Dog Senses Earthquake moments before it happens
Sophie the dog senses an earthquake moments before it strikes. Jan 9, 2010. Earthquake was in Eureka, California.
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3. Friendlysoul commented 14 years ago
Maybe its just me but i was expecting the dog to at least bark to warn the people, but then i see it running off.
So much for man's best friend
So much for man's best friend
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7. BenderBRodriguez commented 14 years ago
Notice that they keep that dog in there for this purpose, look that when the dog took off the fat guy immediately went to the emergency exit.
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11. ProfessionalGeek commented 14 years ago
I always thought animals had more of a heads up than that.
If you notice that little nob in the upper left starts moving no more than a second after he takes off...it's like he felt or heard the earliest movement, but not exactly an early warning system.
If you notice that little nob in the upper left starts moving no more than a second after he takes off...it's like he felt or heard the earliest movement, but not exactly an early warning system.
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12. dvh commented 14 years ago
In japan they have small electronic boxes which receive some data from somewhere, probably over radio, and they warn you about 20s before earthquake hits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuoMwesmfo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuoMwesmfo&feature=related
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18. bud commented 14 years ago
Don't get me wrong, I love dogs and I know some of their senses are more keen than humans but if you look at the video at :57 seconds, you'll see that the office chair was rolling at the same time Sophie was running off.
Also, unless you're right on top of the epi-centre of a quake, the shaking effects don't just start with a huge rocking. There's a subtle rumble. A lot like feeling dynamite being detonated. It's a gradual rumbling to quaking and shaking. There's also after shocks which are lesser rumblings happening as the rest of the earth resettles itself between the shifted plates.
Good clip, but too many people are thinking that the dog sensed it before others when in fact, she didn't.
But no doubt you take Sofie and have her sniff over someone who's got a lot of new moles due to sun poisoning and she'll tell you which marks are malignant/cancerous and which moles are benign/non-cancerous.
She'll also sniff out the biscuit you have hidden in your shirt pocket.
Also, unless you're right on top of the epi-centre of a quake, the shaking effects don't just start with a huge rocking. There's a subtle rumble. A lot like feeling dynamite being detonated. It's a gradual rumbling to quaking and shaking. There's also after shocks which are lesser rumblings happening as the rest of the earth resettles itself between the shifted plates.
Good clip, but too many people are thinking that the dog sensed it before others when in fact, she didn't.
But no doubt you take Sofie and have her sniff over someone who's got a lot of new moles due to sun poisoning and she'll tell you which marks are malignant/cancerous and which moles are benign/non-cancerous.
She'll also sniff out the biscuit you have hidden in your shirt pocket.
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19. eNdEmiOn06463 commented 14 years ago
The guy in the vid probably noticed the same thing just didn't act on it like the dog did. Pretty lame glorifying the dog's "extra sensory abilities".
(the guy starts moving his chair back at the same moment he dog starts taking of)
(the guy starts moving his chair back at the same moment he dog starts taking of)
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20. trancetunes (moderator) commented 14 years ago
didn't read to see if anyone posted this already, but when the tsunami's hit south east asia a couple years ago, there were many zoo animals which were so afraid that they escaped before the tsunami hit. same thing with many of the animals in the forests and jungles. some of the villages which observe the animals regularly followed them because they knew the animals could sense natural disasters. i believe humans could have it in them as well, but with today's modern world we lost that side of our intelligence perhaps..
and btw, #18, 0:57 is almost the end. maybe you mean 0:17? even if you mean 17 seconds, that was some dude moving the chair right as the dog bolted..the dog definitely sense it right before it came in my opinion (or right before the humans were able to tell).
and btw, #18, 0:57 is almost the end. maybe you mean 0:17? even if you mean 17 seconds, that was some dude moving the chair right as the dog bolted..the dog definitely sense it right before it came in my opinion (or right before the humans were able to tell).
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23. STPFan1961 commented 14 years ago
Some humans still can sense when a EQ is about to happen... I lived in So. Calif. near the San Andreas fault for many years and after realizing that I was experiencing nervous energy, grinding my teeth, slight nausea and then having a EQ within 12-24 hours several times, I was more tuned into them. At first I just kept it to myself, because I thought I was imagining things, but then I started telling people, and now even though I live in AZ, my friends and family still rely on me to forwarn them. The most recent EQs, like Baja, and Eureka I was a wreck before they happened.
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26. Petralala commented 14 years ago
I think you'll find, #18 that the guy who is seen in the video, was sat on the chair. He moves around responding to the dog, who ran off responding to the earth quake before it happened.
The video doesn't surprise me, it's a wellknown fact. But it's definitely amazing to watch.
Thumbsup for this vid
The video doesn't surprise me, it's a wellknown fact. But it's definitely amazing to watch.
Thumbsup for this vid
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27. mydixiewrecked commented 14 years ago
I was so expecting to see the dog near the end of the video already at the door before everyone else looking form the door to the stairway thinking, "JESUS GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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29. bud commented 14 years ago
#26, Petra, no, there was no one in the chair. It's obvious. The support pillar alone combined with the space of the chair according to what measurments of anyone in that chair at that time compared to the spacing of the pillar, the room and the timing of the dogs reactions lends well enough evidence that the chair was unoccupied.
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30. angrytattedguy commented 14 years ago
This happened in our country so I actually gave a crap. Yes that dog mattered more to me than an entire third world country of useless idiots.
+25 1. vgsr commented 14 years ago
Yay for animal instincts