Monday evening, my dad called me and said he had bad news. My dog, Luke, died. This was a devastating blow, especially since I am four hours away and could not be there during his final hours or be there when my dad buried him. (My family is an animal-loving family).
Anyway, to get away from the sad part and to where I'm going with this.. I started looking at pictures of my dog and was holding my cat. Eli, my cat, wanted to go outside. He went outside and was staring at nothing (I thought) and the fur on his back raised up and his tail flared out (being a solid black cat, he looked really spooky.) But it was weird, because I did not know what was bothering him..
Then I started thinking about times my dog, Luke, had done things like that. He would growl or bark at things I did not see or hear. I have horses at my parents, and I remember how riding at night they would often balk on me or whine. Animals sense so much more than humans, but are what they sensing real or maybe something supernatural??
We see this in Heart-Shaped Box, with the dogs..So I am thinking about writing my paper on animals and their sense of the supernatural. I've seen several people writing/ blogging about their experiences, but what are some instances that we've come across in our readings?
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I also think it's cool that animals can sense weather incidents ahead of time, such as earthquakes, tsunamis..
ReplyDeleteAlso, I read where a cat could predict the death of humans. It would visit people in a nursing home right before they died..
I don't want to limit the paper to just dogs..I'm open to any animals.
I read about that cat too! My mom sent me that article . I think you have a lot of potential in this paper topic. It's a very fascinating subject.
ReplyDeleteOne book I could suggest that relates with animal familiars is The Golden Compass. I read this last summer, and if you have not read it, basically it is set in an alternate universe where human's souls walk around with them as an external part of themselves that look like different animals. They are called daemons and each person can talk to their own daemon but it is taboo for people to talk to or touch another person's daemon.
Hope this helps!
The dog in Pop Art really didn't like art... don't know if thats really relevant or not, but he sensed something weird about Art.
ReplyDeleteHow long is The Golden Compass? I've seen the movie, but have not read the book.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, that's right. I had forgotten about the dog in Pop Art. Thanks Charlotte!