Lewis the cat is returned safely to Downtown Home and Garden

"Two girls just walked into the store with Lewis in hand," shop owner Mark Hodesh said. "Lewis is back home now."

More details on Lewis' adventure abroad — and his rescuers — were not immediately available.

"There was a lot of concern in the community," Hodesh said.

The 15-year old, 15-pound orange tabby went missing from the store last week. The store used its social media presence to ask the community to help find Lewis, who has been greeting customers at the shop for 12 years.

“He has raised generations of kids,” Hodesh said last week. “We have children that have come in and petted him when they were young and they’re now going to graduate school.”