Georgia man miraculously reunites with missing cat on live TV after his 7 pets were lost in flood waters

A man who “lost everything” in horrific flooding that devastated northern Georgia last week had an unexpected and heartwarming moment on live TV — his seventh cat who went missing returned home. McCaysville resident Billy Paschall was trapped on his porch for hours last Wednesday night after powerful flash flooding tore through his neighborhood, he told CBS News Atlanta.Paschall said while he waited for a police boat to rescue him, his seven cats were “totally freaking out” because they “don’t like water” and had perched themselves on top of small cat houses on the porch. When the police boat arrived, cops pulled both Paschall and his kitties aboard, but at some point in the chaos, all seven went missing. Several days later, the local news crew caught up with the cat dad at his devastated property when an on-air miracle happened — Paschall’s last missing cat Bounce returned home. “What’s it doing, boy? That’s my Bounce,” a stunned Paschall said mid-interview on Monday.“That’s the one you were looking for?” asked CBS reporter Daniel Wilkerson.“The last one?”“I hadn’t seen him ‘til right now,” Paschall said, later noting, “It’s a relief.”Paschall said that a meteorologist from the local station, who was also a cat lover, had given him some advice to try and get his beloved feline friends home.“She told me if I put the cat box out, that it would make them feel like I wanted them to come to me or something like that,” he said.And evidently that trick worked.

His cherished pets slowly, but surely, came back home one by one.While Paschall was thrilled to be reunited with his cats, he said the flooding was nothing short of devastating.“It’s been terrible, man, I lost everything,” he told CBS News Atlanta.“The water got up pretty high, almost like 5 feet or so [inside my home],” Paschall added.Although his house is empty and his belongings were wiped out, Paschall said he feels more hopeful now that his...