I was watching a YouTube video today about a cat named Oscar. He was adopted as a kitten and taken into a nursing and rehabilitation center. Eventually, he was allowed to freely roam the halls and go in and out of rooms where patients were resting. When a person was close to death, Oscar would lay on their bed. His accuracy was astounding. He was so accurate that if he went to the person bed and cured up the hospital staff would call the family and let them know that they family member will soon pass. The book about Oscar is “Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat“. Feline experts have said that cats have the ability to sense when a person’s organs begin shutting down, and therefore, can sense when a person is nearing death. This got me to thinking about all the amazing things animals can sense about us and the world around us.
Top Three Things Your Pet Can Sense
- Your pet can sense you dying. Cats are not the only four-legged friend that can sense when their human is about to pass. Dogs can also tell when someone is about to die. In fact, dogs have been sensing death, alerting people to oncoming death, and even sniffing out those already dead for centuries. This most likely has to do with their powerful sense of smell. Some dogs have been trained as Hospice dogs and comfort those who are dying.
- Our pets can sense the spirit world. In a 2014 study, it found that mammals may be able to see ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet rays are invisible to most humans. The light humans see is known as “white light”. It’s really a combination of all visible colors of the spectrum. The total light spectrum is much larger than what we see. In fact, visible light is only a tiny fraction of the entire spectrum. “Ultraviolet” means “beyond violet”, violet being the color of the highest frequencies of visible light. Ultraviolet has a higher frequency (thus a shorter wavelength) than violet light. Many paranormal researchers and professional ghost hunters believe that spirits (due to their vibration) may be visible in infrared and ultraviolet light. This means if animals can see ultraviolet light, then they are seeing spirits. So, the next time you see your faithful pet following something around the room and you don’t see anything, you may want to open your mind to the possibility of a spirit.
- Animals can sense natural disasters. Throughout history animal behavior has been noted prior to major natural catastrophes. The earliest documented case of unusual animal behavior prior to an earthquake is recorded by the Roman historian Aelian in 373 B.C. Five days before an earthquake destroyed the city of Helike (once located at the coast of the Corinthian Gulf), animals began abandoning the city. The animals included: Rats, weasels, snakes, centipedes and bugs which supposedly emerged from the underground and fled from the city. Since animals’ senses are heighten in comparison with humans, it makes perfect sense that they can detect vibrations, frequencies and changes in air pressure.
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