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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:05 AM
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Death Cat Roaming Free in Nursing Home! I'm SERIES!!11!
Oscar the cat predicts patients' deaths
By RAY HENRY, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jul 25, 7:25 PM ET

Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.

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After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He'd sniff and observe patients, then sit beside people who would wind up dying in a few hours.

Dosa said Oscar seems to take his work seriously and is generally aloof. "This is not a cat that's friendly to people," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_fe_st/death_cat


Am I the only one who sees something MIGHTY SUSPICIOUS here? This cat needs to be STOPPED!

:silly:
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:07 AM
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1. he's a beautiful cat
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/aging/articles/2007/07/25/feline_intuition/
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:10 AM
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3. Yeah, beautiful...
UNTIL HE SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF YOU!!11!! He's a DEMON, I tell you!!
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 10:51 AM
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18. Is he beautiful now?


And, yes, I do suck at Photoshop and I'm really bored this morning.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:08 AM
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2. I think that is a great story
It must be comforting to have a kitty hang with you - hell the patients don't know it is coming....
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:11 AM
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4. I hope my kitties come to be w/ me when it's my time
though honestly, I just have to be in bed w/ a cold and they're all over me.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:17 AM
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5. Maybe the cat is trying to soothe...
:shrug:

When I'm not feeling well or unhappy my dog will sit on my chair with me.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:20 AM
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6. This is making me nervous - Evita has been awfully friendly to me the past 24 hours
Normally she avoids me like the plague and Abbott is the frisky one. But in the last 24 hours the roles have reversed and Abbott avoids me while Evita snuggles

Are they trying to tell me something?
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:28 AM
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8. Umm...
Is Midlo still down to get the Toy-o-tah?
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:27 AM
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7. eeww, what if this is an instinctual thing -- he waits for them to die because
he plans on eating them. It has happened:

We see instances of pets feeding on their deceased owners (anthropophagy) from time to time, its rarity probably reflecting that the opportunity does not occur that often, says North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner John D. Butts, M.D.

!!

http://ask.metafilter.com/48250/cat-eats-owner-news-at-11
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:31 AM
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10. SEE!?!1!?
Thank God for the relatives and the nursing home staff, saving these poor denizens from becoming DeathCat's next Fancy Feast.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:45 AM
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13. Vulture cat!
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:48 AM
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15. That's actually the first thing I thought when I saw this on CNN
That the cat can sort of smell death in the air and is waiting around out of instinct, knowing somehow that there'll be a meal in it for him.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:29 AM
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9. In Ur Hospice, Eetin yer soulz
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Throwing Stones Donating Member (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 10:38 AM
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16. bwahahaha
:rofl:

:toast:

That waz hailariuz
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:36 AM
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11. I saw a documentary a few months ago on PBS (?) about pets
that lived in nursing homes as companions. I don't know if it is the same cat or not, but they talked about one cat at one of the facilities that showed the same behavior.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:38 AM
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12. I remember hearing about other cats who 'knew' that their
owners were dying. In fact, there was an ABC Movie of the Week which specifically mentioned it in the 70s.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 09:47 AM
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14. My folks cat waited for them to return from vacation...
before it passed on. Sort of the opposite thing.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 10:41 AM
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17. That was in our local paper also....front page.
I almost posted it until I saw your. Nice story and Oscar looks like my little cat who's up in heaven now.
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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:35 AM
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19. Te kitty they call Dr Death:
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i22386
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CountAllVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 04:31 PM
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20. I believe it ...
I've also seen the situation where a dying owner of a beloved pet where the pet (dog/cat) won't go to the person any longer. The dog (in the case I speak of) did not want to be taken to see the person any longer about 2 weeks before they died of cancer. The dog knew and I guess the odor was obvious. Dogs have a sense of smell that is 600X greater than ours is. They say a cat is 14X what ours is. :shrug:

In any event, yes, I do believe that our pets known when we are sick and also when we are going to die from what I've personally seen.

:dem:
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