Oscar is a cat at a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island. It seems to have the strange ability to predict the imminent death of some of the nursing home residents.

The whole story was reported

in an essay in the NEJM. See the CNN video.

References:
A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat. David M. Dosa, M.D., M.P.H. NEJM, 2007.

Original post by Clinical Cases

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