[pct-l] Owl Attack

[Robert Greenlee]

I'm not exactly sure but perhaps you were near its nesting area?

I was hooting for some spotted owls in the El Dorado National forest a few
months ago and can recall being buzzed by an unidentified winged creature a
couple times.  It was probably a predator of the spotted owl but I couldnt
quite make it out in the dark.


On 9/18/07, Jensen Family (billsuej at comcast.net) <billsuej at comcast.net>
wrote:
>
> I did a trail run this evening in Forest Park, which is located in the
> West Hills of Portland, Oregon.  It was dusk, right around 7:00 PM.  All of
> a sudden, it was smacked in the back of the head.  I didn't hear a thing, or
> see a thing.  I figured it was some type of creature - but I was clue less
> as to what.  About a 100 yards up the trail, it happened again.  I turned
> and saw an 18-24" tall owl sitting in an adjacent tree.  I screamed and
> yelled - and he just stared back.  I proceeded to walk backwards up the
> trail until I felt safe, and then resumed running.  No blood was drawn, but
> I am sure he could have scalped me had he wanted to.  I am not sure if I
> have seen an owl outside of a zoo - and I know that I never saw one on the
> entire length of the PCT.
>
> My question is this - does anyone have any idea why he knocked me in the
> head???  Has anyone else had a similiar experience ??
>
> Bill Jensen - PCT '77
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