Have you heard about the cat that lives at a nursing home and selectively visits the residents that he senses do not have long to live? His name is Oscar and he can predict deaths with startling accuracy.
Yes, I said a CAT.
The world of the paranormal includes many things besides mystery hums, UFO encounters, ghosts and Ouija boards. Sometimes a paranormal “event” involves perplexing behaviour, such as Oscar’s uncanny ability.
There have been many peculiar reports over the years of cats and dogs who have exhibited behaviour out of the ordinary because they have sensed or detected illness (seizures, heart attacks, diabetes, tumors to name a few) and impending death in humans.
The pets often, lick, nudge, paw at, or whine at the oblivious human repeatedly, as if to warn them.
(Oscar lies beside the fading patient, before staff even know the patient is dying. He just KNOWS.)
There is ongoing research to investigate if dogs are able to detect illness through smell. Some animals have taken part in studies and training to specifically research this topic. (Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS currently researches this). However, this sniffing ability is associated with dogs.
So you may think, if a dog can do it, so can a cat. But you have to consider the fact that dogs have astounding smelling abilities. Physiologically, cats don’t really measure up in the sniffing department.
You might think an owner and their pet have such a strong bond, that this precipitates the pet’s behaviour, should the owner suddenly have a heart attack, for example. But the “bond” cannot be the explanation as Oscar acts as the Grim Reaper for all the patients in the nursing home, whether they are long-term residents or newly admitted, with which he has no bonding time.
Another example of a cat warning it’s owner of a diabetic episode is written about in this blog posting:
There are many extraordinary animals on the planet. All you have to do is think about how a little colony of wasps can build absolutely amazing papery nests; or how salmon can swim thousands of kilometers to spawn; or how a crow can solve puzzles as well as a five year old.
So that does NOT explain Oscar’s “talent”.
So you may think, if a dog can do it, so can a cat. But you have to consider the fact that dogs have astounding smelling abilities. Physiologically, cats don’t really measure up in the sniffing department.
You might think an owner and their pet have such a strong bond, that this precipitates the pet’s behaviour, should the owner suddenly have a heart attack, for example. But the “bond” cannot be the explanation as Oscar acts as the Grim Reaper for all the patients in the nursing home, whether they are long-term residents or newly admitted, with which he has no bonding time.
Oscar's Story (link)
Another example of a cat warning it’s owner of a diabetic episode is written about in this blog posting:
Warning from Cat (link)
Or how a seemingly simple little cat can predict when you’re time on Earth is up.
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