WIStv.com Columbia, SC: Summerville cat survives 80-foot fall from tree

Summerville cat survives 80-foot fall from tree: "(Summerville-AP) March 21, 2006 - Piper the cat may have used up a life or two but was unharmed after falling nearly 80 feet from a tree.She had been in the tree for eight days when a rescuer started up to save her Monday.But a scared Piper crept away until the limb underneath her snapped. She fell 80 feet, twisting and turning in the air before slamming onto the ground.
It looked like a catastrophe, but Piper wasn't even dazed, scampering off before her owner Rodney Colvin could catch her.Piper was found a few minutes later under a vehicle. Her owner says she had no broken bones and was only a little dehydrated."

Uh, they forgot to mention the cat now resembles a fur-covered pancake 18 inches across....When I was little and worried about my cat being stuck up a tree, my dad would 'console' me by saying it would come down, "You never saw a cat skeleton in a tree, did you?" >>>Cat Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook