Cat thought lost in Kentucky tornado found 9 days later: "I thought I heard a meow"

Louisville, Kentucky — Nine days after a tornado demolished his three-story office building in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, Sonny "Hoot" Gibson was standing in the rubble when he thought he heard a faint meow.

It instantly gave him hope that his office cat, Madix, who hadn't been seen since before the storms hit, was alive. Gibson said he had tried to find the solid black cat with yellow eyes that liked to greet customers of his rental business, but had given up after a few days.

"I don't know how anything could've survived not just the tornado but the destruction that came along with it," he said.