MEET MONTY, one of the world’s luckiest moggies!

The cat had an amazing escape after going on a 20-mile journey stuck underneath his owner’s car!

The six-year-old ginger cat had hidden underneath the car and travelled from Linthwaite to Greater Manchester.

But as his owner, John Cotgrave, sped up to join the M60 Monty fell, bounced and rolled on the slip road before running away.

Mr Cotgrave felt a bump underneath his car and was shocked to see little Monty in the middle of the road as he gazed in his rear view mirror

Monty gave owners Mr Cotgrave and Richard McArtney the biggest shock of their lives, but the Linthwaite duo are relieved to have him back home.

Mr Cotgrave, 35, said: “I just can’t believe what happened to him.

“I am so lucky his is still here with us.

“Seeing him bounce and roll on to the road in my rear view mirror is an image I will never forget.

“The colour drained from my face. I really thought we would lose him.”

Monty suffered facial injuries and lost teeth and was left with a black eye.

Mr Cotgrave and Mr McArtney have just moved from Birkby to Linthwaite and had not let Monty out much before the incident on Sunday.

However, Monty had been getting more confidence in his new home and began to explore.

Before Mr Cotgrave set off to see his mother in south Manchester he checked underneath his car for Monty. He saw no sight of him and assumed he had wandered off.

Mr Cotgrave then drove through Linthwaite, Marsden and Ashton under Lyne, before noticing Monty just as he about to go on to the M60.

He thinks Monty had hidden inside the bumper, where he remained for 20 miles until he fell off.

Mr Cotgrave, a teacher, and Mr McArtney, a nurse at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, say Monty is getting better and is his playful self again.

But the incident has made Mr Cotgrave become a more careful cat owner.

“It’s safe to say I will be checking more carefully in the future before I drive off,’’ he said.

“I never want this to happen again.”