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Oscar, the nursing home cat who sensed approaching death
Original: Remember that cat in a nursing home that would cuddle next to patients right before they died.
People are recalling Oscar, a cat at a nursing home in Rhode Island who reportedly curled up beside patients hours before they died, appearing to sense impending death. The story, first reported by a geriatrician in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2007, remains one of the most famous accounts of animal intuition, and users are sharing it again with a mix of wonder and unease.
Why now: A widely remembered anecdote about an uncanny animal ability is being recirculated, prompting discussion and nostalgia.
Oscar the catRhode IslandNew England Journal of MedicineSteere House Nursing Home
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- Remember that cat in a nursing home that would cuddle next to patients right before they died. · agraybee · 1.5K
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