My wife and I have been taking care of this stray. We usually go outside and call for it and make some noises for him to come out to eat. A few nights back we go out for the same routine. We call and we hear him. Finally, we look up. About 10’ up is this.
Little guy finds some safety in that huge hole beneath him. He tucks right in. Until he poked his head out we had no idea.
Forgive if the picture is a bit dark.
Your story made me think of my own story where my cat got stuck down a tree because we used to live in an apartment on the 4th floor and he’d hang out on the patio, but the little shit figured out he could hop over to the giant evergreen next to us and walk down the branch and down the tree, only problem is he was heavy and the branch lowered when he climbed on it, so he could not get back up to the patio. Thankfully found him downstairs after a few hours confused af.
This was many years ago now and I have since learned all the dangers of kitties exploring outside and our cats do not get unsupervised time outside anymore.