I don't know about you guys, but that's totally "omglolwtf" to me :D
So what are all your views & thoughts on this?

I think it's probably because animals can sense illness, like for example dogs can detect cancer and epilepsy :einstein

I don't think that the cat has "powers" or any kind of special sense, maybe its just instinct, or like how you said probably the cat just feels when its going to happen.

Anyway, if someday I found myself in a hospital and a cat comes and lays next to me I will probably hit it with a baseball bat

That's not very nice Pandrito! My fave animal's a cat. I heard about this story on the news...

Wow that's totaly crazy! I do think that cats have some sort of sence other animals don't have. (Sorry to say, but cats are my least favorite animal, it comes from a super bad expierence)

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*is suddenly afraid of cats*

That's kinda creepy. But I agree with you, joeySimzee. OMGLOLWTF!! Perty darn weird....

thats a bit creepy if you ask me... 8O

I do think it's creepy, but it's almost a little sweet...almost like the cat wants to comfort them before they go.

The good part, though, is that most of the patients aren't even aware that the cat is there due to their illnesses, so they wouldn't be afraid.

I think there was already a thread on this

but that's kinda creepy. Grim reaper cat.

Well, cats and dogs have much keener senses, so it's not at all surprising they can sense things we can't detect without technology.

I thought it was mostly sweet because I'm just clouded with my adoration for cats :D. If I wasn't so fond of cats, I would definitely feel creeped out.

To get really technical, you can't actually know the cat can predict deaths (his accuracy) without knowing not only how many times Oscar got it right (was there at the time of death), but also how many he didn't (wasn't there at the time of death, or was there and no death occurred). Otherwise, you can't really be sure that the cat is really predicting anything, rather than just being remembered only when he gets it right.

It's like when you are just thinking about someone and then the next day you run into them on the street - you don't remember the times when you think about people and don't run into them, or run into them without thinking about them first.

It's called confirmation bias.

do not let that cat near me! eek!

Yea my mom told me about this awhile ago. Kinda creepy.

Wow i never heard of this but i would feel creeped if i didn't have cats or liked them as much as i do lol. I doubt its anything more than chance but i know some dogs have been trained to detected certain cancers and the cat could sense the person getting weaker which im pretty sure they can.

I think its sweet and also believe there is something to it...
Pharoahs(sp) also were buried with their cats...and I beleive there are legends of cats keeping harm away like bad spirits and so forth....