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Oregon park unveils new warning signs for hat-snatching owl
These are easily the greatest signs ever.
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A closer look at the first "angry owl" sign put up in Bush's Pasture Park. #SalemOR #sjnow @maddow pic.twitter.com/dkrR6X5a0n
— Alisha Roemeling (@alisharoemeling) February 12, 2015 Want a little backstory here? There’s plenty of it. For some time now, visitors to Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem, Ore. have been terrorized by a large barred owl with a four-foot wingspan. It’s been snatching hats, knocking people over and all manner of owl-related hijinks.
The owl even has a name, as voted on by Oregonians: Owlcapone.
Perfect. Rachel Maddow has been covering the story on her show and put out calls for viewers to help design a new owl warning sign.
And now the city of Salem has adopted that sign and is using it for realsies!
It started as a gag on the Rachel #Maddow show, but the city plans to install these signs. #angryowl #SalemOR pic.twitter.com/4moMI9y0X6
— City of Salem (@cityofsalem) February 12, 2015 Crews with the City of Salem are about to start putting "angry owl" signs up in Bush's Pasture Park #salemor @maddow pic.twitter.com/U3gJKrhq0A
— Alisha Roemeling (@alisharoemeling) February 12, 2015 The first "angry owl" sign has been installed at Bush's Pasture Park. #SalemOR #sjnow @maddow @Salem_Statesman pic.twitter.com/on9wOHXzj7
— Alisha Roemeling (@alisharoemeling) February 12, 2015 Wonderful. Just wonderful. Don’t worry, there are shirts.
This is fantastic! // Anyone need an an 'angry owl' shirt? #SalemOR http://t.co/upqvjiWWv4 @salem_statesman @maddow pic.twitter.com/WU3ddoElbq
— Alisha Roemeling (@alisharoemeling) February 10, 2015 See More:
