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I've mentioned in the past that I sometimes have random unexpected wildlife encounters on the way to or from the liquor store.

Tonight I got to chill with an owl for like 5 minutes. I've never seen one in person in the wild (only in zoos/animal santuaries). This one was just perched on the fence that runs by the cemetary near where I live. I suck at figuring out how to get pics from phone onto computer but I will try later. I didn't get good pics but they aren't bad. Still, I got about a foot away from coaxing it to hop onto my arm (I was wearing a hoodie with a leather jacket over it and my hand was fully concealed inside the sleeve so I was not worried about it biting or clawing. I just offered my arm as a perch and moved toward it super slowly. Ultimately it declined and flew to the ground and then into a tree. Probably didn't like the camera flashes from my pics beforehand, and I don't blame it for that, but I wanted pics first and foremost. Still, that was fucking awesome. I've never seen a wild owl in person before and I got within a foot of this one. And some chick walked by as if nothing interesting was happening and I was thinking "bitch do you NOT SEE THERE'S A FUCKING HUGE OWL JUST CHILLIN HERE ON THIS FENCE WTF HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE THAT?!" Cars were driving by so it's not like it was too dark for her to see. *Shrugs* some people just don't appreciate owls I guess :(