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February 6, 2007

Where Are All The Ghost Dromedaries?

K
ooky Allan Handleman's kooky guest today was ghost-ologist Joshua P. Warren, who was flogging his new book "Pet Ghosts: Animal Encounters from Beyond the Grave." Two hours of talk about people's dogs, cats, and birds returning as ghosts.

Animal ghosts. Please.

Somebody show me a ghost squirrel or a ghost deer or a ghost slug or a ghost grackle. Or a ghost sturgeon. Then -- and only then -- will I listen to your stories about dear old Brutus scratching at the back door long after that unfortunate incident with the mail truck.

Posted by Eric at February 6, 2007 10:59 PM

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Laurie Campbell is well known medium. I once had a reading done with her. When it was over we got to talking about the work she does and the people she comes in contact with. She told me the majority of her repeat customers were pet owners wanting to reunite with their dead animals. Which is totally bizarre. The kind of things they wanted t know were, "does fluffy miss me?", "Is she alright?"...

We both had a good laugh about that.

Posted by: john a at February 7, 2007 6:11 PM

Where would one ever see a ghost slug? Or a ghost squirrel?

Ghost camels, I can imagine a few campfire stories about, in certain parts of the world.

There's got to be legends of ghost herds or ghost horses in the West.

Posted by: Seth Finkelstein at February 16, 2007 12:14 AM