Maybe he's the grim reaper...

shawndavid

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This article fails to speculate on the fact that this cat may be the bringer and not the predictor...

MURDERER!!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/25/death.cat.ap/index.html

When death comes calling, so does Oscar the cat

* Story Highlights
* Cat has uncanny record of curling up with dying nursing home patients
* Staff members say families usually find cat's presence comforting
* Cat better at predicting imminent death than staff, observer says
* New England Journal of Medicine essay describes phenomenon

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- 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 the patient has less than four hours to live.

"He doesn't make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," Dr. David Dosa said in an interview. He describes the phenomenon in a poignant essay in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

"Many family members take some solace from it. They appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one," said Dosa, a geriatrician and assistant professor of medicine at Brown University.

The 2-year-old feline was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The facility treats people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and other illnesses.

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.

Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work there, said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill

She was convinced of Oscar's talent when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn't eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish tinge, signs that often mean death is near.

Oscar wouldn't stay inside the room, though, so Teno thought his streak was broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor's prediction was roughly 10 hours too early. Sure enough, during the patient's final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside.

Doctors say most of the people who get a visit from the sweet-faced, gray-and-white cat are so ill they probably don't know he's there, so patients aren't aware he's a harbinger of death. Most families are grateful for the advance warning, although one wanted Oscar out of the room while a family member died. When Oscar is put outside, he paces and meows his displeasure.

No one's certain if Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat notices telltale scents or reads something into the behavior of the nurses who raised him.

Nicholas Dodman, who directs an animal behavioral clinic at the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and has read Dosa's article, said the only way to know is to carefully document how Oscar divides his time between the living and dying.

If Oscar really is a furry grim reaper, it's also possible his behavior could be driven by self-centered pleasures like a heated blanket placed on a dying person, Dodman said.

Nursing home staffers aren't concerned with explaining Oscar, so long as he gives families a better chance at saying goodbye to the dying.

Oscar recently received a wall plaque publicly commending his "compassionate hospice care."
 
"This is not a cat that's friendly to people,"


Sounds like the cat has it in for people and is probably killing them off 1 by 1 until he gets his Meow Mixx.
 
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On topic portion: Um that cat is creepy n junk.
 
If I was at that home I would just kill the cat. Problem solved.

They tried that.

I heard they shot the cat mutiple times with a 12 guauge and dumped him in the desert, but the cat came back. They thought the cat was a goner, but the cat came back the very next day.
 
They tried that.

I heard they shot the cat mutiple times with a 12 guauge and dumped him in the desert, but the cat came back. They thought the cat was a goner, but the cat came back the very next day.

I heard they shot him multiple times and then drowned him like rasputin with no ill effects
 
Killing the cat made me think of that Jim Hension show where a guy captures death in a bag and no one could die. When he released death, it was afraid of him and would never visit him again.