Don’t worry I’m not going to start any kind of trend cat blogging, but I can’t resist a grim reaper story involving a cat. An adopted feline named Oscar lives at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center which treats people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses. Oscar has a dark talent.

About four hours before the patients die, he curls up next to the dying one giving the hospice staff a cue to call family that the end is near.

No one’s certain if Oscar’s behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat notices telltale scents or reads something into the behavior of the nurses who raised him.

Eat your heart out, Freddy Kruger, Oscar’s in the house.