# Animal Communicators - Con Artists?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-communicators-con-artists/61777>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 13, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-communicators-con-artists/61777 "2001-04-13T03:33:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![cjharker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@cjharker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjharker)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-communicators-con-artists/61777/1 "2001-04-13T03:33:47Z")

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What’s the deal with people who claim to be animal communicators? Are they on to something, or are they just con artists or hoaxster hoping to scam a few bucks from people? I’ve even seen books that claim that we each have the ability to communicate with our pets.

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**Author:** ![boohowdoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boohowdoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boohowdoy)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-communicators-con-artists/61777/2 "2001-04-13T05:24:18Z")

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Come on…what do you think? You think Mr. Ed can really talk?

Some people are so attached to their pets that they’ll pay so called “Animal Communicators.”  
For more info about cons, check out the On-Line Encyclopedia of Cons, Scams, and Schemes…very educational.  
[http://www.geocities.com/king\_grifter/](http://www.geocities.com/king_grifter/)