Oscar the Cat seems to sense when residents of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center are in their last two hours of death.  He has been at the besdside of more than 25 residents before their deaths.

"It's not that the cat is consistently there first," Dr. Joan Teno, a professor of community health at Brown University, who sees patients in the unit. "But the cat always does manage to make an appearance, and it always seems to be in the last two hours."

Raised at the nursing home since he was a kitten, Oscar often checks in on residents, but when he curls up for a visit, physicians and nursing home staff know it's time to call the family.

"I don't think this is a psychic cat," said Teno. "I think there's probably a biochemical explanation," she said in a telephone interview.

Can you imagine the fear the residents are feeling when they see that cat coming?  "I'm coming for you next, pops.  Meow."  Yikes.