Mistakes were made," an image of a cat clinging to a bale of hay, was posted on the image-sharing website Imgur and has become an international sensation. It was posted by reddit user mike_pants. The number of viewers of the image has already exceeded 4 million in the first 6 days since its publication, and the number is still increasing.

Mistakes were made," an image of a cat clinging to a bale of hay, has become an international sensation.
Mistakes were made," an image of a cat clinging to a bale of hay, has become an international sensation.

In the United States and other countries, hay is sometimes compressed into bales for several reasons, including easier transportation. This way, about one ton of hay can be easily transported by truck. However, the farmer's cats tend to play on the hay. In this case, too, it is imagined that the truck may have transported the hay with the cat while the cat was taking a sunbath.

Example of hay bales You can often see hay bales when driving in the Midwest and other areas.
Example of hay bales You can often see hay bales when driving in the Midwest and other areas.

The much-discussed image was taken from the passenger seat of a car as it passed a truck hauling hay. The cat's safety is not yet known. The Imgur comment section is full of posts expressing concern about the cat's whereabouts.

Someone do something about it.
・Do you have any photos of it when it was rescued?
The owner's family must be worried about what happened to the cat.

Some people also write that farmers sometimes lose their cats in the same way. In such cases, they say, the cats rarely return to their owners.

I hope the cats are safe.