In a restaurant ceiling…
there is a cat stuck in there…
What is his story?!
A restaurant in Seoul!
There is a very special regular customer that visits every day..!
Restaurant owner: Oh, there is a regular customer who always eats alone
Oh? You’re here? You’re a little late today!
Here, he’s here
Where?
Over here, inside the hole!
Inside the hole… is a cat?!
Gamja! Let’s eat now. Come here, Gamja.
Hearing that the food is ready,
Gamja disappeared…
The first time he came was in January, so it’s been 6 months
He comes in 3-4 times a day to eat
He doesn’t leave. I have no idea where he came in through
6 months ago, Gamja appeared in the ceiling of the restaurant
The owner couldn’t look past Gamja, who was crying out of hunger
Starting then, the owner started feeding him..!
Eat some
Come down and eat
Yet… he hesitates to come down to eat
After giving him food, we got closer
so he allowed me to come closer to him
I wanted to help him come down, so I tried to catch him a couple of times. But I failed
Since then, he’d jump back up if I came closer to him…
She was only trying to help him come down but
it only made him get warier
Only when there’s no one in the kitchen,
he comes down and eats
Even at a slight sound,
he hides immediately
The owner shakes a delicious snack
but he only runs away..
Soon, it’s closing time!
If I give him food like this, he eats it overnight
The food is gone by the morning
The owner always put some food for him before clocking out
and… she sticks something on the shelf?
It’s a restaurant. Having him roaming around in here, I thought I have to do something
so, I always put this up before clock-out
The owner came up with a measure to maintain the restaurant's hygiene!
I can’t NOT feed him so… I guess I got myself into more trouble
After everyone has left
the restaurant and the kitchen are empty..
At that time! Gamja shows up!
After checking that there’s no one around, he starts to eat
After dinner
Gamja jumps back up on the hole in the ceiling
Perhaps he can’t come down
because he’s scared of something?
The next day
You, hide over there and when Gamja is eating
block the way with this. Go
They are trying the rescue again
Gamja! It’s here. Come eat
Eat. I won’t look. Eat some
The plan is, once the owner leaves,
an employee who was hiding blocks the exit!
As the owner gives him space, Gamja comes down from the ceiling..
Production crew: Now!
Cautiously… getting close to Gamja..
Oh no... He saw her
He’s been coming here every day for six months. I don’t think there’s an exit
The production crew searched around the restuarant
There are pawprints
Pawprints?
Yes, pawprints
They are clearly cat pawprints..
There is a hole
Looking inside the hole.. and…
Oh! What are you doing over there?
Hello?
It’s Gamja!
Wow, he’s here
Okay, I’m coming down
Thankfully, it doesn’t seem like he is stuck there…
but..!
We can’t let him stay here like this
A rescue is decided!
We’re going to get a rescue trap
and lure him into it!
Now, we wait until Gamja shows up..
After some time, Gamja showed up!
Gamja gets wary and observes the trap…
He’s going in, he’s going in
Finally, Gamja walked into the trap!
Sis! Now, now, now!
Rescue succeeded!
First time seeing Gamja’s face up close..!
First of all, we took him to the hospital to check his health
Vet: He stayed in a place where there is no ventilation and dusty
so he shows symptoms of pneumonia but it’s not serious
There is no big problem with his health
And… good news has arrived!
What can I do, I fed and took care of him for the last six months
I’m going to raise him, that’s why I wanted to rescue him in the first place
Are you going to raise him?
Yes
Gamja, you’re so lucky!
Mommy will be waiting, okay?
Gamja who was living in a dusty ceiling
now has a new family and living happily!
Gamja, live happily ever after!
(And we hope the restaurant grows bigger, too!)