The Ralston family from Palmerston North always believed their beloved cat Chesh would come back, despite being mistakenly tipped out with rubbish 18 moths ago.
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When Chesh couldn't be found, Ashlynn's mum Nicole went around the neighbourhood searching and posted about the disappearance on Facebook.
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Nicole and Ashlynn told Simon and Phil the searching paid off last week when Ms Ralston was contacted by a woman on Facebook who thought she had found Chesh hiding under her deck.
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