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My question to you is a simple one. Can animals, wild or domestic, see ghosts easier than most humans? Something weird happened last night. The front door was open and my dog was laying in front of it. I walked by to the bathroom and before I got there, my dog started barking wildly. As though he saw something and wanted to get to it. I checked the door to see what it was. I didn't see anything. Me and my dad went outside to check it. We didn't see anything but my dog continued to bark wildly and whine. On the other hand, however, I was not looking out the door at the moment and it took awhile to find flashlights to go searching. I also didn't sense anything at the time. Here's the kicker though. I went back into the house and looked out the glass door. I didn't anything and my dad took my dog to see if he would lead him there. My dog didn't seem to see anything anymore. The bad thing is that one of the properties of glass is a reflecting surface. As I was looking outside, out of the side of my eye, I saw the shadow of a head go past me. Not a wall shadow, a black figure. Is it possible my dog saw a spirit or is it just sheer coincedence?


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I'm interested in this "black figure" you saw, because I can tell you quite honestly, I've had a lot of experience with such beings. Can you describe anything about how you felt at the time? Simple, I see the head and I'm shocked. A grab my staff which I keep by the door and look around, even though my staff isn't going to help me.

In my opinion, yes animals do have a better sense of other things than humans. Humans tend to be so self-obsessed that they rarely look beyond themselves, and the few times they do it isn't very far. Animals are considerably less self-obsessed and more aware of things going on around them. Plants come next, which have even a greater awareness of things around them because they focus even less on themselves. Then objects, rocks etc. come next, things that are basically one with the environment and usually don't express much individuality compared to humans. Lastly, anything that is in pure energy form has the greatest amount of awareness.

Animals have senses far better than any humans, they can predict earthquakes before humans can, because you see them running and acting frightened before it happens. I think it's the same with ghosts and spirits and the such, humans aren't as in touch, so we don't really see them as easily.