Comments on: cat predicts deaths, web folk LOL

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:10:46 +0000

Cats and Wizards can see death. Doesn’t anyone read Pratchett anymore?

By: mark

mark — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:40:05 +0000

oscar sounds pretty amazing= a gift for tuning into a vibration/sense/freaquency. few can tap into, much less understand. i marveled at the animal stories with the tsunami, how did they know to run long before the wave? man has built wonderful conveniences and luxury around himself. perhaps we forgot to be so sensitive to our fellow mans true inner state?

By: orcmid

orcmid — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:59:51 +0000

Whenever I’m ailing or have an inflamation or soreness, I am surprised how often that is where one of the household cats chooses to settle on the bed covers.

It is comforting that they do that. I am not sure it is anything more than a great ability to find the warm spot, but I remain comforted.

By: Sam Jackson

Sam Jackson — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:22:08 +0000

Criss Angel’s mindfreak show on A&E last night–his cat can do magic! So, yeah, they’re out to get us, definitely. Remember–if mice created the planet, then cats = !

By: Alexandre Dulaunoy

Alexandre Dulaunoy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:50:44 +0000

Maybe a more pragmatic idea… cats are looking for a warm (without direct sun) and calm place to sleep. Maybe when we are passing away the body is giving a ‘last’ pulse of temperature (or the temperature of the body is already higher due to an illness).

By the way, my cat is next to my foot… I’m a little bit worry

By: Martin Belam

Martin Belam — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:04:59 +0000

I think he swallowed some Polonium and is secretly radiating them to death

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:08:55 +0000

Other possibilities…

1) Animals can sense pain/anguish. People about ready to die may be, indeed, in significant pain.

2) Now that the news about Oscar’s alleged prognosticatory talents have gotten out, he may be causing heart attacks in shocked and horrified patients when he visits (even if they’re not visibly conscious / cogniscent)

3) Perhaps Oscar is carrying germs? And in a weakened state of immunity, he pushes sick humans over the edge? Or maybe it’s allergies?

Hmm.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:00:07 +0000

Cats have always been sensitive to the emotional energy flow of humans. If two people are experiencing an emotionally intense interchange, the cat will settle bttween them. If an individual is depressed, the cat will come over, almost seeming to show concern. It is not at all unlikely that the immediate pre-death hours of a terminal patient would be marked by an ebb in the life force, to which a cat would presumably be sensitive.

Questions for further investigayion would include whether other cats exhibit a similar ability, and whether Oscar ever makes mistakes.

-Steve