I am not a (for lack of a better term) superstitious person. Last
night I was working on a bunkie on our property, and i heard one of
the cats make a reeeow sound. I walked out of the bunkie, and there
was one of our cats sitting behind a black cat I had never seen
before. My cat was just inspecting this one, and they appeared to be
getting, along, so I thought nothing of it. Except that the black cat
wouldnt take its eyes of me. I was trying to hiss at it to scare it
away, and it wouldnt budge. I walked back to resume work inside the
bunkie, and the cat was still staring at me through the bunkie window.
Like I said, I am not a superstitious person, and I am somewhat
skeptical towards spirits, psychics, etc.  But every time I think
about it, I get a feeling inside my stomach like it meant something. I
told my girlfriend, and she feels the same way. I am trying to get an
interpretation from someone who is less skeptical and more
knowledgable in this field than I am. Any speculation is welcome.
Thanks in advance.

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Clarification of Question by joel_r-ga on 05 Jul 2006 12:06 PDT

I guess this is a bit of a dumb question. The mp3 clip was
interesting, but I am obviously asking a question that is very hard to
research. Just waiting for a psychic/voodoo witch/miss cleo to login
and answer I guess :) Hope it's a least entertaining...

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Request for Question Clarification by tisme-ga on 05 Jul 2006 19:41 PDT

I am sure pinkfreud could make it quite an entertaining read... pink
is the closest to Miss Cleo on the researcher side that I know... :)

tisme-ga

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Clarification of Question by joel_r-ga on 07 Jul 2006 06:16 PDT

...just posting a blank message to fullfil the clarifaction
notification that keeps coming up

Here is an mp3 audio clip from Quirks and Quarks (a science show in
Canada on CBC radio) that has a segment on Why Cats Stare.

http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/00-01/mp3/qq090601a.mp3

When you ask for input from someone "more knowledgable in this field,"
what field do you have in mind?

I believe in certain spiritual realities, but I also believe that
there's a huge amount of pseudo-spiritual hokum in the world. If a
certain phenomenon can easily be explained by non-supernatural means,
I think it makes sense to accept that explanation rather than seek
mumbo-jumbo causes from alleged experts in the paranormal.

IMHO, the staring behavior of cats is well-documented, and does not
require an explanation that comes from The Twilight Zone. ;-)

thanks for the reply pinkfreud. When I say "this field", Im not sure
what I mean. I guess I mean someone who studies the paranormal, or has
heard theories about this kind of behavior from a cat that would give
a skeptic like me such an eerie feeling. I am forcing myself to
approach this with an open mind and an "i dont actually know
everything about the universe" attitude. I just slapped this question
on here to make my experience make more sense to me. Thanks!

What's a bunkie? Like a bunker?

Lots of stuff about black  - and white -  cats:

http://www.petloveshack.com/hallow.html
http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/folklore.htm
http://www.petcaretips.net/black_cat_luck.html
http://www.csicop.org/superstition/library/blackcat.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/pets_great_small/111776

yeah, a bunkie is like a small cabin