Sept. 17, 2026

The Cat With 29 Toes

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Johnny Mac presents five good news stories: a Wisconsin Maine Coon named Erebus Anomaly sets a Guinness World Record with 29 toes due to polydactyly, surpassing previous record-holder Jake (28) and a kitten named Toby who matched 28. A Dutch TV host Klaas sets the fastest motorized clog record at 70.05 mph in a polyester-and-fiberglass clog built on an electric go-kart frame with help from inventor Kevin Nicks. In Mexico, fisherman Arasto is rescued after 15 days trapped in a submerged cave, surviving on spring water and later hospitalized for malnourishment and dehydration. New Jersey Transit employees recover Julie’s 1905 antique wedding ring from a train toilet tank. In Germany, a sheep boards an unlocked bus, rides through a bus-sized car wash, and is returned home via its owner Stefan.

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I am here today to tell you about the cat

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with 29 toes. Hello, I'm Johnny Mac with five good

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news stories. Story number one in Wisconsin. A Maine coon

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cat named Erebus Anomaly has earned the Guinness World Record

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for With 29 toes, that's 11 more than the usual

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18 found on a domestic cat. I would have gotten

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that wrong at trivia. I never pondered how many toes

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a cat had, but I don't know. I guess I

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would have guessed 20. What do I know? Well, I

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don't know how many toes a cat has. Anyway, Erebus

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has 29. That is the highest documented toe count for

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any cat. Extra toes result from a genetic trait called polydactyly,

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which is commonly found in Maine Coons. But even among

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cats with extra toes, Erebus stands out. The previous record

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belonged to Jake. Jake was a Canadian cat who had

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28 toes. He set that record back in 2002. Earlier

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this year, a kitten named Toby was born and matched

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Jake's total. But now, Erebus has the record with 29.

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A Dutch television host has set a record by putting

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his foot on the accelerator driving a giant motorized clog. Yes,

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a clog more than 70 miles an hour. Kloss reached 70.05

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miles per hour in the shoe-shaped vehicle. That is another

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Guinness record for fastest motorized clog shoe. These guys have

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a record for everything. He hosts a TV show, Klaus

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can do everything, and decided to build a vehicle capable

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of setting a world record. They contacted someone familiar with

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making unlikely objects move very quickly, British inventor Kevin Nix,

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who set the fastest motorized garden shed record in 2025.

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The team chose a Dutch wooden clog as the inspiration.

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Despite its appearance, the car was not carved from an

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enormous block of wood. It was made from polyester and

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fiberglass with the frame of an electric go-kart underneath. All right,

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so it's not really a clog, is it? No. Good

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news for a fisherman who was rescued after 15 days

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trapped in a dark cave. This sounds terrible. A fisherman

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in Mexico has been rescued alive, of course, after spending

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15 days trapped in a cave with no food, no light.

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Erasto disappeared in July while fishing in a natural limestone sinkhole.

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After swimming into a submerged cave, he became disoriented in

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the darkness, couldn't find his way back out. An air

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chamber gave him a place to breathe, and he drank

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water from a spring inside the cave waiting for help.

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He lost track of time. He said the 15 days

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felt like three. Good news for him. Rescuers kept looking

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for him. He was taken to the hospital suffering from

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severe malnourishment and dehydration. Wow, that is lucky. Good news

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for a woman in New Jersey. They found her wedding

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ring after New Jersey Transit employees went well beyond a

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routine lost and found search to recover it from a

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train toilet. Ick. Julie realized the ring was missing after

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returning to her seat from using the bathroom on the train. Now,

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if you've ever been on a train in New Jersey, ick. Apparently,

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she had washed her hands and used toilet paper to

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dry her fingers, crumpled the paper, and flushed it somewhere

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and all that. Her wedding ring went with it. She

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reported the loss to New Jersey Transit. They took the

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train out of service so employees could search for the ring.

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Workers had to raise the train on jacks, remove the

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toilet tank, and open it up. There, sitting on top

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of the contents, was the missing ring. It was returned

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to her. Hopefully she got it cleaned before putting it

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back on. There's more to this. She had purchased the

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ring from an antique store, and it's believed to date

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to 1905. After buying it, she noticed that the initials

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engraved inside it matched the nicknames she and her husband

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used for each other. And again, I hope she cleaned it.

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In Germany, a sheep escaped... and boarded a parked bus,

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and then wound up taking a ride through a car

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wash before heading home. I love this story. The sheep

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made its way onto the bus company's property, had found

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an unlocked bus, and climbed aboard. The driver came back

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and was checking the bus to see if there were garbage,

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you know, anything else, and found the sheep. The bus

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company contacted the local police. A plastic ID tag in

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the sheep's ear established that it belonged to Stefan. But wait,

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there is more. While waiting for Stefan to arrive, the

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sheep stayed aboard through the company's bus-sized car wash. According

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to company officials, the sheep remained calm and cooperative throughout

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the brief ride, apparently taking its unfamiliar surroundings in stride.

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When Stefan arrived, he was able to move the sheep

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into a trailer and transport it safely home. Now, if

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you're a sheep, how do you even explain that to

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your fellow sheep, what you were doing all day? I

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