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Psychic Cat Accurately Predicts Death

cnn.com — I can has tombstone?

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  • willgonz, on 10/10/2007, -16/+32The Grim Reaper is a cat!!
  • jtmOBX, on 10/10/2007, -36/+8He was curled up on the bed behind me. Had his mouth over my *****! -
    "A *****?" -
    "I don't think so. He was after my soul. Now you can get that out of any major orifice of a person's body. I read about it."
    • macaddct1984, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Wow... is that a quote from Bubba Ho-tep?
    • Kupe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It has to be. I guess no one else has seen it. I suppose it's somewhat in bad taste for this article, but it's a good movie.
      • Hermitwise, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Any movie where a geriatric Elvis and black JFK fight a mummy is alright by me.
  • jezsik, on 10/10/2007, -30/+2"Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours."
  • deeboe, on 10/10/2007, -4/+125Next time I am in the hospital and a cat comes near me, I am gonna FREAK OUT!
    • Newportbeachguy, on 10/10/2007, -15/+4Next time I'm in the hospital and a cat gets near me, I'm gonna snap its neck
      • McTendo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7You couldn't snap a twizzler.
        • PhantomZmoove, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6When is the last time you were at any hospital and saw a cat? This was a hospice, its a little more lax, I would think.
          • CedEx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Doesn't everyone at a hospice eventually die? It's not like you enter a hospice and leave healthy. People tend to leave hospices in coffins.

            I'd have more faith in this cat if it was able to predict in a college dorm.
        • familynight, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1i would have gone with slim jim instead of twizzler, but then again, slim jims are probably more difficult to snap or snap into than a twizzler.
        • Dracker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Snap into a Slim Jim!
    • neosimulacrum, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Let's hope that there is no "next time" for any of us.
      • neosimulacrum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes, digg me down for hoping that none of us ever end up in a hospital again. Genius.
    • rockforever, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3What kind of crazy hospital has cats running around?!?
  • yoblin, on 10/10/2007, -7/+133Maybe the cat is contagious.
  • deeboe, on 10/10/2007, -32/+260I'm in ur hospitalz stealing ur soulz!
  • surf314, on 10/10/2007, -5/+27This is why death loves cats so much! (obligatory Pratchett reference)
    • deflective, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3MEOW
    • bagboyrebel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I could have sworn that Greg hated cat's because they were a special case, you know, having those 9 lives.
      • bagboyrebel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I guess nobody got my Conker's Bad Fur Day reference
    • TheRealDB, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0IM GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO READS THOSE BOOKS
  • shinedout, on 10/10/2007, -15/+4Dude the Death Cat
  • lpmiller, on 10/10/2007, -11/+27clearly, this cat is attempting to steal souls
  • neodorian, on 10/10/2007, -20/+3Dupe and silly. That cat probably sat with all kinds of people but they only remembered the ones that croaked afterward. I seriously doubt that it won't go near anyone unless they are about to die.


    ....either that or it's stealing their breath like cats love to do.
    • stauken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That cat actually is very antisocial.
    • MindStalker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0My theory is that animal instincts are telling the cat when someone is going to die, sorta like vultures. I wouldn't leave this cat alone with the dead for too long.
    • Kerath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wait, wasn't the cat protecting the kid from a weird little thing that was stealing breath?
    • GeekyGerge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Slap an asbo on that cat
    • b04155, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Anyone who has had more than one pet in their lifetime shouldn't find this article the least bit surprising.
  • KraftDinner101, on 10/10/2007, -24/+95duplicate story http://digg.com/health/Oscar_the_Cat_Predicts_Patient_Death
    • cusoman, on 10/10/2007, -9/+11Yeah, but that one went unnoticed and didn't make front page, so... deal ;P
      • CDHarrisUSF, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3It didn't say "psychic" in the title.
      • bonedead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Well I know one did because it had over 1,000 diggs.
        • guyincognitoo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0nevermind, see below for other story
      • captmorgan555, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1it did make front page
    • iamweasel1022, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Good lord who cares, so what if someone else posted the article again. God forbid the thousands of digg readers post the same story twice.
      • yergi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The problem is that it isn't just one article. I sometimes ponder if the level of the collective memory of the digg community is on par with that of a goldfish.
      • Alegoo92, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Read TOS
  • eyefone, on 10/10/2007, -11/+0here come the lolcat jokes
  • MattB123, on 10/10/2007, -4/+56I think psychic is a bit of a stretch. I'd call him perceptive.
  • MasteRR, on 10/10/2007, -5/+56Here is a theory. It isn't psychic. The cat is actually killing them!
    • plastek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11That is my theory also. If I was a resident at that nursing home, I would stay the hell away from Oscar!
  • NiGHTSChao, on 10/10/2007, -18/+45This was posted yesterday
    http://digg.com/world_news/Oscar_the_Cat_Predicts_Patients_Deaths

    • crossmr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9That link was posted before you did it as well... oh the irony..
    • Rekutyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3New digg story: digg.com/Previous_Post's_Title_Not_As_Sensational_As_The_One_Which_Appeared_On_Front_Page
  • prag, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5Thanks MattB123. Why is everything that isn't readily explainable considered "magic" or supernatural? Still, it's a great article. The submitted title is what bugs me.
    • deacont23, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5Thanks preg. Why is it hard to use the 'Reply' button? Still, it's a great attempt. Your comment is what bugs me.
    • axox, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I agree 100% with you. A lot of story submitters seem like they should be writing for tabloids rather than a news site.

      I will also ignore the fact that you didn't use the reply function because I hate people who have nothing better to do but seek out and comment on people who break the "rules" of a message system. Oh, and because it just doesn't ***** matter.
  • robdowns, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3They probably died of heart attacks when they saw the cat at their feet!
  • brandonvan, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2So would the introduction of a dog make the old folks immortal?

    cat
    death
    dog
    profit
    • Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1hmm, I see oscar is curled up at your feet, I will rent you this dog for $1000 an hour.
      oh whats that, you cant afford that, well I guess you are going to die then.
  • over9, on 10/10/2007, -4/+29Let's see.
    Cat visits patient -> Patient dies.

    Yeah, let's just ignore the obvious and say the cat's a psychic.

    • pirulo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Not to mention that it is a TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS WARD... yes, magic
  • mikeatdigg, on 10/10/2007, -3/+38http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/9081/p7rv6vvrhbnr3.jpg
  • eleece722, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3I'm in your mindz, making your futurez

  • TheLastFreeMan, on 10/10/2007, -19/+5buried for lame faggy lolcat joke
    • padlock7, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1please don't use the word the "fagot" in any connotation.
  • mywhitenoise, on 10/10/2007, -13/+2What does "I can has tombstone?" mean?
  • ChrisAlbon, on 10/10/2007, -4/+30Best Digg story description ever...
  • quitxjuggin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11the cat steals their breath
  • aydoubleyou, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6deeboe.. how often do you see cats in hospitals?
  • davegins, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10"it's also possible his behavior could be driven by self-centered pleasures like a heated blanket placed on a dying person"
    well, DUH.
    • jax9999, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Of course if you read more on it you find that one woman who had a blood clot in her leg. she had an ice cold leg. The cat came in and curled around the leg trying to warm it. I think the cat is picking up on some clue, either scent, or behavioural and is comforting the dying. It curls up with them and purrs.
      • briarmoss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1THAT'S ***** UP! It purrs? as people die underneath it? Talk about a pet cemetery!
  • sonic20x, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2The cat is taking their lives away
  • coyote1284, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Do not want hospital food!
  • padlock7, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I wish I had a cat like that..... oh wait.... maybe not....
  • aadnk, on 10/10/2007, -6/+21Correlation does not imply causation!
    • frogpelt, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2But doesn't it begin to after 25 replications of the correlation?
    • Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5this is a pretty significant statistical anomaly, and with very few theories as to is the cat causing death but lots of theories as to is the death causing the cat.

      so, would you care to explain this statistical abnormality, or do you just want to say this is probably the most unusually lucky cat in the world?
    • Kerath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Yeah...and the article isn't saying the cat causes the deaths.
    • Figs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4If I had statistics that showed that people who fell asleep with their shoes on were more likely to wake up with headaches, would that mean that the shoes caused the headaches? No! Both could be the effects of getting drunk!
  • jrob48, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1They were talking about this on zrock103 out of lexington kentucky this morning on my way to work.
  • thedarkrabbit, on 10/10/2007, -8/+7Maybe these people all just have bad cat allergies... and the cat is killing them out of spite!

    Cats are creepy.
  • Disease, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Psychic cat is being psychic.
  • the.cloned, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Dugg for description
  • 5lectro, on 10/10/2007, -14/+3HA! HA!
    I'm in ur Digg, submitting/digging a duplicate story to the one that already hit #1 on the top 10 earlier today.
    Also I'm throwing in an overdone internet joke which was never funny in the first place.
  • gamabunta, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5Mewtwo
    • MewTwo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5hey, why are you getting dugg down?
      I will come for you, whoever dugg gamabunta down...
  • dchurch0, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3I've seen this story before... but never precented in such a great way.

    Dugg just for the description... I laughed out loud. LOLCODE rocks.
  • spootmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Man...what is up with all the dups hitting the front page latly. Its just crazy
  • astanhope, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3I'm in ur roomz stealin ur morphinez!
  • theholycow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Also happening in Rhode Island:
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_fe_st/odd_highway_cows
  • ani625, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4But Will it blend?
    • pardonmedoug, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Oh yeah, take my word for it: cats blend.

      They also ignite rather easily.
    • crossmr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'd rather find out if you do... actually I'd settle for a maiming.
  • otep, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Soooo --- this is a CAT SCAN then??

    i know. shoulda posted "im ur lap steeln ur life"

    .
    • zebbie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yeah , next they are getting a labrador dog so they can do a cat scan and lab report.
    • pirulo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0yeah, a very specific kind of PET-SCAN
  • LostOnion, on 10/10/2007, -1/+37Tomorrow's headline: "Cat Charged in 25 Nursing Home Deaths".
    • plastek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I wonder if anyone has checked to make sure this cat isn't linked with Al Qaeda!
    • mwmccullough, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I'll be watching FOX news for that headline.
    • JamesWilson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Send the cat to kit-mo!
  • Zuzubar, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2THIS IS A DUPE

    Please digg this story:

    http://digg.com/world_news/Oscar_the_Cat_Predicts_Patients_Deaths
    • max420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the description for this story is WAY better, which means that I am going to digg this one. Thanks for showin up!
  • rnnbob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1one of the old people must have seen it. I wonder what was being said about it when the nurses were not around.
    • GeekyGerge, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Some of the nurses were too busy stealing the patients money
  • geneullerysmith, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I like that they made a plaque for him. I just hope the accolades don't go to his fuzzy head :)
  • benjipenguin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4In other news...
    "BREAKING: Autopsy of dead people at nursing home reveals bite marks on necks. Cat suspected."
  • xero69, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Perhaps the cat has some kind of toxic bacteria on it's coat that can kill elderly people in 4 hours or less. If true they could deploy him in state facilities and really cut costs due to early departures!
  • Mist0r_Wiggles, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1how can you say no to death when its SO CUTE!!!
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