New York ( CNN ) -- A furry feline named Willow , who was last seen five years ago in Colorado , was found this week roaming the streets of New York . Country kitty turned metropolitan cat , Willow was discovered by a pedestrian on East 20th Street in Manhattan over the weekend and brought to Animal Care and Control of NYC , according to Julie Bank , the animal shelter 's executive director . Willow tested positive for a microchip , and her Colorado owners , Chris and Jamie Squires , were later contacted , according to Bank . `` Willow is in good health , kind of chunky , '' Bank said . `` Clearly she has been taken care of or enjoying the New York City food . '' How Willow traveled from Broomfield , Colorado , a suburb of Denver , to New York -- a distance of more than 1,600 miles -- over a span of five years is a mystery . `` Someone maybe picked her up in Colorado and brought her here ; sometimes animals get here oddly , like on the back of a truck , '' Bank said . `` Some people are joking that she is a city girl and wanted to see the sights . '' Calls to the Squires were not immediately returned . As for Willow , plans are being made for her to reunite with the Squires , Bank said . For now , she will stay with a foster family until health certificates are filed and she can make the journey back home , though perhaps not as memorable as her travels to the Big Apple .
Willow taken to animal shelter , microchip found and owners notified . Willow is in ` ` good health , '' set to reunite with owners in Seattle .