Kro is Stalked by a Bird of Prey

I was walking my dog, Curly, last night down at La Entrada School in Menlo Park when I got the distinct feeling that I was being watched. The sun had just gone down, so I got a little creeped out when the feeling came over me.

Much to my chagrin, the thing that was stalking me was nothing but a simple owl. I thought to myself, "While the owl is certainly a bird of prey, there is no way an owl would attack a 155 pound male with an 80 pound dog...right?"

Allow me to say that the aforementioned chagrin lasted all of about 15 seconds. The owl's wing-span was a solid 5 feet and he was definitely circling Curly and me. I started getting really worried after the owl had circled me about 7 or 8 times.

At this point, I stopped and started waving my arms and yelling, which the owl mistook for me "waving him in," and he began to dive bomb just a few feet above my head. Now my heart was pounding and of course Curly was oblivious to the whole thing. So, being a relatively intelligent person, I ran as fast as I could towards the closest building. The owl was persistent and he continued to circle my dog and I as we ran the 90 seconds to safety.

He finally gave up but only after 4 minutes of playtime and circling me 30 - 40 times.

Damn that owl. Damn him!