Animal sensitivity to ghosts

[AuroraSilvermist]

Not quite sure what reminded me of this incident, but it happened about a year ago. My husband and I were watching TV after the kids were in bed. Our Maine coon cat, Pony, had been sleeping on the piano bench. All of a sudden, she woke up and jumped to the middle of the livingroom floor. Then the strangest thing happened--she just STOPPED cold and stared up toward the ceiling near the staircase that led to our second floor.

Both my husband and I noticed her staring. We tried to see what she might be looking at (a bug, perhaps, or a shadow), but there was nothing there--at least nothing we could see. I called Pony's name, and she looked at me for a split second and then went right back to staring. It unnerved both my husband and I. After a couple minutes, she slinked out of the room, but never taking her eyes off that spot above the staircase.

I've always wondered if she was seeing a spirit. Do you think that animals are more sensitive to ghosts, and perhaps see them when we can't? I've had dogs from my childhood who've done very much the same thing Pony did--fixed a stare on a certain spot where there was apparently nothing for them to be looking at, and then acted skittish afterwards. One dog would even bark or whine when she did this (at the time, though, the house we lived in was quite obviously haunted).

Share your animal vs. :ghostie: experiences!

[Jeleia]

I think animals can sense things we can't.



I actually had a very similar experience with my cat. As soon as she came into my room she was on edge, she wouldn't stop looking at this one corner at my bed. I thought it was a spider or some sort of bug and went looking for it, I couldn't find what she was looking at. So I picked her up and put her on the bed, she froze, puffed out and arched her back. She wouldn't stop looking at that one corner, then after a couple of seconds she took off out my bedroom door.

Who knows what she was looking at, but it was something I couldn't see.

[DragonSeer]

I once had a cockatiel, Reggie, who would stare up at a specific corner of my parents' (then) living room. I now have two birds: a 'tiel named Joey and a Maxi Pionus named Holly; every now and then, they both exhibit similar behavior. Holly, though, seems to be more sensitive, for she stares at "nothing" a lot more often than does Joey.

[LadyFromTheMountain]

My aunt is this psychic, well not really heh, I dont know waht you call those people who can see dead people? Anyhoo, she said that there was some activity in my room, and one of my dogs sleeps with me at night, not wanting to leave me. Mom tried to get him out one time, and he bit her and growled at a corner of my room. Then my other dog will just look in my room, look scared and run away. He refuses to go in my room. My cats don't seem to see anything tho?

[semi]

A long time ago I was up late at night reading. One of my dogs at the time was laying asleep across the room. I felt a presence. I looked at my dog as he woke and looked at me. Then we both looked over at the weights hanging down from a cuckoo clock. Each of the three of them were swinging like a pendulum a little bit and each swinging in a different direction. We looked back at each other (it was funny how we did all this in perfect unison) then got up and went to the clock. It was cold over there. I suggested that whatever was there should leave and the weights gradually stopped swinging. I went back to my book and my dog went back to sleep.

[AuroraSilvermist]

My aunt is this psychic, well not really heh, I dont know waht you call those people who can see dead people? Anyhoo, she said that there was some activity in my room, and one of my dogs sleeps with me at night, not wanting to leave me. Mom tried to get him out one time, and he bit her and growled at a corner of my room. Then my other dog will just look in my room, look scared and run away. He refuses to go in my room. My cats don't seem to see anything tho?

Doesn't that scare the hell out of you? I mean...that there's a presence in your room that your dog feels a need to protect you from? :holycow:

[LadyFromTheMountain]

Doesn't that scare the hell out of you? I mean...that there's a presence in your room that your dog feels a need to protect you from? :holycow:

lol, not really. It hasnt done anything to harm me or my pets, or anyone in my house, it's just there....

[Wolf O Volos]

Yeppers. I had a Husky/Wolf Hybrid about 6 years ago that definately had a sense of things *most* cannot see.
Story is this: We lived in an old house in my hometown, and when the house was first built, they used to use it as a mortuary prep. It was a spot where, if someone died on the weekend for instance, and could not get directly to the mortuary, the bodies were brought there to be stored until the funaerla home and embalmer could get to em. Sick, isn't it? Anyways, I think for that reason, our house was Extremely full of ghost energy signatures.
Dakhota was the dog, Brock is my son. And together, they were the Dynamic Duo. At the time of these things happening, Brock was still very young, three years old, but still old enough to know how to act around an animal. Never-the-less, Brock used to jump on Dakhota's back, and ride around on the dog, clinging to him. Dhakota loved it... and he loved my boy fiecely. That dog NEVER threatened anyone, not even bared fangs, hardly barked... UNLESS someone got too close to Brock.
So, one night, I was getting home from work, just getting back from working a night shift, so it was maybe 530am or so... I came in the house and looked for my dog. Dakhota was ALWAYS there to greet me when I came home. A jump up to put his big hairy paws on my shoulders and lick my face all over while his tail would thump madly... But this time... no Dakhota... So I quietly call for him, and whistle. Nothing. Perplexed, I go up the stairs to the bedrooms, and figure maybe he is just really tired from the day he had playing with Brock, and is just sleeping too deeply to hear me calling. Instead, he was wide awake. Standing with hair raised at the back of his neck, and facing Brock's closet, a low growl emitting from his throat.
I called out to him. At first I think I was chuckling, thinking "come on you goofy dog, that is a closet... nothing in there but toys and such."... but no matter how many times I called him, he would not move from that spot, nor would he look at me, or even acknowledge I was there. A very focused and vigilant watchdog... Damn I miss Dakhota... anyways... I decided maybe I was dreaming, as I was severely tired, and went into my bedroom, and crashed, still perplexed by Dakhota's actions.
Later on, I was talking to my then wife, and asked her if she had ever seen Dakhota acting like that. Every night I found out, Dakhota made it his mission to sleep at the threshold of Brock's Bedroom, blocking the way for anyone but Brock. And most of the time, he would not leave that spot until I got home, or Brock woke up and left the room. It was something he must have felt he needed to do. And I was Very fond and appreciative of my Dakhota, guarding my young son while I was away.
Now, here is the creepy thing. I was talking to my kids the other day, and we were talking about that old brick house we used to live in. Brock was telling me how much he hated it there because his room was so scary all the time. And he tells me he never told me before because he thought I was going to make fun of him or think he was telling fibs, but there was what he called a monster that would materialize from within his closet, that would come out and torment him while he was in his bed sleeping. He used to wake up and see it there, staring at him and making "mean faces daddy, really really mean faces". He said he was always scared to death of going to bed, because he knew that the monster was going to be there, waiting for the night to fall so it could come out and scare the crap out of him. After we got Dakhota, whom I rescued from an abusive and terrible person who had him chained with no food or water for DAYS on end in a back yard, the "monster" never came out of the closet to bug Brock again.
I now often wonder... what would I have seen happen in that bedroom that night if I would have stayed there wondering at my dog's odd behavior. If I would not have been so tired, and went to sleep. Would I have seen my brave Dakhota, fending off an advancing ghostly apparition bent on tormenting my young son? Or was Dakhota really just a nutty dog with a few marbles loose in his sweet canine head? Suppose I will never really know, but it really makes you wonder....

Dakhota, wherever you have passed on to, I hope there are lots of rabbits to chase, and lots of shade and sweetwater. And thank you for guarding my lil Man, Brock.

[Fairyelf]

animals are way more sensitive to that kind of stuff than people
I envy them sometimes, lol :tongueout

[~SleepyWillow~]

Wolf that was a wonderful story..makes ME want hug Dakota!!

When I was 11 we had a siberian husky named Nushka..(also rescued from an abusive home at 6 months old) My mother and husband had bought a condo town home and at first everything seemed fine but after a few weeks Nushka started to whine when my mother would go to the basement to do the laundry..the dog would come to the bottom of the steps at first and watch my mother and just sing..If you have never heard a husky sing you should..it's really something lol. Anyway eventually Nushka would not even venture down the steps and would growl at my mother when she tried to go downstairs. We started to let her out into the back yard when mom needed to do laundry. One night my step dad woke up feeling like he was being smothered by something and when he reached for my mom it stopped. They sold the home shortly after that

[number_the_dead]

I think animals are way sensitive. When I was at my sisters house her cat wetnt crazy (hissing and growling twards a part of the room. Fur standing up tail fluffed out) just before "things" started happening. it was like she sensed it a full five minutes before I did. But on the other hand tons of stuff has happened in my house and my cat just looks and then goes back to sleep, unless I leave the room and then she generally follows me. hmm infact I am hardly ever in a room without her when I'm at home she just follows me around. But probably not for protection... I think she just really likes me. Course you never know....................

[Wolf O Volos]

Wolf that was a wonderful story..makes ME want hug Dakota!!


Then feel free... I am sure his spirit lies among others waiting to meet up with friends in Summerland. :hugz: But THAT would be another thread... "Do our animal companions meet us in Summerland?"

[charmedkisses1]

Of course! I've had several dogs go wacko inside for NO reason..... I think because they generate differently brainwise and biologically they are more susceptible to these types of things.

[lilromantyc]

Of course I think animals are more sensitive. Some mornings my dog, a really lazy dalmation, will start barking and whining at odd hours for no reason at all. We used to think it was the wind blowing through the leaves outside or something, but lately I've been thinking that it's something else. 'Cause my cats will freak out sometimes too. I have one cat who'll all of a sudden freeze, looking at some dark corner or a blank wall. She might hiss, but most of the time the hair on her back will go up and she'll start quickly backing up, knocking over anything in her way in her haste. And there's nothing there--no bugs, no spiders, nothing physical. And when she does that, my other two cats will skitz out and fly out of the room.

[PoisonIvy]

Yes,I think animals are more sensitive to seeing things the same as small children are. Real little children or babies see things that we cannot see so why can't pets? Innocents is how they are able to see them. My dog freaks out all the time when it's only me and her. Right as I'm ready to finally pass out,she starts barking at nothing! She's protecting her momma!

[Temptation]

I too am convinced that animals see and hear things that our human eyes and ears
can't. I don't know about dogs, 'cause I've always lived with cats and it's been
obvious numerous times that they were seeing or hearing something I could only
barely sense. :shaker:

[Mizu no Tennyou]

I believe that animals are very sensitive to thing's like that. After all, I know they can sense when earthquakes are about to happen or even when storms are comming. I am also certain that animals can understand us.

[Angelais]

I watch my brother's cat (and sometimes mine) playing with the ghost cat that lives in the house. It's funny watching him run around the room, quickly turn around and hiss and then go chasing after what looks like nothing. (I know that it is a ghost cat because I have seen it several times before).

[mucgwyrt]

My aunt is this psychic, well not really heh, I dont know waht you call those people who can see dead people?

Normal? :gagged: :T

I was at my brothers the other week, and he currently has 3 cats, and a fourth which passed away last year. This 4th cat is still in the house; it got put down at the vets and I dont think it realised, and came home with my brother again afterwards. Anyhoo, the other cats know he's there :uhhuhuh: and treat him pretty much as a normal cat!

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-Macha sees dead people xx