A mischievous owl swooped down on an unsuspecting runner on Monday night and stole their ball cap right off their head.
The theft occurred on the Galloping Goose between Burnside Road East and Tolmie Road.
The terrified runner named Alison White posted about the ordeal on Reddit saying, “I was running my regular route on the Goose today at dusk when an owl stole my hat! It swooped in from behind me and grabbed it off my head.”
White said after the hat was stolen by the bird of prey, it sat in a tree not far from where the hat was snatched and chewed on it for a while before flying away, hat in talon.
White posted online to warn runners who frequent the Galloping Goose for a jog about the attack. However, her secondary motive for the post was to have the hat returned to her should it turn up further down the Goose, as it was sentimental to her.
The story does have a happy ending though; on Tuesday morning, she found the cap on the trail.
The cap was a little worse for wear but not fully destroyed and definitely salvageable.
“I guess it wasn’t nice enough to include in a nest and it definitely wasn’t edible. Thanks everyone for the support,” White said online after finding the hat on the ground.
