Woman gobsmacked after realising charity shop bargain might be cat urn – 15 years later

Becca Butcher detailed her jaw-dropping discovery online after realising a home accessory she’s owned for 15 years – bought from a charity shop – looks strangely identical to her cat’s urn

The benefits of choosing to shop in charity shops don’t stop at cost-effective items as you may also stumble across some great and rare finds. This happened exactly to the mum of TikToker Becca Butcher after spotting a unique ornament for the home – but the parent didn’t expect to pay the price with a shocking discovery 15 years later.

Taking to the popular streaming platform, Becca detailed her concern for the ornament that her mum purchased in a charity shop over a decade ago. She shared her concerns for what she thought was a decorative find – but was gobsmacked after noticing the similarity to her cat ‘s urn.

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In the video – which has exceeded 324,000 views to date – she sought advice from users on why the charity shop bargain and the cat urn’s resemblance were uncanny.

She captioned the post: “HELP Who’s cat is this ??

Becca explained: “Today we got my cat’s ashes back as she was cremated last week when she passed away and I’m going to show you what the urn looks like

“So, if you don’t want to see a cat’s urn look away now – but this is what it looks like.

“Ten years ago, it may be 15 years ago, my mum went to a charity shop and she saw this really cute cat statue that she brought home from the charity shop that looks like this.”

As the video detailed the two wooden objects, the similarity of the two was instantly spotted – and left Becca in utter disbelief.

“And we just had this on display in our living room in our house for like ten to 15 years.

“Is this somebody’s cat?!” She exclaimed.

When TikTokers rushed to the comment section to share their gobsmacking thoughts about the ordeal, Becca made sure to clear up some facts.

She said: “Not sure exactly how long the charity shop cat existed before we bought it 15 years ago, but looks like the gold accents were hand painted.

“We don’t plan on drilling it, just in case. But it’s similar weight and same design as the urn.”

One user said: “NO WAY! At least whoever’s cat it was has been in a good home since.”

“If it is an urn that’s actually so lovely that they’ve stayed in a stranger’s warm living room instead of landfill though,” a second added.

A third wrote: “Oh god.. my mum found one in a charity shop and painted it black as it was originally purple.. she gave it to me for either Christmas or birthday.”

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