2Feb/101
The Grim Reapurrrrr
Ever since he was six months old, Oscar the cat has exibited an uncanny ability to sense death. Oscar the cat was adopted from an animal shelter by the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island for use as a therapy cat for patients. He quickly took to sitting with patients and the staff began to notice a pattern: shortly after Oscar curled up, the patients would die. Sound creepy? Thus far, oscar has accurately predicted over fifty deaths! I'm not going to tell you the whole story, I'll let you read that from the Reuters article that inspired this post. However, I will ask this... would you find the presence of this so-called therapy cat comforting or alarming were it to curl up next to you?
February 4th, 2010 - 21:46