The Psychic World of Cats Part II
looked at the man, then vanished. The calico continued to wrestle with the cat that was no longer visible to Paul.
Paul was intrigued and decided to investigate the ghost cat. He asked a friend to lend him one of her cats, Jezebel. He wanted to observe the cat's reaction to Whitey. The cat was black and not friendly.
One afternoon, Paul took Jezebel into Martha's yard and put her on the ground. She did the normal cat "things," then headed towards the porch. She froze on the steps, then bared her fangs and hissed, staring in fear at the place where Paul had first seen Whitey.
Martha ran out onto the porch and asked what was wrong with Jezebel. Paul replied that it was evident Whitey and Jezebel did not get along. The two of them believed Jezebel saw something and watched her antics. Suddenly, the cat ran back to Paul's house.
Martha told Paul that Whitey never liked black cats. Paul could not entice Jezebel back into Martha's yard and returned her to her owner.
A mother and daughter were eating dinner in the afternoon. They saw a large white cat by the mother's chair. A door was opened to allow the mysterious feline visitor to leave. The animal walked through the door, then down a hallway. It stopped and looked at the women. Then, it dissolved as the women watched.
The following year, the pair visited another daughter. When they returned from a walk, they saw the same cat as they entered the house. It walked in front of them. When the animal reached a closed cellar door, it vanished as it had done before. The women were convinced it was a ghost because living cats do not dematerialize.
Dr. Fodor investigated a case of a haunted house, Dean Manor House near Meopham, Kent, UK in 1936. The kitchen door opened by itself. He quickly solved the mystery. While he was observing the door, he saw and photographed the culprit, a clever cat who got onto a sideboard and depressed the old door latch, thereby opening the door. By the time it was open, the cat was underneath the kitchen table. The servants had not thought of a cat opening the door. This time, the "haunter" was one very smart live cat.
Bayless, Raymond, Animal Ghosts, 1970. New York: University Books. No ISBN
Fodor, Nandor, Between Two Worlds, 1964. West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing
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