Can Animals Sense The Spirit World
Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007
by Susan Thom
Are we human the only ones with blinders on, so we can’t see the aura of light surrounding spiritual beings? I had heard stories of animals seemingly knowing something else was in the room. My kids were about three, six, and eight when their paternal father became ill.
I was alone in the house with them, and the two older ones were in my son’s room playing, and my youngest was asleep in his room. I took the opportunity of being alone in my own room to call a friend. As we were talking, my kids came flying in, jumping on the bed, skin pale, breath panting, as they described a weird feeling in my son’s room, and our dog Sasha, barking incessantly at the wall between the two of my son’s rooms. She had scared them, and they had run down the hall and jumped into bed with me. I looked at the time, for some reason, and it was ten thirty. It was a Saturday night, and they were allowed to stay up until they got tired, usually around eleven thirty.
I decided there wasn’t much of an alternative, my two oldest would be sleeping in my king sized bed that night. They jumped in, got themselves comfortable, and we were about to watch a movie, when the phone rang. I remember it being eleven o’clock, and my mother in law was speaking to me. She explained that she and her sister had been with my father in law at the hospital all day, and decided to go to the cafeteria for some coffee. While they were gone, my father in law passed away.
Even though he had been quite sick, and my mother in law had been taking care of him for many years, she was obviously upset. They had been together for thirty five to forty years. She went on to say that around ten fifteen, they left his room, and when they returned, they were told he had passed at ten thirty!
Now it was turn for my hair to stand on end. If my father in law had passed, and wanted to say good-bye as he floated towards his eternity, he might have stopped by my older son’s room, into my younger one’s to say good bye to him as well. The dog had long since stopped barking. I got off the phone and told my kids what had happened. They had also heard about animals seeing spirits. They immediately put in together in their innocent brains. "Mommy, maybe that was grandpa coming to say good-bye." I was thinking the same thing. They jumped up out of my bed, and said they wanted to go finish their game. They were no longer afraid. They could deal with the barking being aimed at grandpa’s spirit. Our dog Sasha is twelve years old now, and never before, nor after, has she barked incessantly at a wall.
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Top-level comments on this article: (5 total)I've seen spirits before Susan, as far as dogs being able to see spirits. hey why not?Please log in to respond to this comment.
This story really freaked me out. but animals can do extrodinary things. thnx for the story. ---paigePlease log in to respond to this comment.hi paige,thanks for reading and responding.i had to put sasha down earlier this year.she was 12, and still never acted the way she did that night.maybe it's because animals heads aren't all filled with what our human minds are, therefore, they are more susceptible.my best regards,sue thomPlease log in to respond to this comment.
I was looking for information about dogs and their ability to detect spirits, because already two times i have noticed that my dog stares at thin air, as if something were there, growling incessantly and nothing you can say to him makes him react. He never growls at anything, not at another dog, not at a cat, not at a rat ... at anything. There have been situations in my house, my brother is very susceptible to spirits, but i had never seen my dog act like that. Thanks for your story. Im sorry about Sasha.Please log in to respond to this comment.hi valentina,i am sorry for my delay...i totally believe that animals can see and sense spirits. as i said, that dog never before behaved as he did that night, nor since. i guess we can believe what we want until we learn otherwise, right?thank you for reading and commenting,my best regards,suePlease log in to respond to this comment.
yes, my dog sees things as well..including spirits of other animals that have recently passed...Please log in to respond to this comment.hi anon,
thank you for reading and commenting.
i believe animals can sense spirits much more than people can.
my best regards,
suePlease log in to respond to this comment.
Susan, this subject fascinates me. I am always wondering just how much dogs can understand. I know they understand love.
Lately, one of my dogs has taken to sitting in my lap at every opportunity he can. This is so unusual for him. I wonder if he is trying to tell me something?Please log in to respond to this comment.hi fran,
i think animals are similar to humans-if you talk to them enough, they understand.
thank you for reading and commenting,
my best regards,
suePlease log in to respond to this comment.
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