No Joke: New Signs at Park Warn of Angry Owls
No Joke: New Signs at Park Warn of Angry Owls
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow inspired Oregon's capital to post new warning signs in a park where four runners reported attacks from an angry owl likely defending its nest against perceived threats. One jogger, a surgeon, said the owl hit him twice in Bush's Pasture Park in Salem, and so hard he thought he was having a stroke or an aneurysm. Another said the bird swiped his longtime running cap and nicked his scalp.
Maddow suggested on air last week that the city should post a vivid yellow warning sign using the iconic pedestrian stick figure bent forward at a run. Above, claws extended, is a raptor. Salem officials liked the idea. Mark Becktel, parks and transportation services manager, said the city secured rights to reproduce the sign and is posting 20 of them. "It's just making people aware that there's an owl there that for whatever reason swoops down and goes after people's hats," he said.
http://www.newser.com/story/202699/no-joke-new-signs-at-park-warn-of-angry-owls.html
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"It's just making people aware that there's an owl there that for whatever reason swoops down and goes after people's hats," he said
None around where I live...
I never even thought of them being mean...interesting...
As a member of the ''Owl Clan'', I can assure you, you do not want to piss us off.
you talkin' to me pilgrim!!!!!
Kav... Those birds look like something out of a Science Fiction movie!!!
RW...it doesn't surprise me...Blue Jays can be mean buggars...
An adult Great Horned Owl, has 300 PSI in their talons. They are also hunters of other birds of prey, especially Redtail and Goshawks.
An adult has no predators.
WOW......a critter to stay away from for sure!!
They sound EVIL !!
That would almost be enough to psychologically damage a child!!!
Is this the thread to comment on for me to get into the new group "Gimlet Eye" ? If they let me in I will reveal how to deal with angry owls ... without firearms !
Ok...no...just an article that I posted......go for it Petey!!
Well ... my membership has been "pending" for days now . I don't want to jinx my chances .