A picture of an owl, but not the animal that harasses Purmerend. Photo TROS / A
From France to Japan and Luxembourg to the United States – newspapers from around the world write about the last days of Purmerend. The reason? North Holland city in recent weeks terrorized by an owl, attacking the residents. “A reign of terror,” as The Washington Post called it
The devil owl -. Or Satane hibou , such as L’Express writes in French – only in the last two weeks already performed more than twenty airstrikes. Associated with intense scratching, sometimes bloody. Tuesday still had two runners to hospital after they were attacked
The eagle owl are few images available:.
With umbrellas backfire
The Guardian, the BBC and the US radio station NPR wrote about the arial assaults of the “rebellious owl”, which can reach a wingspan of two meters . “About Purmerend was hitherto scarcely reported something in the media,” writes the Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt. “That has changed in recent weeks.”
Because the Eagle Owl – one of the largest owl species – is a protected bird and the municipality so first an exemption must apply before they can intervene, Purmerend advised its citizens to initially only with an umbrella to take to the streets. A spokesman said about yesterday to news agency ANP:
“In particular evening strikes him so well. She approaches people silently falls back to. You should not think that someone turns around. “
Joggers display flight behavior and are thus prey
It is not the first time that a town or village the spell of a “big angry owl” (copyright L’Express). Early this month, the US state of Oregon already warned of an owl that attacked joggers. According to Rob Schenkelaars Foundation of Prey, Owls and Egelopvang is because they recognize this flight behavior.
Not only owls keep entire cities under the spell. Last fall feared the inhabitants of the British Ipswich for a “moordkat” that other animals death made. Over a hundred people claimed that their cat went missing while some other cats filled with nail marks came home.
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