A California man had an unexpected passenger in his car during the 30-mile trip to his parents' house: a small, stray kitten that had managed to find a place to ride in the engine compartment.

Jim Michelotti, from the San Francisco Bay area, said he heard meowing after pulling into a petrol station. A woman next to him said it was coming from his 1993 Mitsubishi Diamante so he began checking around.

With the help of a torch, he found the black kitten on a bar, inches from the ground. The cat was greasy and scared, but otherwise okay.

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