For billions of American children, only Christmas surpasses Halloween as a favorite holiday. However, the holiday will now forever be associated with carnage and mayhem of the genuine, not pretend sort, as the grizzly bear-sized snowy owl that has wreaked havoc on both sides of the Atlantic resurfaced in time to turn the beloved holiday into a nightmare.
An ominous sight in the distance
The owl was first spotted in suburban Florida, where a crowd of neighborhood children were gathering to take photos before going out for an afternoon of trick-or-treating. The owl landed amidst the crowd, and quickly became the subject of a number of photographs.
The snapping of a vicious beak would soon replace the snapping of photographs
A Florida grandmother who would only give her name as Mildred described the scene: "First, we were just taking photos, and then the big owl appeared. Everybody thought it was part of the Halloween celebration, so we started taking pictures of it too. The children just loved it. But then..." The eyewitness did not wish to describe the scene in her own words, but other survivors said that, as soon as people began to approach the owl, it seized several individuals in its talons and quickly devoured them, sparing neither man, woman nor child.
These trick-or-treaters were about to become the treats for something higher on the food chain
After killing between 578 and 76,152 people in Florida, the owl flew west, stopping at numerous suburban enclaves to slaughter at least 9,204 and possibly as many as 732,289 additional people, and backing up traffic on Interstate 95 for eight hours, and Interstate 10 for nine and a half hours.
The stroller parade was in danger of becoming a death march
As darkness descended and millions of undeterred trick-or-treaters stepped out in search of candy dressed as ghouls, ghosts, witches, goblins, Michael Jackson, superheroes, and other popular characters, the owl continued to rain destruction upon the unwary.
One parent living in one of the attack sites said, "I thought it [the owl] was somebody's Halloween decoration. Look It could have been a robot, or even some kind of suit -- I wasn't paying that much attention anyway. This was my daughter's first Halloween. We dressed her up like a little princess, and were all set to have a great time trick or treating. Of course, she's too young for candy, and my wife and I wouldn't pig out on the sweets she got, since we know better than that. Did you know that they use Coca-Cola to clean corrosion off car battery terminals, and blood off highways after accidents?"
At this point, another parent called him a sanctimonious ass, and they started getting into a shouting match and provided no useful information about the owl.
Will counter-owl training become the next law enforcement strategy?
The next day, police tried to piece together the evidence of the attacks. One thing that most witnesses described was the impression that the owl was initially part of some actual Halloween decoration or celebration, and then the realization that they were wrong when it started tearing people apart. The reason for the killing rampage is not entirely understood at this time. While between 862 and 4,895,247 people lost their lives in the attacks, only a very small number, perhaps a few dozen at most, were eaten. The overwhelming majority of the deaths appear to be for purposes other than feeding. Scientists, law enforcement officers and other experts are working on better understanding the motivation for the attacks in an effort to help citizens better prepare for the next incident involving the grizzly-bear-sized snowy owl.
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