Death Comes Kitten: New England's Feline Grim Reaper

Move over Hello Kitty, introducing Hospice Kitty.

Oscar, the adorable feline mascot of a Providence, RI nursing facility has made the news all the way to Italian TV.

He is reportedly so accurate in sensing the final hours of a patient's life, that staff have taken up the practice of calling family members once he has snuggled into bed with the chosen one. He's currectly correctly clocked 25 deaths, ranging in the final 2-4 hours of life.

Off the clock, he is apparently not a friendly cat.

I'm amazed.

I read this story earlier and was kind of amazed by it. Not totally amazed, because animals are known to sense not only disasters, but the onset of epileptic seizures and even certain cancers. I do think it is odd that he isn't very friendly, though.

Wouldn't that make him a Grim Reapurr?

That is chronicled in the CNN video, yes! I was fascinated!

Apparently not on company time.

GENIUS! I owe you brunch for stealing your news story.

Another Grim Repurrrr in Seattle.

I originally watched Oscar's story in Italian but my grandparents were too confused to translate. After showing footage of Oscar, they ran several images of various other cats so now I assume there are many of these nursing home kitties out there.

GAAAAH, I had submitted this to the Newswire and was about to post the story to the boards since it didn't get published. You BEAT me to it!

-TM

You wish I beat you.

Stop jacking your own thread.

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Jack something else.

I mean, what?

-TM