This Owl Captured A Child's Hobby Horse And Carries It Around The Town

October 20, 2022

An owl in Illinois stole a child's horse toy and has been flying around town with it.

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"The young neighborhood owl has stolen this stick horse and is flying around the neighborhood with it," Eric Lind said.

"Hilldale/Forest Park/Ridge lane neighbors...if your child is missing their stick horse, you'll have to talk to the owl!!"

owl steals horse head toy
Credit: Eric Lind / Facebook

For anyone concerned that the owl might be somehow caught on the horse toy, Eric says there is no need to worry.

"We have no reason to believe this is the case as we witnessed the owl moving the horse around and even changing it's grip on it at one point," he explained.

The owl is part of a family of owls that have been in the neighborhood for about 6 months now, he added.