Researchers and scientists lol……how about calling them what they are…..charlatans and morons. How much did they get paid to come up with countless stupid theories? I can give you five right now and it took me about 14 seconds.
1. Cat stowed away in the car while they were moving and nobody noticed. It then explored Colorado for a few months and decided to move back in with them.
2. A neighbor found the cat, drove it out to Colorado, dumped it on their porch unannounced and left just to mess with them.
3. It was a different cat like in Meet the Parents.
4. The cat snuck into the post office, looked up the forwarding address and hitch hiked to Colorado.
5. The cat used some sort of “find my phone” app.
Occum’s Shaver strikes again.