Mummified cat in a wall – found in 1963 in Blandford Forum, the mummified cat was found standing on a ledge sandwiched between a lath-and-plaster partition and brick wall about six feet from the floor in a house in Whitecliff Mill Street that was being demolished. A few inches away was a black-bound volume of poetry and prose, ’The Speaker’ published in 1851.

In 1980 one was found in the attic of a Burton Bradstock house. It was estimated to be over 100 years old. 

A dried cat was discovered in a thatched house in Briantspuddle. It appeared to be in a sitting position and the builders who found it put it in a skip. The owner of the house decided to replace it in the roof to continue “doing its work.”  

A dried cat was discovered under the floorboards of the main bedroom at Boar Mill, near Corfe Castle. It was found with a George III cone and thought to date back to 18th century. 

A dried cat or kitten was discovered in the roof of a cottage dated from 1821 in Elwell Street, Upwey in 1987. After work was completed, the cat was replaced.