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I was attacked by a huge owl recently. It drew blood, and really hurt. I can confirm it was entirely silent, in contrast to being attacked by a crow, which make
by symmitchry 6y ago
I was attacked by a huge owl recently. It drew blood, and really hurt. I can confirm it was entirely silent, in contrast to being attacked by a crow, which makes an almost-avoidable swooshing sound.
- junke 6y agoOn the internet, nobody knows you are a mouse.
- gms 6y agoWhile this place isn't a hotbed of humour, this may be the funniest comment I have come across in over 13 years of reading HN.
- junke 6y agoThanks a lot
- gkoberger 6y agoAgreed, as do some others! https://twitter.com/gkoberger/status/1263172182412165120 https://twitter.com/gkoberger/status/1263172182412165120
- jonshariat 6y agoWhenever I make any kind of attempt at humor on HN, I get downvoted and told that this isn't the place for jokes but serious discussion. Since the quality of the comments on HN are why I come back every day, I don't disagree.
- DrScump 6y agoAs it turns out, owls and mice are not always enemies: https://www.pbs.org/video/film-school-shorts-program-owl-and-mouse-film-school-shorts/ https://www.pbs.org/video/film-school-shorts-program-owl-and...
- paloaltokid 6y agoWere you out walking at night? Do you have any sense of why it attacked you? (I don't know anything about owls)
- zellyn 6y agoOut of curiosity, besides owls and crows, have you been attacked by any other taloned birds?
- HoveringOrb 6y agoIt was probably a harpy. Those things have no chill.
- zbrozek 6y agoI got accidentally attacked by a hawk of some sort. I was walking on a university campus pathway and got thwacked by a hawk jumping off of a pole. Turns out I was merely between it and its prey - it was about to swoop a squirrel. It bounced off me, ignored my existence entirely, and kept chasing the squirrel. Knocked me a bit off balance, but the bird appeared fine and so was I.
- voz_ 6y agoWhat led to this? Please don't leave us hanging.
- gnulinux 6y agoWhy would an owl attack a huge mammal like a human? Are you a particularly short person? Do owls attack other large mammals like deers, horses, bears etc? That's very scary.
- dmoy 6y agoSometimes your hair or hat can look like a tasty meal. Sometimes it's territorial, if you're getting too close to a nest or whatever. Usually it's one of those two.
- goatinaboat 6y agoSometimes your hair or hat can look like a tasty meal Yes do you remember this owl? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/06/owl-attacks-joggers-and-steals-their-hats https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/06/owl-atta...
- Judgmentality 6y agoA long time ago, when I had much longer hair and would go running just about every day, there was a block on my route where a bird would swoop down constantly and attack me. I think it thought my hair was a bunch of worms or something. It was a smaller bird, it couldn't really hurt me, but fuck that thing flying around my face was terrifying. I quickly changed routes once I realized it wasn't going to stop.
- LiamPa 6y agoOwls are extremely territorial, even small owls like tawnys have been recorded attacking/bombing humans when coming too close to a nest site.
- pvaldes 6y agoTawnys are know to be responsible of attacks leading to one-eyed humans.
- PaulHoule 6y agoI think most owls are afraid of humans but birds have intimidation power above their weight and if an owl learns it can push people around it might keep doing so.