My hubby and my little one were outside because he was trying to fix a minor problem with his car. It gets dark here early now, at 6pm it's night time.
My hubby came in and told me they were walking back together to come inside and suddenly he heard a swoosh and something flew in between him and went straight for our five year old. It was an Owl, a rather large one at that. Before he could do anything, it was going after her, she said she saw it coming it looked straight at her, moved it's head funny and when she ran in a zig zag fashion it flew away!
I'm still speechless!
I went outside to see if I could see this Owl since it was still in a tree outside. I caught a glimpse of it and it was a big one, then it flew away! It was actually waiting for her it seemed.
Apparently from the distance the Owl was at, my daughter being tiny seemed to have been food to it. OMG!!! It could have hurt her had it gotten the chance! I'm still speechless!
I hugged her and then I laughed because I can't imagine my daughter being seen as food to a bird! OMG!!! And to think I made her go outside by herself to go to her dad a few minutes before! She will not be allowed to go outside after dark anymore!
Talk about weird!!
I've seen hawks around here, big beautiful ones, and other wild animals and birds but this incident takes the cake! I shudder to think if it had gotten it's claw into her! OMG!!!