Ha!The poor bugger did lose an eye, though. I suggested to a couple of parents that it might not be prudent to let their kids play noisily underneath it for the above reason. Nowadays, I'd half-expect a punch in the chops for my troubles, but they were genuinely amazed by the owl. The ulterior motive was that I didn't want them scaring the bugger off...
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
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