Grim Reap Purr: Nursing home feline senses the end

Stephen King, take note. A cat in Rhode Island knows when death is nigh.

NEXT, PLEASE. Oscar the cat on his desk in a nursing home in Rhode Island, where he predicts residents’ deaths with uncanny accuracy. J. Teno/Brown Univ.

Two years ago, the staff of Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence adopted a gray-and-white kitten.