Cloudbusting
Not your average chicken
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I'm hoping this hasn't been done before, and I hope this is the best place for this thread but mods please feel free to move if necessary...
I have had a few fortean experiences in my time but I've also experienced a few things that I initially thought were fortean turn out to be anything but, much to my embarrassment/amusement. Has anyone else experienced something similar?
To kick us off I'm actually going to share a story my Dad told me a few years ago...
In his mid to late teens, my Dad loved nothing more than going out and getting drunk with his mates, and it was not uncommon for him to stumble home in the early hours a few times a week. One night, sometime after midnight, he started to walk home with his mates and eventually split off from them to walk down a tree lined road towards his house. Walking down this road, he started to feel like there was someone following him. Looking around, there wasn't a soul to be seen but he did notice a large owl in the tree behind him. Thinking it was a bit unusual but not particularly strange, he continued on and heard a flutter. Turning around, he could see that the owl had flown to the next tree as he had walked. He continued to watch the owl whilst walking, and realised it was watching him and following him, flying from tree to tree. Feeling rather drunk and pretty creeped out (what was this beast - a demon owl?! ) he belted it and the owl chased him all the way home.
Returning home, gasping, he found his parents were still awake downstairs and rapidly recounted the tale about the 'stalker/demon' owl to them. His parents did not believe any of it, blastered him for being a pisshead, then sent him to bed... A few days later there was story in the local paper about a hand reared owl who had been captured, having escaped a week earlier. Apparently this owl had taken to following people because it was so used being around people... So whilst my dad had indeed been chased home by an owl, it certainly wasn't as 'fortean' as his inebriated mind may have led him to believe.
Does anyone have any similar stories?
I have had a few fortean experiences in my time but I've also experienced a few things that I initially thought were fortean turn out to be anything but, much to my embarrassment/amusement. Has anyone else experienced something similar?
To kick us off I'm actually going to share a story my Dad told me a few years ago...
In his mid to late teens, my Dad loved nothing more than going out and getting drunk with his mates, and it was not uncommon for him to stumble home in the early hours a few times a week. One night, sometime after midnight, he started to walk home with his mates and eventually split off from them to walk down a tree lined road towards his house. Walking down this road, he started to feel like there was someone following him. Looking around, there wasn't a soul to be seen but he did notice a large owl in the tree behind him. Thinking it was a bit unusual but not particularly strange, he continued on and heard a flutter. Turning around, he could see that the owl had flown to the next tree as he had walked. He continued to watch the owl whilst walking, and realised it was watching him and following him, flying from tree to tree. Feeling rather drunk and pretty creeped out (what was this beast - a demon owl?! ) he belted it and the owl chased him all the way home.
Returning home, gasping, he found his parents were still awake downstairs and rapidly recounted the tale about the 'stalker/demon' owl to them. His parents did not believe any of it, blastered him for being a pisshead, then sent him to bed... A few days later there was story in the local paper about a hand reared owl who had been captured, having escaped a week earlier. Apparently this owl had taken to following people because it was so used being around people... So whilst my dad had indeed been chased home by an owl, it certainly wasn't as 'fortean' as his inebriated mind may have led him to believe.
Does anyone have any similar stories?