Whoooo Is Striking This Halloween Eve? The Legend of the Lakewood Halloween Owl

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Lakewood OwlIf you look carefully in this very dark photo, you will see a creature of the night.

My daughter lives in Lakewood, and loves it. This weekend she called to tell me to blog this story: a friend was jogging in their neighborhood, near Hollywood Heights, early morning. He suddenly felt pressure and pain on his head while running. He stopped, instinctively brought his hand to his head, and whatever it was that had attacked his head moved.

It was an owl, a huge owl. This owl sat perched on top of a traffic sign and watched him. Was he waiting for his prey to keel over? Cassie’s friend jogged home backwards, several blocks, his eyes peeled on that owl.

When he got home, he examined his head — no punctures — but clearly Mr. Owl had spotted a good head for his dinner!

And so we now know how you can lose your head if you live in Lakewood.

My daughter took this photo Sunday night. She is now going to wear a helmet whenever she walks out the door.

At least, she says, we will have no mice in this yard.

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

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