Honest: Kitten Rescued from Inside Lincoln Statue

No doubt using up a few of its potentially nine lives, a kitten has managed to stay alive inside a statue of Abraham Lincoln long enough to be emancipated from its self-made trap.

The kitten, all of 3 weeks old, scurried its way into a replica of the Lincoln Memorial at the Clermont (Fla.) Presidents Hall of Fame but then got stuck. Museum officials scratched their heads as to how the kitten could have possibly gotten trapped inside the statue, but no doubt a small hole was available somewhere and the nosy kitten got stuck in — literally.

Anyway, the Humane Society and the local fire department were soon on the scene and had drilled a hole large enough for a person. A fire fighter dropped down inside the statue, retrieved the kitten, and delivered it back into the real world.

The kitten was hungry and dehydrated after being stuck inside the statue for three days. A local veterinarian took the kitten away for nursing duties but planned to put the adventuresome young feline up for adoption.

John Zweifel, curator of the museum, planned to adopt the cat and call him, what else, Abe.