A cat was hungry and pretty greasy but otherwise OK after hitching a 400-mile ride from Indianapolis to Sedalia, MO, on an 8-inch beam underneath a tractor-trailer, The Associated Press reports.

The male Siamese cat was discovered Sunday after Chris Markley, a trucker from Springdale, AR, noticed a woman trying to flag him down. He pulled his rig into a parking lot, and the woman pointed out a cat sitting on the fifth wheel frame under the trailer of his truck.

Markley told police the last time he had stopped before reaching Sedalia was at a truckstop off Interstate 65 south of Indianapolis.

Nothing was holding the cat onto the 8-inch beam or protecting if from falling to the asphalt, according to a police report. The neutered cat is estimated to be 6 or 7 years old.

Animal control officers in Indiana will help with the search for the cat's owners. If they don't come forward, the cat will be put up for adoption.