Oscar: The strange cat that predicts death
Oscar the strange cat that can predict death is a part of Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation center in Rhode Island. It is a 'therapy cat' that can predict death just within a few hours of the event.
OSCAR WAS born in 2005. It is a part of Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation center in Rhode Island. It is a ‘therapy cat’ that can predict death just within a few hours of the event. The hospital specialises in caring for dementia, Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons. His score so far is over 50 deaths – all in the same hospital. Oscar is not really people friendly – that is people who are alive and healthy. He would purr when someone other than a patient starts taking interest in him or tries to be friendly. No one knows for sure how this ability was acquired. Guesses are that he smells certain types of ketones released by a dying person. Or perhaps he can sense ‘no activity’ or stillness in patient. Some believe it is sixth sense.
He has proven doctors wrong. In one case where the doctor thought a patient is fast approaching death the cat simply walked away. He came in again after some eight hours later – that patient died within two hours. In another case the cat simply walked away and the doctor thought that the predictive powers are over. He went to another patient who died within an hour – he acted as if he knew that his services were required more urgently elsewhere. He always predicted death just within two to three hours giving sufficient time for informing kith and kin.
Dr David Dosa, who has studied the cat at close quarters almost right from his birth, has presented many stories and interviews including articles in New England Journal of Medicine. And now to consolidate all his findings he has written a book: ‘Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat’. That is why Oscar is making news again.
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