Published on 05:09 PM, March 01, 2016

Wisconsin cat disappears, reappears in Florida

The 2-year-old Russian blue escaped from Cheri Stocker's Sheboygan home on Christmas Eve, where it disappeared until showing up this week 1,484 miles away in Naples, Florida. Photo: AP

It takes about 22 hours to reach Florida by car for a person traveling from Wisconsin.

But if you're a cat, the 1,484-mile journey likely takes closer to two months. At least that's how long it took Nadia, the Russian blue, to trek from her home on a snowy December day to sunny Naples this week where animal officials helped find her owners.

Cheri Stocker holds her cat, Nadia. Photo: AP

The Naples Daily News reports Cheri Stocker adopted the cat nine months ago in Wisconsin. On Christmas Eve, the cat escaped.

A Naples woman found the kitty in North Naples.

Workers at an animal shelter found the cat's microchip and, through a pet relocation service, got hold of Stocker's sister, who had been listed as an emergency contact.