A stunned family who thought their pet cat had come back from the dead just 24 hours after his funeral realised they had buried the wrong animal.
Mother-of-two Karen Jones, 48, of Ashford, Kent, was heartbroken when she spotted what she believed was her missing black tom Norman dead at the side of a busy road.
A passer-by then told the family that the creature had been hit by a passing car and killed instantly.
The tearful owner scooped up the dead animal, convinced it was her beloved two-year-old pet, because it was the same size and had the same coloured fur and eyes.
Her son Harry, 22, spent two hours digging a grave in the back garden before the whole family buried the cat with Norman's favourite toy mouse.
After the hour-long ceremony they then set a black porcelain cat on top of the grave as a head stone. But the next day the family were amazed when Norman scampered into their kitchen - and ate his breakfast.
Shocked Mrs Jones believed her cat had come back from the dead and ran outside to see if he had dug himself out of the ground.
It was only when she found the grave still intact she realised they must have buried the wrong cat. She today made a sombre appeal to try and trace the owner of the cat - still buried in her back garden.
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