A large "missing cat" mural appears to have helped bring Buddha the cat back to his Ottawa owner on Wednesday.

This photo shows Buddha the cat after he was found on Wednesday. He had been missing since Aug. 8. (Kayleigh Julien)

Kayleigh Julien said in an email she got a call Wednesday morning from someone who found Buddha "very close to home in a spot I was walking around everyday (sic)."

She and her two friends had put up a painted mural, about four metres tall and nine metres wide, on a graffiti wall near the intersection of Slater and Bay streets Sunday night.