This is the heartwarming moment a kind resident laid a pole between two house roofs to create a makeshift bridge for his stranded pet kitten.

Nur Tanjung went to the top of their home to check why the dog had been barking and spotted the tabby named Bocil struggling to climb down in West Java, Indonesia.

Footage shows Nur laying the eight-foot (two metre) plank across the gap and waiting for the moggy to walk over the piece of wood on July 16.

The grandfather smiled at the feline while trying to coax it to walk towards him.

Nur said: ‘I do not know how Bocil got up there, but we heard the dog barking and the cat crying, so we climbed up. Bocil was scared, and we helped it to safely come to us.'

The elderly resident carried Bocil back down, laughing as he pet its fur.