Okay, it’s impossible to know whether an association with buxom food servers is antagonizing Northwest owls, but something has their feathers in a bunch — there have been so many attacks on hikers and joggers that officials near Kirkland have closed sections of some parks. “People have been clawed enough to draw blood,” said Park Ranger Mary Welborn. The owls are drawn to ponytails and headphone cords, and rangers have speculated that the attackers might be younger owls who’ve just left the nest and are territorial about their new situation. Via King5.

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