One of my dreams last night was of an owl. I was walking through a park, most likely Stanley Park, and I saw movement in the brush under an oak tree. I saw it was an owl. Just what an owl was doing on the ground is anyone's guess, but I decided to take a picture of him. So, I sat on the ground and he meandered over.
Even in a dream I knew this was very un-owl-like behaviour. (It's my blog, I can make up words if I want.) This owl waddled over to me, turned and with his face back towards the tree, huddled up against my leg where I was sitting crosslegged on the ground. I remember thinking "First it's wild rabbits, now it's wild owls." (Scout's rescue of me from rabbit-free life was similar. Silly me thinking she was a wild rabbit!) He sat there so long I called in a conservation officer to come get this owl. I told the owl (who I was calling 'Bert') that no matter what kind of sad eyes he gave me, I wasn't feeding my gerbil to him.
I ended up riding in the bed of a pick-up with this owl because he didn't want me to leave him alone. I thought about why an owl would be so attached to a human, and came to the conclusion that some jerk had bonded with him and ditched him in the woods thinking he'd survive just fine. (Animals learn how to be an animal in their childhood and youth, if no one teaches them, they have no clue as adults.)
The dream ended with me handed over the owl to an owl specialist at a conservation place. I remember telling the story of Boo Boo and Octavia, the two owls at 8 Squadron where my Dad had been stationed in Scotland.
Even in my dreams animals think I'm a giant sucker who'll take care of them! Probably doesn't help that they're right.
Hmmm, owls are interesting creatures in the spiritual world, Lorna. I think your Bert might a messenger.
ReplyDeleteYes.. "Don't move to Nebraska! No one sane lives in Nebraska!"
DeleteNot to give you the chilly willies, but they messengers of Death. However, your reaction and interaction to Bert is sweet and tender. There is nothing scary about death, except that we will miss the departed.
ReplyDeleteI do hope our little Freddy is not under the weather.
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ReplyDeleteNow I am way too interested in this dreamy, animalistic, totemic subject you brought up here.
My animal is actually the Magpie (Crow) .. but Owl's pretty cool unto himself.. I just don't mystery well. :)
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