It was a sight that the Rankin family will never forget.

Driving down a Nebraska interstate last Friday — at speeds close to 60 mph — they saw it.

“My daughter says, ‘There’s a cat on that van,’” recalled Ronda Rankin, who was also traveling with her husband.

The Omaha mom told KETV that she couldn’t believe her eyes at first.

“I was like, ‘Oh no, that’s a raccoon,'” remembered Rankin. “When my husband pulls up closer, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, no, that’s a cat.’”

The family immediately whipped out their cell phones and started filming the bizarre scene, while also trying to get the van’s attention.

“[The cat] looked really scared, like, ‘What the heck is going on?’” Rankin said.

They motioned to the people inside the van and were eventually able to get them to pull over.

“I said, ‘There’s a cat on your roof,’ and I keep saying, ‘A cat on your roof.’ Then, [the driver] looks at me and she’s like, ‘Oh my God,'” explained Rankin. “She looks startled, and so immediately, they slow down.”

The footage of the incident has gone viral, and even caught the attention of the Nebraska Humane Society. Local officials have asked for the public’s help in identifying the two people who were in the van — and are currently trying to get more information on how the cat wound up on its roof.

“We have never seen a video like that before,” said Mark Langan, of NHS.

“I mean how that cat held on at high speeds like that is amazing,” he added. “And I want to know what happened to the cat, people in Omaha want to know what happened to the cat, let’s find out what happened to this poor cat.”