Crime & Safety
Massachusetts Man Attacked By Owl While Walking Dog: "I Got Whacked!"
"I got whacked with his talons on the back of the head," he said. "And it was hard."
November 17, 2023
MEDFIELD - A Medfield man says he got "quite a jolt" when an owl attacked him while he was hiking with his dog Monday night.
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Ken Wadness, 66, says he was out at the Noon Hill Reservation and wearing a headlamp to see in the dark when the white owl swooped very close to his Bichon Poodle named Micah. Shortly after, the owl came back and went after Wadness.
"I got whacked with his talons on the back of the head," he said. "And it was hard."
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Ken Wadness, his dog Michah, and the owl that attacked him/CBS Boston/Ken Wadness
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