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A-and-B,
There is little doubt that the logical explanation is best. If you start on anything else, the first thing you know the government is involved in coverups on extraterrestrial activities and people are being picked up by UFOs for medical experiments. Sometimes Werewolves sneak among the trees when you go for a walk. I don't care at all to have that kind of thing happen to me. Didn't that New Orleans hurricane pop out of the Bermuda Triangle? You don't hear about that. Bush and his cronies are covering it up.
It's best to stay with the logical whenever you can. 
(and incognito)
posted by
Jack_Flash
on March 20, 2006 at 5:54 PM
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The logical explanation for the owl is good.
posted by
A-and-B
on March 20, 2006 at 4:58 AM
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Angel,
It is kind of spooky, but at the same time very spiritual. It is very easy to see why owls are seen with such great reverence by the American Indians.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on March 5, 2006 at 2:05 PM
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Nanar,
They have short necks, huge heads, and feathers that come down from the head, covering their neck. When they are on a perch they tuck their head down. The top of their head is so flat that it looks like the top of a body without a head. The horns are ear feathers, and when they scrunch their head down, the horns tuck down too. It's quite an interesting sight.
There are several different sizes, but I know that any large one can easily pick up chickens, rabbits, and probably pretty good sized pets. If I recall correctly, there are varieties of Horned Owls, The Great Horned Owl being the largest. The ones that I used to see were in Northeastern California. I'm not sure whether I ever saw a Great Horned, or whether they were of a smaller variety. I know the Great Horned are about as hefty as a Canadian Goose. Then there are various Barn Owls. Beautiful and mysterious birds. A surprisingly wide variety of them.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on March 5, 2006 at 2:01 PM
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Ooooooh, that is spoooooky! Cool though, from over here, mind you!
posted by
anglofinspirtion
on March 5, 2006 at 12:10 PM
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jack
I learned something about owls yesterday- the great horned owl is the most powerful bird for its size- it can swoop down and pick up a cocker spaniel and fly straight up in the air with it. Wow, that's amazing that it looked headless- obviously they can do magic too!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 5, 2006 at 9:30 AM
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Justso,
It could well have been. It certainly seemed spooky to me and my brother. Sometimes you think back on a thing that happened to you as a child and think, no, we just missed something or were fantasizing, or something. Then you think or were we?
I remember Ichabod's horseman well. A Hessian Soldier who was an ally in the American Revolution. Reported by Washington Irving. Considering his fire-breathing horse, he probably did have an owl.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on March 5, 2006 at 2:17 AM
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Jack Flash
I like your work. There was once a horseman who rode the roads through the hollows and it was said the man had no head! hmmm! Ichabod Crane I think was his name. Maybe this was his lost Owl.
posted by
Justi
on March 5, 2006 at 1:40 AM
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