27 July 2007

Grim Kitty

Oscar the cat is reportedly able to sense when residents are about to die at the Steere House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, curling up next to patients during their final hours.

The New England Journal of Medicine has even investigated Oscar's other-worldly abilities. David Dousa, who carried out research for the Journal :
He doesn't make many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die.
Oscar's accuracy rate is so astonishing that Steere House staff now alert the families of residents when he sits down next to their ailing loved one.

(Photo: Stew Milne / AP)