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Lost Cat Walks 190 Miles to Get Home

by LarryC
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You hear about these stories frequently. In this one, a cat walked 190 to get home.

Cat travels 190 miles home | Watch the video - Yahoo! News

The question is, how is this possible? Conventional explanations of animal behavior and biology cannot explain it. Yet a controversial scientist named Rupert Sheldrake came up with the notion of morphogenetic fields (also called morphic fields) that hypothesizes that there are invisible (so far) fields connecting all aspects of reality.

This video is only a very brief overview of the concept. In other videos and books he talks specifically about animals' abilities and how morphic fields are the best explanation of this.

  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
    Cats can tap into realms unknown to most.

    I can't prove it though...
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    If reality is an all encompassing thinking entity, such events make sense. It may not make sense if trying to employ a mechanistic view of the universe.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    Yes, cats are amazing. However, dogs have been known to accomplish similar feats. The whole morphic fields theory also helps explain birds' ability to migrate and other such things.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      At the moment Babee (a cat) is asleep (on her back with feet in the air) on the couch.

      Years ago I gave Babee to a neighbor who was moving from coastal Mississippi to northern Alabama. Their little girl loved this 3 yr old cat and I knew they'd take care of her so I agreed when they asked to adopt her.

      Ten months later Babee was sitting on the front porch when I came home from work. I opened the door and she walked in like she'd never been gone. She was thin but otherwise seemed ok. When I managed to find a phone number for the neighbor who took her I learned the cat disappeared less than a month after the move.

      I don't know what the distance was - but the new house was 4-5 hrs of driving time from my home on the coast.
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        At the moment Babee (a cat) is asleep (on her back with feet in the air) on the couch.

        Years ago I gave Babee to a neighbor who was moving from coastal Mississippi to northern Alabama. Their little girl loved this 3 yr old cat and I knew they'd take care of her so I agreed when they asked to adopt her.

        Ten months later Babee was sitting on the front porch when I came home from work. I opened the door and she walked in like she'd never been gone. She was thin but otherwise seemed ok. When I managed to find a phone number for the neighbor who took her I learned the cat disappeared less than a month after the move.

        I don't know what the distance was - but the new house was 4-5 hrs of driving time from my home on the coast.
        Figure around 200-300 miles.(50MPH with no stops at all and straight, or slower speeds with stops and turns. The longer distance being 60MPH on the freeway no stops/turns ) Many animals do this. The STANDARD theory is that many, like pigeons, have this cluster of iron molecules that gives them a built in compass. In the case of something like this cat, it may be simpler. They may figure that they are being taken away, and track where the home is according to landmarks. Ironically, if they did this, it would be easier to go hundreds of miles, than just a few BUT, when they are within that few, they may recognize things. after all, animals are smarter than they get credit for.

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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    I had a cat that predicted (sort of) an earthquake in So. Cal back in 1992. He was running all over the place acting really weird one night shrieking and trying to get our attention. About 4 hours later there was a big rumbler that sloshed about half the water out of the pool. He did the same thing a couple times more.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      All of my animals were nervous wrecks 2 days before Katrina hit - I recognized the signs and the reason and it scared me enough to get out of here. They can sense changes in the atmosphere and pressure long before we see the results.
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  • Profile picture of the author MoneyMagnetMagnate
    Boy - That must have been one ticked-off Kitty when he got home!

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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      animals are smarter than they get credit for.
      TRUTH!

      Another truth is that people often aren't as smart as they get credit for

      For my cat what I wondered wasn't how she found her way home - but how she survived for 9 months while she made her way home.
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      • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
        Kay, they are natural hunters. I miss my cat, he's been long since gone and lived to quite a ripe old age. Never got out of the house, but he sure managed kill a lot of wasps over the years that used to get in the house as well as a bat that made it's way at one time. Fortunately for him, he was well fed and didn't eat any of those kills.
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        TRUTH!

        Another truth is that people often aren't as smart as they get credit for

        For my cat what I wondered wasn't how she found her way home - but how she survived for 9 months while she made her way home.
        Pets ARE animals! And cats NEVER seem to really change. The cat could hav hunted birds, picked up scraps, met a kind person, or begged.

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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    I had a cat once that would sit in front of open doors inside the house, jump straight up the door (without running), pull itself up on top of the open door & just sit there looking around the room.

    He would sit there in front of the open doors for a long time before he actually made the jump, just staring up at the top of the door.

    Crazy cat.
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    • Profile picture of the author shazaman
      cats are very smart and aware of their surroundings, we recently have had our cat missing and we are sure when it gets the chance it will come home.
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
        My cat lost one of her lives yesterday (6 left!) after choking on grass that's supposedly for cats!

        I had to do some improved Heimlich maneuver holding her upside down and squashing her and she projected a lump of clumped grass in the shape of her windpipe.

        My reaction would have been funny if it weren't so unfunny!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Petal
    We get tired walking 190 steps. How did this cat do it?

    Daniel mate, you are absolutely right about ''Cats can tap into realms unknown to most.'' We humans take Animals for granted and never actually think about their capabilities and strengths.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Petal
    We get tired walking 190 steps. How did this cat do it?

    Daniel mate, you are absolutely right about ''Cats can tap into realms unknown to most.'' We humans take Animals for granted and never actually think about their capabilities and strengths.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by Ross Petal View Post

      We get tired walking 190 steps. How did this cat do it?

      Daniel mate, you are absolutely right about ''Cats can tap into realms unknown to most.'' We humans take Animals for granted and never actually think about their capabilities and strengths.
      We don't walk near as much as cats, and each leg probably does 60-70% of the work. YEAH, I know it is higher than 100%. But balancing and all is harder with 2 than four legs. Each of their legs is probably like 25%. still, imagine a cat jumping? Do you think a person could jump so high relative to size? UNLIKELY Still, the cat took its time, probably napping, etc... It may even have hitchhiked!

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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        It may even have hitchhiked!
        Made me chuckle - I can just see Babee standing by the side of the road with her paw up.
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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          Made me chuckle - I can just see Babee standing by the side of the road with her paw up.
          I was thinking more like a vehicle headed where she wanted to go, and she jumps on a truck bed or something. After all, MUST vehicles don't go THAT far.

          Steve
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