Family Gives a Hoot When It Comes to Freeing Owl
The owl in the grille of Lindsey Hemphill's car.
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You know this time of year to watch for deer while driving at night, but owls?
Lin Hemphill of Southern Pines says one of the night birds flew into daughter's car Sunday evening, lodging itself in the grille of her vehicle.
"He was moving so we knew he was alive," she said.
Her son, Tyler, opened the hood and removed the radiator fan cover. He worked for about 40 minutes to free the owl. He placed the owl down for it to recover.
"To our amazement," Hemphill said, "the owl flew away into the night! A good ending to a very unusual occurrence."
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Courseaire 5 months, 1 week ago
Whoo, Whoo Whoorah!
teufelhunden 5 months, 1 week ago
Aww good. Owls are so cool.
teufelhunden 5 months, 1 week ago
No fOwl play...
Courseaire 5 months, 1 week ago
I wonder if they work at Hooters?
Courseaire 5 months, 1 week ago
fugitiveguy 5 months, 1 week ago
The field mouse is fast but the owl sees at night.
JD 5 months, 1 week ago
What does an owl get when it carries its mice in its cheeks?
a jowl
buh dum tsss
Courseaire 5 months, 1 week ago
What do you get when you put a bee in front of an owl?
a bowl.
Badaboom
cooldaddy 5 months, 1 week ago
The investigation into how this happened was intense. Hootie was grilled for almost an hour.
irishman 5 months, 1 week ago
With what is going on in this country how is this relevant? Come on Bouser and Company, get a grip!
Thatcher 5 months, 1 week ago
Great story! And even better comments! You guys are insane, but funny as heck. Courseaire, this owl is for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhjb4P.... Cheers!
cooldaddy 5 months, 1 week ago
Yes, by all means...how dare you print anything good?! Oh the nerve of a small community paper. Wait, that's it! We are not a metropolis, we are towns and villages wrapped in a sense of community. Well...thanks for the good story on that note. When I want world news, I go to a word size paper. Please don't ever change your local appeal. If you don't give a hoot about us, who will?
dc3skyliner 5 months, 1 week ago
Wow, fantastic! What a cute little guy.
greatbrit 5 months, 1 week ago
What a great story, especially with the happy ending.
Irishman, if I wanted real news, I'd go to a real newspaper. When I want fun and nonsense, I read the Pilot!
JohnANagy 5 months, 1 week ago
I don't know if it's the pending Christmas season, but you guys are hilarious. What great spirit! And as for Cooldaddy's comment, this is absolutely what makes a community newspaper indispensable. A big paper wouldn't have run it and surely wouldn't have used someone else's photos. Special thanks to Lin Hemphill and her family, who made it all possible.
Courseaire 5 months, 1 week ago
I once had that happen to me, only it was a bat, not an owl. Don't mind irishman, he's probably drunk.
What's an owls favorite song? "Three Blind Mice"
teufelhunden 5 months, 1 week ago
cooldaddy-"The investigation into how this happened was intense. Hootie was grilled for almost an hour"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
cmptrepair 5 months, 1 week ago
The owl says, did we have to meet like this? Eye to eye? Whew!
Courseaire 5 months, 1 week ago
One of my all time favorites (read to my daughter all the time):
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!'
Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl! How charmingly sweet you sing! O let us be married! too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?' They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose.
njc17 5 months, 1 week ago
How much feather can this story go? sorta gives new meaning to the term "having a tail wind" When all around him,was losing their wits He kept his head about him. this owl will have a story to tell but on some of the facts he'll have to wing it. Way I heard it, as the vehicle approached the owl could be heard singing "Grill of My Dreams"
Courseaire 5 months, 1 week ago
That's a hoot, njc17!
njc17 5 months, 1 week ago
I'll bet he got excited as he aimed at what he thought was an approaching mouse, " Just LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HI--------------Thud!
cooldaddy 5 months, 1 week ago
thx teu...and Hootie says to his forest friends "I'm talon the truth guys...really!"