The infamous barred owl known for swooping down on runners and sometimes clawing scalps at a park in Salem, Ore. has inspired the installation of at least 10 bright orange "angry owl" warning signs.
Crews with the Salem Parks Operation Division placed signs throughout the nine-acre park Thursday morning after the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC featured the recent owl attacks in on its Feb. 5 broadcast.
During the show, Maddow and producers with MSNBC designed the bright signs for anyone to use, and then sent mock-ups of the signs, as well as digital copies, to the city of Salem.
After securing the rights to reproduce these owl warning signs, the city of Salem created about 20 copies to be erected throughout Salem's Bush's Pasture Park
John Kleeman, a parks operations supervisor, was one of two crew members erecting the signs Thursday morning and said he hoped to be able to install 10 signs by the end of the day.
"We're adding the signs to existing posts right now, and replacing old, maybe redundant signs with the owl signs," Kleeman said.
Installation of the "angry owl" warning signs included the addition of special vandal-proof fasteners to keep people from stealing the signs.
Each sign will also have a sticker on the back that thanks the Maddow Show and gives credit to its producers, Kleeman said.
Twenty signs were made in total, which will be placed strategically throughout the park.
Several representatives from the city of Salem Parks Operation Division expressed their appreciation for the national coverage, but also for the opportunity to protect the wildlife.
"We do what we can to help nature in the parks," Kleeman said. "We love to celebrate nature when it intersects with the urban community."
If anybody remembers any of ‘the staircase’ documentaries.. it’s highly highly highly likely that that lady was actually killed by an owl. They will attack you and cut you up so bad you bleed to death.
Snowbank_Lake on October 18th, 2023 at 13:34 UTC »
If this is in West Virginia it could be a Mothman sign...
Spartan2470 on October 18th, 2023 at 14:09 UTC »
According to here:
NumisKing on October 18th, 2023 at 14:15 UTC »
If anybody remembers any of ‘the staircase’ documentaries.. it’s highly highly highly likely that that lady was actually killed by an owl. They will attack you and cut you up so bad you bleed to death.