Owl Declares War on Man (Feb, 1930)
Owl Declares War on Man
ANYONE who has met a “man-eating” owl is invited to communicate with Professor Albert M. Reese of the University of West Virginia, at Morgantown. Such a bird came to live in Morgantown one day last summer, Professor Reese declares and for a few days actually terrorized pedestrians in one section of the city. Hiding in a tree until some passerby approached on the sidewalk, the vicious bird swooped down suddenly on the unsuspecting humans and struck them violently with its claws. The bird is described as a small one.
I’ed think getting a decent shot going at speed would be impossible...
It looks like the good professor received more than a few replies: http://www.sciencemag.org/cont.....55.extract
Comment by cjelli — July 21, 2011 @ 8:36 am