Oscar (born 2005 ) is a cat living in a nursing home in Providence , Rhode Island, and able to predict the death of terminally ill people. He became famous in July 2007 . There is no unambiguous explanation for this phenomenon [1] .
| Oscar | |
|---|---|
| English Oscar | |
| View | cat |
| Floor | male |
| Date of Birth | 2005 |
| Place of Birth | |
| A country |  USA |
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Biography
Oscar got into a nursing home with a small kitten. He was taken from a shelter for homeless animals and brought to a rehabilitation center, the kitten himself chose the third floor for living, where the building was located for the demented and people suffering from Alzheimer's disease . Six months later, paramedics began to notice that Oscar went around the corridors and wards every morning. Not a very affectionate cat, Oscar at some points began to sit next to one of the patients and did not leave them. Soon, patients died [2] . For many years, Oscar predicted the death of about 50 patients.
Many relatives of dying people are grateful to Oscar. Oscar's objects of attention quickly called relatives and managed to say goodbye to them [3] .
Researchers believe that the nature of Oscar's predictions is purely medical and has nothing to do with the paranormal [4] [5] .
In popular culture
- Stephen King admitted that Oscar inspired him to write the novel “ Doctor Dream ” [6] .
- The cat predicting death appears in the 18th episode of the fifth season of the series " House ".
See also
- Fred (cat)
Notes
- ↑ Tom Leonard. Cat predicts 50 deaths in RI nursing home , The Daily Telegraph , February 1, 2010.
- ↑ Cat - a predictor of death
- ↑ Cat that predicts death
- ↑ US cat 'predicts patient deaths' , BBC News , July 26, 2007.
- ↑ Cat senses impending death , The Register , July 16, 2007.
- ↑ Stephen King unearths origin of 'The Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep' , EW.com.
Links
- Oscar the Cat Picture in The New England Journal of Medicine.