You know how in fairy tales they say witches always have a black cat? That cats can see supernatural things? I don't know about the supernatural stuff, but let me tell you about my cat. He's a ginger, no particular breed. The only quirk he really has is that he absolutely hates guests and always hides when someone comes over. He also loves catching toy mice and bringing them to us, but that's a whole other story :) Anyway, back to the guests thing. Over the past year, we started noticing he'd go hide about 20 minutes before guests even arrived. We were baffled — how does he know??? We figured we just had a super smart cat who somehow learned to understand our speech, or at least the word "guests." We were genuinely impressed! But here's where it gets weird. One time, a friend showed up completely unannounced — we hadn't discussed it at all. And yep, the cat had already hidden beforehand. The next time, we deliberately ran an experiment. We arranged a time with friends in advance but said absolutely nothing about it at home, and just watched the cat. Ten minutes before they arrived, he went behind the couch. How??? How does he know??? After that, I read a ton of stories about animals sensing earthquakes and other disasters before they happen. Now I get nervous every time the cat gets alert. One time he suddenly jumped up out of nowhere, completely tense. I'm thinking — what's happening? Is an earthquake coming? What did he sense??! Turns out he spotted a moth. So yeah, I try to stay calm about it now. But still, his ability is genuinely mind-blowing. Do your pets sense things before they happen?