This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog!

My husband works at a swimming pool construction supply company, and one day, a coworker was dumping a defective pool heater (basically a large metal box) into their parts dumpster. Upon dropping the heater off the forklift into the dumpster, he heard loud meowing.

CALICO CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / ALINE DASSEL

He quickly fished the heater back out, reached inside and found two kittens who were approximately five weeks old. My husband called near the end of the day to tell me about these two "splotchy" colored kitties that no one else could take home.

After convincing him that "splotchy" meant calico, I said, "No, we can't have two more, we already have two cats!" Pleading that he couldn't just leave them at work, he brought them home hoping my parents who recently lost their cat would want them (they didn't).

CALICO KITTEN. PHOTO: PIXABAY / ALINE DASSEL

Thirteen years later, they are still ours. Percy is white with dark "splotches" and is named for Percy Grainger, one of our favorite composers. Molly is dark colored with light "splotches" and is named for "Molly on the Shore", one of my favorite Grainger songs. They still use their powerful, dumpster-saving meows to bellow across the house for each other whenever one is out of sight.

Our other two cats eventually learned to tolerate their new kitten sisters and even like to snuggle in one large kitty pile sometimes. My dad had a saying, "You don't find your pets, they find you." This was certainly true for Percy and Molly.

PHOTO: NATHALIA FROM WINTER PARK, FL

Story submitted by Nathalia from Winter Park, Florida.

This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Share your very own rescue story here!