Look at his picture and tell me he's not demonic-looking:
When Oscar the Cat visits residents of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, the staff jumps into action -- Oscar can sense within hours when someone is about to die.
In his two years living in Steere's end-stage dementia unit, Oscar has been at the bedside of more than 25 residents shortly before they died, according to Dr. David Dosa of Brown University in Providence. ...
Raised at the nursing home since he was a kitten, Oscar often checks in on residents, but when he curls up for a visit, physicians and nursing home staff know it's time to call the family.
"I don't think this is a psychic cat," said Teno. "I think there's probably a biochemical explanation," she said in a telephone interview.
No, it's the cat is the sucking the life force out of them when they're weakest.
Update 7/28/07:
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When I wrote this post, I was going to make a crack about how the patients themselves might react to Oscar Demon Cat, but figured "end-stage dementia" meant they probably aren't even aware of Its presence. But now I think, what about the family members? I wonder how they feel when they see It slink in and start to get comfortable next to grandma or grandpa. Relief, that a long, terrible illness is finally about to end? Or horror?
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