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Dutch town warned of rogue owl attacks

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Fri, 27 Feb 2015, 5:08AM
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images

Dutch town warned of rogue owl attacks

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Fri, 27 Feb 2015, 5:08AM

A Dutch town has advised residents to arm themselves with an umbrella when going out at night after a mysterious spate of bloody rogue owl attacks.

The owl attacks joggers and steals their hats.

Over the last three weeks, the European eagle owl has silently swooped on dozens of people in Purmerend, in the north of the Netherlands, with many victims requiring hospital treatment.

They don't hear it coming, and its claws are razor sharp.

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