moved back to the expressway.
“This moment it was a little bit weird… Why would this person who took Tofu come back to the expressway?”
Friends and family of the TikToker had been searching high and low around Marina for the source of the AirTag signal, but with no success.
At that moment, they believed that the person must have thrown the cat’s Airtag to the bushes of the divider in the middle of MCE.
Suveen, one of the search party members, parked the car along the road shoulder of the MCE.
“It was very dangerous, but Suveen said maybe Tofu was really there… and we all didn’t give up, ” @osrastays added that the App shows they are close to the signal and “AirTag beeped like crazy” when they near the bushes.
Her husband went into the bush, and their beloved cat Tofu was finally discovered and rescued.
But just how did Tofu the cat end up at MCE while he stayed at Geylang?
The road distance between Geylang Serai Market and Food Centre and Marina South Pier is approximately 8.8km. A straight line is out of the question due to the roads and buildings in between.
Probably hitch-hiked on a vehicle and escaped
@osrastays suspected that Tofu might have hitch-hiked in a vehicle, tried to escape, and ended up along the expressway.
“We were thinking maybe he got into a lorry or tried to escape and went all the way here.”
Anyway, now that Tofu has returned to his owner, the TikToker has no hesitation to share how much she and her family love this adorable and yet naughty pet cat.
@osrastays 📌There’s part 2 on my profile on how Tofu might have escape 🥹 😭 Tofu the cat went missing. He had an airtag around his collar. We opened the app & found him located at Marina Coastal Expressway… In our minds someone must have thrown the tag along the way.. Thankful for friends & family who helped us find Tofu. We are also thankful for Apple Singapore for creating airtags.. Here’s our Tofu Tragedy… Tofu never gave up on us , so did we…We love you Tofu 🥹 #sgfyp #sgtrending #mothershipsg #sgtiktok #tiktoksingapore #catssg #fypシ #viralsg #tiktoksgviral #airtag #airtagsapple #tofuthecatsg
