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Owl attack

Skiers Attacked by Huge Aggressive Owl Near Kamloops, BC, Resulting in Trail Closures

Owl attack

Four ski trails south of Kamloops, BC, had to be closed for nighttime skiing after an owl reportedly attacked several skiers. Joel Wood, Associate Professor of Economics at Thompson Rivers University, was cross-country skiing on the Stake Lake Trails on Wednesday evening, January 11, 2023, when an owl swooped down on him twice, striking first his ski pole and then later [โ€ฆ]

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Julia Schneemann | January 18, 2023
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