Dog of doom
A dog at an Ohio nursing home can reportedly sense when residents are about to die and sits by their bedside.
Scamp has apparently forecast practically every one of the 40 or so deaths that have occurred in the three years he’s been at the home.
That puts him well ahead of a cat called Oscar which was featured in a medical journal after predicting more than 20 deaths at a nursing home in Rhode Island.
Scamp’s owner Deirdre Huth, a staff member at The Pines nursing home, The Pines, in Canton. Ohio, says the schnauzer raises the alarm when he senses a resident is at death’s door.
She told Inside Edition: “He has either barked or he’ll pace around the room. The only time he barks is when he’s trying to tell us something’s wrong.”
Director of nursing Adeline Baker says Scamp’s presence is welcomed by patients as the end draws near.
“It’s not like he’s a grim reaper,” she said. “It’s kind of comforting to know that maybe at the end of our lives, if we don’t have family
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