On Saturday evening I took my kids to a Halloween party at a fairly remote country village hall. At one point in the evening I had to pop out to the car to get something. So here I am in the dark in a quiet car park when a car 3 along starts sounding its alarm which obviously spooked an owl in some nearby trees. The owl flew round the car then swooped towards me just missing me by about 2 foot then flew around me twice before doing about 3 circuits of a tree then back towards me again before silently disappearing of into the distance. It was a quite surreal experience and I was kind of stuck to the ground unable to move mesmerised by this amazing creature swooping around me in the night... Not sure what to make of it but to see a wild owl so close was quite a joy.
