It is indeed just a joke. The urban legends are gunna have a feild day with it.

My first clue was when they said the 'coroner' was looking into the cat's death. I don't care who kitty is/was... a coroner can't tell ya jack shit. Takes a vet and a necropsy. ;)

It woulda been funnier if they made an article up saying a patient who died used their last ounce of strength to take him with, by throttling him or... if he got tangled up in wires and died trying to take them out... I mean people... no wonder the Weekly World News went under... where's the gonzo LOVE man? (sniff)