In hopes that his actual cat, Oliver, would return, Halie Kutscher’s 9-year-old son cuddled an orange cat Beanie Baby for weeks.

The youngster was unaware that Oliver was traveling nearly 40 kilometers so they could be reunited.

They laboriously decided to depart without him after a thorough search, promising to go back to Bridgeport and seek for him.

Kutscher told The Dodo, “We knew that we had some time to keep coming back to the old house to hunt for him, so we were still hopeful. “We would return there on the weekends.”

But Oliver was never there when the family came back.

My son… would weep nonstop if we left without seeing him, Kutscher recalled. “Watching it was sad.”

The Kutschers’ hope started to fade once they finally sold their home. They were ready for a challenging chat with their kid in which they would deliver the devastating news that Oliver was probably no longer with them.

Kutscher stated, “His dad and I didn’t anticipate we’d have to deal with the death of a pet at such a young age.

An instantly recognizable set of ears soon materialized in their yard.

Oliver had surprisingly located them.

Kutscher said, “He was just looking up at us. As soon as we entered the building, I went to my knees and simply held him as he sobbed. “I grabbed him straight up in my arms. The rest of the family and the animals crowded around him, but he remained right there with me.

Oliver had somehow made his way home, all by himself, as later confirmed by a microchip scan at the veterinarian.

Oliver was the same even after all he had gone through.

Kutscher remarked, “He wasn’t terrified, hesitant, or anything.” He only appeared exhausted and delighted to be home.