Replying to, from Richard's post, "This is just stuff that people make up inside their heads, literally."
I would disagree with you, Richard.
If you were to discuss the performance of mediums who use their abilities to communicate with ANIMALS, both living and deceased, with their clients, you would find quite a few clients who report their animal communictor medium brought back accurate information. Information the medium/communicator could not possibly have known before the contact session.
I have one personal example:
I was once blessed with a squirrel friend in a local park (Hamilton, Ontario) with whom I was able to bond so well I could actually pick her, Annie, up. Then one day she vanished.
I contacted an animal communicator in Oakland, California, who had good reviews, and whose "day job" was a psychologist for people. She is now deceased.
I asked her to try to find out what happened to Annie. The only information I gave the animal communicator was that Annie had classic Eastern Grey squirrel markings. (Animal communicators appreciate appearance descriptions or better yet photos, as they report, sometimes other animals will enter the conversation.)
The very first words from the communicator were, "The squirrel is telling me she was killed by a tuxedo cat."
Well, it so happens that a couple of weeks earlier, a tuxedo cat had begun roaming the part of the large park where Annie's tree den was. I did not say or hint about that.
I consider that proof enough for me, and over subsequent years, the same communicator appeared to be effective in other inquiries, for example, advising a raven couple who nested near my church that I sent them love. The raven couple immediately became very friendly ... and the wife showed she preferred to be hand fed after that.
Pet owners know their animals well, and quite a few of them give their animal communicators excellent marks.
One communicator, Penelope Smith, maintains a directory of animal communicators whom she considers genuine, on this page:
Find an Animal Communicator from the worldwide directory
animaltalk.net
Psychics I've asked say the ability to psychically communicate is the same ability whether it be for people or animals. (Personally, I'd guess that there is less fraud in the animal arena.)
-- Squirrel