In brief
Natasha Lavoie from British Columbia has been overwhelmed by prank calls concerning a missing cat, named Torbo, instead of her own cat, Mauser. The source? T-shirts sold online with her number advertised for a cash reward. After months of calls, she uncovered the joke behind the madness.
Natasha Lavoie, a British Columbia resident, has been in a quirky predicament. Since 2024, she has been receiving a torrent of calls from people claiming to have found a missing cat named Torbo. But there's a twist: her cat is Mauser, and he’s been sound asleep in her home through it all!The situation escalated to a hilarious extent when her partner, Jonathan McCurrach, decided to take matters into his own hands after receiving a barrage of calls late at night. Upon investigation, they discovered that a man had been calling repeatedly as a prank because his son had bought a T-shirt online with a fictitious missing cat promotion, featuring Natasha's phone number.Over the past year, Natasha's phone rang non-stop, with calls arriving in cycles. Some nights she’d get bombarded with calls, while others would pass in silence. "At first, I thought maybe I had upset someone," she admitted, wondering why her number was circulating.Determined to find answers, Natasha reached out to the company behind the shirts, Wisdumb, to find out how her phone number ended up as part of their advertising strategy. But for now, the mystery of Torbo continues to entertain her, highlighting the unexpected chaos that can arise from a simple online joke.
