BF2S Forums A very odd cat ...

BBC News (in 2006) wrote:

A black bear got more than it bargained for after straying into a family garden in the US state of New Jersey.

The unwelcome intruder was forced up a tree - twice - by the family pet, a tabby cat called Jack.

The terrified bear was only able to make its escape when owner Donna Dickey called the hissing cat into the house.

Ms Dickey said Jack liked to keep a close watch on his territory and often chased away small animals, but one of this size was a first.

"We used to joke, 'Jack's on duty', never knowing he'd go after a bear," Donna Dickey told local newspaper The Star-Ledger.

"He doesn't want anybody in his yard," she added.

The bear was first spotted in the tree by neighbours who thought the 15lb (7kg) cat was just looking up at it.

They then realised the bear was afraid of the cat.

After some 15 minutes, the bear descended, but was chased up another tree, before finally making its escape when Jack was called indoors.

Bear sightings are not unusual in the area of West Milford in New Jersey, which experts say is one of the state's most bear-populated areas.

Masterstyle wrote:

lol Chuy posted this on facebook

kptk92 wrote:

BBC News wrote:

A US cat that is reportedly able to sense when a nursing home's residents are about to die is baffling doctors.

Oscar has a habit of curling up next to patients at the home in Providence, Rhode Island, in their final hours.

According to the author of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the two-year-old cat has been observed to be correct in 25 cases so far.

Staff now alert the families of residents when he sits down next to their ailing loved one.

"He doesn't make many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," David Dosa, a professor at Brown University who carried out the research, told the Associated Press news agency.

'Premonitions'

Oscar was adopted as a kitten at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre.


The cat is said to do his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses at the home, but is not generally friendly to patients.

Although most families are grateful for the warning Oscar seems to provide, some relatives ask that the pet be taken away while they say their last goodbyes to their loved ones.

When put outside the room, Oscar is said to pace up and down meowing in protest.

Thomas Graves, a feline expert from the University of Illinois, told the BBC: "Cats often can sense when their owners are sick or when another animal is sick.

"They can sense when the weather will change, they're famous for being sensitive to premonitions of earthquakes."

A doctor who treats patients at the home said she believed there was probably a biochemical explanation, rather than the cat being psychic.

Last edited by Zilla (2007-07-26 11:26:15)

Locoloki wrote:

Ganko_06 wrote:

Already been posted.

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=82168

Milk.org wrote:

lol the cat probably has a virus and is killing off the patients.

Last edited by SplinterStrike (2007-07-26 14:03:47)

colt.45 wrote:

Masterstyle wrote:

lol Chuy posted this on facebook

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its under "posted items"

cowami wrote:

OmniDeath wrote:

colt.45 wrote:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id= … amp;ref=nf
its under "posted items"

I poked Jeff!

*snickers like a school girl*

Lulz, watch, just because of that, Jeff's gonna get a hundred or so pokes, and he'll say to himself "What the..."

You know you'll do it (but I'm above that).