Are Animals More Attracted to Some People? Revisited
This is an update to a previous post, Are Animals More Attracted to Some People? I tried finding scientific studies on whether or not some people attract stray animals with little success. Plenty of studies and opinions on attracting stray people, but not much on animals. But, after reading so many experiences by people, or stories about witnessing the way some people attract animals, I make the declaration, IT IS TRUE, SOME PEOPLE NATURALLY HAVE AN AFFINITY WITH ANIMALS. It’s a scientific fact.
A Michigan resident named Chelsea recently read the original post and was kind enough to give me her personal experience on the subject. Her story and photos touched me and I believe support the premise of my declaration. These were her comments:
Chelsea: “Had just met these two. Mother and daughter, my grandpa said they never had taken to anyone before or since. Mom was very protective of Pumpkin, her baby (who I named), but loved me and would let pumpkin play with me. Pumpkin was attached to me from the day I met her..”
RAA: “That’s awesome. I wonder what about you immediately signaled “a nice human” to them?”
Chelsea: “I’m not sure, but funny thing is Pumpkin remembered me when I visited again over a year later (Grandpa lives in Kentucky). I was the first one to get a halter on her, without any problems. Years prior, one of my grandpas donkeys also took a liking to me and was borderline obsessed, lol.”
RAA: “So there is something inside you animals trust. I appreciate the comments. It is amazing what animals can sense better than people.”
Chelsea: “I believe it goes deeper than that. I believe I can sense/understand animals as well. For instance my dog Gemma that I adopted 1 year ago in March from Detroit animal control. I went there to meet her after seeing her picture online. I had seen hundreds of pictures of dogs. When I met her, she was so sweet and timid and never barked- despite being outside with construction going on less than 100ft away. However she looked like a terrifying pit mix that could rip you to shreds! But she was such a scaredy cat! The only thing was, I wanted a BIG dog, and they posted she was 80lbs but she was really around 50lbs. So I left without her. Drove a couple blocks away to the Humane society with her on my brain. Got back in my car, called my husband and said “I gotta go back and get that dog. She’s not exactly what we were looking for, but there’s something about her that is so sweet-I have to go back to get her!” And he said ok, do it! Needless to say my life has been changed forever and she truly is the sweetest big baby/scaredy cat you’ll ever meet, disguised as a Big Scary Pit Mix 
