--- title: Stealthy Cat Tries to Sneak Its Way Into a Vacation description: The cat is officially out of the bag, folks. Candy the Cat tried to sneak into her owners' luggage. (It didn't work.) canonical: https://time.com/5706974/cat-sneaks-into-luggage/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-22T14:41:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:57.594Z og:title: Unsuccessfully Stealthy Cat Tries to Sneak Its Way Into a Free Vacation og:description: Her plans were foiled og:url: https://time.com/5706974/cat-sneaks-into-luggage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Unsuccessfully Stealthy Cat Tries to Sneak Its Way Into a Free Vacation twitter:description: Her plans were foiled twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Unsuccessfully Stealthy Cat Tries to Sneak Its Way Into a Vacation by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Oct 22, 2019 2:41 PM UTC by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Oct 22, 2019 2:41 PM UTC The cat is officially out of the bag, folks. One man was pretty concerned when airport security took him into a separate room, only to reveal his pet cat, Candy, hiding in his [luggage](https://time.com/5512002/matt-damon-lost-luggage/). “Candy decided to sneak into our hand bag,” Nick Coole wrote on Facebook on Oct. 16\. “Fair play to airport security for helping to get her home so we could catch our flight.” There was no big punishment for Candy’s crimes, though. She was picked up by trusted pals and Coole was able to make his [flight](https://time.com/5466091/travel-for-cheap-free-budget/). The sneaky feline underwent her mission at Isle of Man Airport on Isle of Man, an [island](https://time.com/5568624/childish-gambino-rihanna-guava-island/) that sits between [Great Britain](https://time.com/5636284/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-boris-johnson/) and [Ireland](https://time.com/5634762/northern-ireland-abortion-law-impact/). Naturally, thousands began to like, share and comment on the post, saying that their own cats — or themselves — would also make Candy’s move. “I think Bella would do this,” wrote one Facebook user. “This is going to happen to me one day with Mildred if I’m not careful,” said another. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5706974/cat-sneaks-into-luggage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5706974/cat-sneaks-into-luggage/"},"headline":"Unsuccessfully Stealthy Cat Tries to Sneak Its Way Into a Vacation","datePublished":"2019-10-22T14:41:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:57.594Z","description":"Her plans were foiled","url":"https://time.com/5706974/cat-sneaks-into-luggage/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. Greenspan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5706974/cat-sneaks-into-luggage/","name":"Unsuccessfully Stealthy Cat Tries to Sneak Its Way Into a Vacation"}}]}] ```