{"id":46829,"date":"2021-05-12T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T06:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lost-cat-journeys-22-miles-to-battle-rock-school-outside-cortez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:34:38","slug":"lost-cat-journeys-22-miles-to-battle-rock-school-outside-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lost-cat-journeys-22-miles-to-battle-rock-school-outside-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost cat journeys 22 miles to Battle Rock school outside Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Students
Students from Battle Rock Charter School found the cat, Volt, 22 miles from where he was last seen. (Anthony Nicotera\/ The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Battle Rock Charter School fourth graders Presley Wilkerson and Elijah American Horse made an unusual discovery on the hill behind their school last week.<\/p>\n

A tired, yet affable white and gray cat approached the school. While it was possible the cat belonged to a nearby resident, this was one they had not seen before.<\/p>\n

He was brought into the classroom and fed some spaghetti, the students\u2019 school lunch that day.<\/p>\n

\"Using
Using what they had on hand, Battle Rock Charter School students fed the cat spaghetti after bringing him into the classroom. (Courtesy of Moqui Mustain-Fury)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The cat\u2019s collar read \u201cVolt,\u201d and a phone number was visible on it. School staff soon learned that Volt, a 3-year-old rescue, had been missing for roughly two weeks after disappearing from a campsite on County Road N. 22 miles north of the school.<\/p>\n

His owners, a married couple from Brighton who serve in the U.S. Air Force, were visiting Canyons of the Ancients National Monument on the last leg of a vacation when Volt went missing.<\/p>\n

Cody and Amanda Storment usually brought Volt and their Samoyed dog, Max, along with them on camping trips.<\/p>\n

Volt would often be let out at night for a short time and had always returned on his own. Concerns grew when an hour had passed and Volt had not come back.<\/p>\n

The couple searched a 4-mile radius around the campsite for two days, to no avail. They posted reward signs everywhere they could.<\/p>\n

The students found Volt last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe called them out of the blue, and they were just over the moon,\u201d said Battle Rock teacher Moqui Mustain-Fury. \u201cIt\u2019s a really friendly cat. It\u2019s the type of cat that does well with the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cody Storment, recently returning from assignment in Hawaii to Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, made the trip back to Southwest Colorado to reunite with Volt and take him home.<\/p>\n

\"Volt
Volt and his owner, Cody Storment, were reunited Tuesday morning at Battle Rock Charter School. (Anthony Nicotera\/ The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Students had just finished reading a book about Journey, a gray wolf that was tracked as he migrated more than a 1,000 miles from Northeastern Oregon to Northern California.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids were able to really look at the fact that this cat\u2019s journey was a little bit like this wolf,\u201d Mustain-Fury said. \u201cHe\u2019s an inspiration for us. We\u2019ve gotten quite a few miles out of his adventures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teachers also encouraged students to write their versions of Volt\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

Storment told students Tuesday a little bit more about the cat they had taken in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was a baby he was just a little fuzzball,\u201d Storment said. \u201cHe just looked like static. His hair completely looked like static. So that\u2019s why we called him Volt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volt had never been lost before.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were very scared, very worried,\u201d Storment said. \u201cBecause we knew that there were mountain lions and coyotes and everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Storments intend to donate $550 to the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate you guys taking care of him and giving him shelter and love and affection,\u201d Storment said.<\/p>\n

\"Amanda
Amanda and Cody Storment, along with their cat, Volt. (Courtesy of Amanda and Cody Storment)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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