Owl discovered in Christmas tree...

[Qun Mang]

Owl discovered in Christmas tree found with marijuana in system

Posted: 12/15/2005 11:24 am

Last Updated: 12/15/2005 11:36 am

Sarasota, FL - Here's a holiday story you just won't believe.A family found an owl in their Christmas tree, and the bird apparently had a little hooter in him.

A small screech owl was found in a live Christmas tree that a family bought.

They kept the tree for five days before they decided to decorate it.

When they did, they found the owl.

Animal control officers came to get the owl, and when they did, they made a shocking discovery!

"I kept smelling him and smelling him, saying 'What is that odor'. It was lying there as happy as can be,"says one animal control officer who was at the scene.

"Curiously enough, the owl's feathers smelled very, very potently like marijuana," says Animal Control Officer Dering. They examined the owl, looked at its eyes, big owl eyes, and the owl was, in the vernacular, stoned."

Blood tests confirmed the owl was flying high, on marijuana.

They checked him out, fed him and named him Cheech.

He'll be released in a few days.

[ayin jade]

The owl itself was hysterical, but why the owl was so ......careless of his abode...is even funnier.

[Sisterchick]

I hate stories like this! He-Hee! I'm too analytical. How did the marijuana get into the owl. Aren't they carnivores? Did he eat an animal that had eaten the marijuana?AND... I can understand that he was calm, but didn't he have the munchies? --- See... too analytical. -- Thanks for sharing!

[nebula]

You know . . . that's a good question.

I checked for screech owl diet, and they eat insects and small animals. No mention of plant material.

[Gerioke]

Perhaps it was a family of pot heads and they were blowing him super charges. I don't think the animal would smell from eating the stuff.

[Sisterchick]

Maybe there was a fire or someone set fire to a farm. BUT, I guess he could smell if he ate enough of it. People smell like what they eat, (onions, garlic, and such)if they consume enough. After the day I've had, it's nice to think so deeply about something that doesn't matter. Thanks!

[Qun Mang]

Perhaps the tree seller was trying to spend his break times a bit unwisely... The family might want to consider purchasing their tree elsewhere next year.

Then again- five days? How long does it take pot to go through an owl's system? Does the family have any teenagers I wonder?

[ONE WHO WISHES TO LOVE GOD]

DID THE OWL CLAIM IT WAS ONLY FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.

OR DID HE SAY THE DEVIL MADE HIM DO IT

OR MAYBE IT WAS LITTEL VOICES IN HIS BIRD BRAIN, WHOOT WHOOT WHOOT

[Gerioke]

He claims he never exhaled.

[traveller]

Bah-humbug! I don't believe it. The smell would've come from his feathers, like second-hand smoke. He wasn't in that condition when they took him home, if he wasn't discovered for days later. Even the smell would've gone away by then. The police need to raid that house if the story is true. I know the owl didn't light up.