“Owl Seeking Adventure Takes a Joyride in the Back of Patrol Car”
In a rare wild encounter, an owl found itself in a bit of a pickle after it decided to pick a fight with a pickup truck. The brave bird of prey, clearly unimpressed by the size and power of the vehicle, took a stand and had its wings clipped by the truck’s windshield on a rural road in Oregon.
Luckily for the scrappy little screech owl, Deputy Hayden Sanders of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was nearby, presumably on patrol for lawbreakers and other wild animals prone to fighting motor vehicles. And boy, did he ever have his hands full when he arrived at the scene.
Despite being frothy at the beak and in a bit of a tiff with the truck, the owl reportedly surrendered to Sanders, who captured the feathered fiend in a jacket and brought it to a local veterinarian for medical attention.
But that’s not all folks. Rather than spending the night in the animal clinic, the plucky little owl was clearly feeling adventurous and asked for a ride home. Not in a taxi or Uber, mind you, but in the back of Sanders’ patrol car.
Yes, you read that right. This brazen bird not only got into a fight with a vehicle and surrendered to a human, but it also hitched a ride in a cop car without so much as a warning from the sheriff’s office.
If that doesn’t sound like an invitation for hooliganism and criminal behavior, I don’t know what does.
Perhaps we should all follow this bird’s lead and seek out our own brushes with danger and law enforcement. Maybe we’ll get to ride in the back of a cop car too. Just imagine the thrill of the sirens and flashing lights.
In all seriousness, we are glad that the owl is alright and received the medical care it needed. We appreciate the efforts of Deputy Sanders in helping this little creature in its time of need.
But let’s not let this incident go to our heads. Let’s leave the brave fights to the birds and leave the driving to the professionals. After all, we don’t need any more feathered friends getting into altercations with our vehicles and taking joyrides in the back of patrol cars.
