People who have spent a lifetime observing and interacting with cats will say that these amazing animals seem to possess powers - supernatural, psychic, or otherwise - that we can only begin to comprehend. But are they able to return from the grave as well?\ In Ghost Cats, the strangely heartwarming tales of cats who have refused to let death part them from their human companions are recounted in vivid and captivating detail. From the chilling "Demon Cat of the Nation's Capitol" to the...
A mezmerizing collection of strange and unexplainable encounters between human and feline.
Acknowledgements xiiiIntroduction xvDidn't You Just Leave Me?: Why Ghost Cats Exist 1What Is a Ghost? 1Types of Hauntings 3Do You Know If Your Home Is Haunted by Your Cat? 4From Deity to Devil: The Supernatural Lore of the Cat 7Seafaring Felines 9Noah's Cat 11Psychic Cats 12Sacred Cats 16Black Cats, Good Cats 19Look Who's Really in League with the Devil 21Strange Footprints in the Night: Eerie Encounters with Feline Phantoms 25White Cat in the Closet 26The Withered Roses 28The Tigger Beat 31The Headless Cat 34Scamper's Specter 36Yellow Eyes 38Cat in the Rafters 40The Demon Cat of the Nation's Capitol 43The Guardian Angel 45The Newborn Kitten 48A Cat Named Miracle 51Ziggy's Invisible Friend 53Phantom at the Vet's Home 56The Spirit of the House 58A Little Game of Cat and Dog 60Cat in the Attic 63The Scarlett Sightings 65Cat in the Basement 67Apartment for Rent: Ghost Pets Welcome 70The Hurricane Cat 72The Phantom Invasion 75Smokey and Toni 79Fear Not, My Friend: Comforting Encounters with Beloved Companions 83The Mouth that Roared 84Kochka's Return 86Poor Little Punkin 89A Little Bit of Love 93A Scratch from the Past 95Spooky's Little Screen 97Dyna-Light 99Snorkel's Escort 100Prissi and Gaiety 102Omar's Light 104Sooz's Shadow 107Little Joe's Portrait 108Making an Impression 111Mouse's Cat 114Stormy and Loki's Mischief 116Fluffy's Guide 119Mikey's Message 121The Return of Summer Solstice 123Grungy's Greeting 126Silver's Stereo 128One Last Good-bye: Bedtime Visitations 133Cinders 134T and E.T 135Harrison 136The Mystery Kitty 138Sapphire 139Cupcake 141Nashua 142Who Was that Cat? 143Junior Ray 143Casper 145A Room with an Unusual View: Hotels with Cats Spirits 147Morris the Cat 147The Alley Cat Apparition 151Catnip and the Faust Hotel 154Mamma Kitty 156The Four-Footed Spirits at Thayer's 158The Phantom Litter Box 160But We Don't Have a Cat at the Stephen Daniels House 162The Mile-High Ghost Cat 164Hotels with Rumors of Cat Spirits 165Public Phantoms: Out and About with Feline Specters 169In a Blu Mood at the Cat Hospital 169Tom Cat's Last Battle at Fort McAllister 172The Antiques Store's Pitiful Little Cat 175The Literary Ghost Cat 177Stonehenge's Poor Puss 179The Railroad Station Cat from Mars 181The Magnolia Mound Plantation Mystery Cat 183The Unsinkable Cat at the Molly Brown House Museum 184Locations that May Have Ghost Cats 185Selected Works Cited 193About the Author 199