The West Glacier KOA Resort (Flathead County, Mont.) was closing for the season, a major snowfall was forecasted, and the manager had just caught sight of Newton, a cat who had gone missing several weeks earlier, according to the Daily Inter Lake.
It was Oct. 30 when Darcy Albert, president of KittyMom’s Rescue Organization, got the phone call asking for help.
“I took a net, and I took a trap, and I took a husband, and we jumped in the car five minutes later and drove up to West Glacier,” she said.
Shannon Haynes had been on a trip with family members, RV camping across the upper Midwest, when he decided to head to Montana.
“I went camping with them, and then I continued by myself, just Newton and I, into Montana because I haven’t been here since I was 16,” Haynes said.
In mid-September, the two were enjoying time by the campfire when Newton, a year and a half old, long-haired tabby, ran off. Somehow, he’d escaped a snug-fitting full-body harness and a leash.
Haynes extended his stay to look for his beloved feline to no avail.
After six weeks of wandering alone in West Glacier, Newton found himself in Albert’s home, getting the care he needed. Five weeks after that, he was reunited with Haynes at Glacier International Airport.
