My cat Smokey died of heart complications he was 13 years old, beautiful cat that i loved since he was 5 weeks old .
He broke my heart when he died . He is in a special plastic and box in an empty freezer that I have down in my basement , and the reason is that I can’t bury him yet , as the backyard in my house still frozen and I cant dig yet as I live in Canada.
So he have to wait until the summer so I can bury him in his favorite spot in the backyard rose corner where he use to sit and love to go .
Few days after his death I noticed my other 2 cats mahera and Ashley acting very funny, following unseen things, and looking around in empty spots that Smokey love to sit and then follow him, then asking me to open the basement door and if i dont they will scream and scratch the door until the go down to the basements for 1 or 2 hours. Do they see him ? I did heard his voice in 2 nights and i am trying to do some recording this week. I love Smokey and I am sure he is around in his familiar surrounding ,i his house that he love close to his 2 female cats that he loved, and around me as i used to treat him like a king. Smokey used to come with me to some of my paranormal investigation as he was very sensitive cat.
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A pet returns home night after night, months after its unexpected passing.
Has your dog ever barked at something that wasn’t there? Has your cat ever hissed while staring at an empty space? There’s some bad news if the answer is yes: your home could be haunted by evil spirits. But do not fear! The good news is your pet is busy warding them off.
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According to a new survey of more than 2,000 pet owners in the UK, conducted by animal charity Blue Cross, more than 30% of people believe their pets protect them from ghosts and spirits.
Many pet owners reported that their dogs or cats alert them to a supernatural presence by barking, growling or staring at nothing, or by backing away from something that cannot be seen. Some respondents said their pet also displays flared neck fur when a spirit is nearby.
Among dog owners, around 25% said they have seen their four-legged friend bark or stare at nothing at least three times during the past month.
Around 25% of cat owners said they saw their feline hissing or growling at an empty space twice over the past 4 weeks, while other respondents said they have seen their cat follow an invisible presence around a room with their eyes.
Some respondents also reported seeing their pets behave oddly around areas where someone has died.
But our pets’ abilities may stretch further than fending off heinous spirits – they may also have psychic capabilities.
According to the survey results, many pet owners believe their animals can sense when a family member is heading home or when they are about to leave the house. Others said their pets know when it is time for dinner, while some said their animals can sense when a storm is on the horizon.
“Pets can soon learn subtle changes in our behavior and their environment that alert them to something we’re about to do or changes to the atmosphere like a storm brewing,” says Tamsin Durston, veterinary nurse and dog trainer at the Blue Cross. “They are quick to learn a routine so they know when their owners are due home, when it’s dinnertime and when you are about to go out without them.”
What is more, around 75% of pet owners believe their animals can predict illness, with one dog owner reporting that their canine friend alerts him to a kidney infection by placing a paw on his stomach.
Such a belief, however, is not so far-fetched, with numerous studies hailing the medical detection abilities of dogs. Last year, for example, Medical News Today reported on a study revealing how two highly trained dogs were able to detect prostate cancer in urine samples with 98% accuracy, which has been attributed to their acute sense of smell.
Durston comments:
“Pets and their owners build a strong bond, so it’s plausible they may be able to sense when their owner is under the weather or has something more serious looming.”
Dogs and cats were the pets among which most psychic and ghostly experiences were reported in the survey, followed by rabbits, guinea pigs and horses.
Overall, it seems our pets are more than just cute and cuddly; they may also have supernatural abilities that protect us and our family – something to keep in mind the next time your furry companion hisses or barks at an empty space.
Whether folklore or fact, many of us would like to believe that our dogs can detect unexplained or invisible presences, guided by a canine sixth sense. It’s exciting, and comforting, to think a favorite dog is sensitive to a departed relative or friend.
But hard evidence of dogs’ extrasensory perception is elusive and anecdotal. The 2009 book “Tails of the Afterlife,” by Peggy Schmidt, chronicles multiple instances of unexplainable actions by dogs who apparently interact with something, or someone, unseen. For instance, she writes about a woman named Del Johnsen who left seven dogs and six cats when she passed away. Numerous witnesses believe she still visits her pets daily, and report seeing the animals suddenly gather in one spot, cats arching their backs and purring, dogs flopping over for a belly rub, wriggling in enjoyment, all of them sitting at attention and staring into the air before resuming their own activities. And Schmidt says her own Jack Russell terrier Pixie has repeatedly reacted to ghosts present in local buildings rumored to be haunted.
But your pet’s so-called sixth sense may simply be the result of his keen hearing, exceptional nose, and a dog’s eye view on the world that allows him to sense small movements that escape our attention. A dog’s senses are keener, and different, than ours: His eyes detect more delicate movements; his sense of smell is 1,000 to 10,000 times more sensitive than a human’s. He can hear much higher frequencies, and at four times the distance of a human with normal hearing.
Wild and domestic animals, including dogs, seemed to sense the impending Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, displaying their distress with behavior changes and vocal warnings, and either ran for cover or refused to go outside. Some experts believe they could sense vibrational changes on land from impending the earthquakes before humans could.
Dogs’ heightened sense of smell is credited with their ability to detect some cancers in humans. Service dogs who aid seizure-prone people are alert to subtle shifts in body smells and dilated pupils, signs that enable the dogs to warn their owners of a looming attack.
As for a sixth sense connecting to the supernatural or paranormal, pet psychologist Marti Miller believes that both dogs and their owners possess one. “But humans judge or deny what they are feeling,” says Miller, who is based in Austin, Texas. “Dogs don’t judge what is going on in the environment. While our own minds start to analyze what is happening, dogs don’t do that. They feel the barometric pressure change, and may react by shaking, panting, salivating and feeling anxious, or they may not react at all.”
Miller says dogs’ varying reactions to a shift in the atmosphere or unrecognized sound or movement can stem from early traumas, such as being caught in a rainstorm, hurricane or tornado, or from “a cellular memory that they have brought with them to this lifetime.” For dogs, “sensing the supernatural is natural because they don’t judge it. People could see auras or spirits, but they either don’t believe they exist, or think that if they do exist, we could not see them.” Animal Planet’s own series “The Haunted” includes episodes with instances of family dogs reacting to the apparent presence of spirits, reactions that have no easy explanation for the out-of-the-ordinary behavior.
Scientific studies on dogs’ senses offer debatable evidence of dogs’ psychic and sensory perceptions. In his 1999 book, “Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home and Other Unexplained Powers of Animals: An Investigation,” biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake presents a five-year exploration into canine behaviors. His work is based on the experiences of thousands of dogs and owners whose arrival home at unexpected times did not surprise their pets, who reacted with anticipation. Sheldrake concludes that “there is a strong connection between humans and animals that lies beyond present-day scientific understanding.”
When watching your own dog during activities in your household, or when you take him visiting, you may see him fasten his attention on something you can’t see or hear. You may shrug it off as anxiety or reaction to an unfamiliar smell. Or just maybe, you suspect your own pooch is communing with the unseen.
Because dogs can’t talk to offer their own explanations, there’s no way to know what exactly is going on. “The simple answer is, we don’t know that dogs see ghosts or spirits,” Miller said. But she adds, “If you observe a dog standing in the corner, barking at nothing visible, then there’s a pretty good chance that he’s barking at an entity, spirit, or energy that doesn’t belong there.”
A distant noise, an unseen spirit or fresh cut of meat? You decide.
Steve Ramsey, PhD
Paranormal Expert and investigator.
Alberta – Canada
drsteveramsey@gmail.com