Just Saw My First Owl - Screen Memory?

[Nordic]

http://instagram.com/p/zatMkSvfSz/

Great grey owl I just happened upon on Instagram after reading this thread.

[Wombaticus Rex]

I walk a lot - getting footage, scouting, doing PI work on local shitheels, flyering for gigs - so I'm not a statistically normal human being. Last year, here in humble Burlingtonia, I made almost $300 USD paper currency simply by walking around with my eyes open. The biggest score was six crisply folded $20s, but I also found two $50s on separate occasions last year. Most of my scores, curiously, were $5 bills.

I attribute a lot of that to Burlington being heavy on two demographics: dumb college kids with parent-supplied magic ATM cards and zero situational awareness, and drugs dealers/addicts.

I also attribute my success to owning a flip phone and spending almost no time looking at it unless I have to text someone.

Just adding that to say: maybe don't look for quarters in 2015. Inflation and all that.

[vondardanelle]

the father of a friend of mine was a huge walker. he had a car and drove to work and all that, he just liked walking and made it a big part of his day (in the morning, after dinner, etc...) no matter what the weather. he would find literally hundreds of dollars in a year. he was a little strange and kept journals meticulously documenting what he would find on his walks and i got to see these a couple times. it was incredible. over the years he'd been doing this he's easily found thousands of dollars. most of it was change too, but he almost never found nothing and he picked up everything. he lived in suburban baltimore.

i've never heard this podcast before but saw this on the internet last week re: neat things birds do:
https://twitter.com/bittersweetpod/status/567473332665073664
https://soundcloud.com/katysewall/crow-gifts-preview

[82_28]

There must be "something in the air". PBS was just showing "Beautiful Birds" (some compilation of all the shit Nature has produced). Totally transfixing. There's a whole DVD about hummingbirds. Unfortunately I don't have the money to "pledge" so I can't get the DVDs at this moment. But jesus are there a lot of fucking fascinating birds out there.

I just thought it was funny with all this bird talk to have that come on in the background.

[seemslikeadream]

I've seen owls ..more than I can count

I've had a owl bring her 4 babies to sit on a wire right in front of my house

I saved a baby owl from crows that were attacking it on the sidewalk

Published on Aug 26, 2014
Mike Clelland began his study of the UFO abduction phenomenon in 2006 as a way to better understand his own personal experiences. This act of looking unleashed a flood of synchronicities as well as intense owl sightings. These events have been the focus of his ongoing research. Both owls and profound synchronicities seem to play a guiding role in the direct experience of some abductees, this connection points to a deeper reality at play in these mysteries. By looking at these elusive and often ignored aspects of the abduction lore, something truly mystical seems to be revealing itself.
Mike Clelland presented "Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee" at the 2nd Extraterrestrial Communication Conference" on June 28th, 2014 at Leeds Metropolitan University

[Elvis]

I know a guy who earns six figures but looking for coins is the point of his daily morning walk. He always finds something.

When I was a teenager I walked a lot and looked for small objects on the ground. Forty years later, I still have have most of them. Cracker-Jack™ prizes are very common. I plan to photograph them all and put them somewhere online.



Oh yeah, I have seen owls outdoors, I'm pretty certain they were just owls, no funny business. My recollection is that the UFO lore is peppered with owls appearing in 'screen memories' -- but how common is it? Is there a first known report?

[Mythic Time]

I've seen owls ..more than I can count

I've had a owl bring her 4 babies to sit on a wire right in front of my house

I saved a baby owl from crows that were attacking it on the sidewalk

Published on Aug 26, 2014
Mike Clelland began his study of the UFO abduction phenomenon in 2006 as a way to better understand his own personal experiences. This act of looking unleashed a flood of synchronicities as well as intense owl sightings. These events have been the focus of his ongoing research. Both owls and profound synchronicities seem to play a guiding role in the direct experience of some abductees, this connection points to a deeper reality at play in these mysteries. By looking at these elusive and often ignored aspects of the abduction lore, something truly mystical seems to be revealing itself.
Mike Clelland presented "Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee" at the 2nd Extraterrestrial Communication Conference" on June 28th, 2014 at Leeds Metropolitan University

Thank you for this! He relates the huge number of people seeing owls after reading - or while they were reading - the same essay I did.

Collective Synchronicities are so cool.

[82_28]

Mythic Time wrote:

Collective Synchronicities are so cool.

You might enjoy this thread then:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=28247

Bump it, if you have more to add!

[semper occultus]

...this appeared at work last week...

[Asta]

While my story can't hold a match to the other great stories here, I did have a strange day several years ago while I was running various errands -- picking up a prescription, going to Petco, post office, a little shopping at the mall then to the grocery store (when you live in a rural area, errands are a planned, all day affair). It had been a very stressful week and I remember making a joke to a friend on the phone that I felt like I was losing my marbles.

At every different parking lot I parked in, I found a marble, whether it be right at my feet when I opened the car door, or in my path on the way to the store. Found 2 marbles (not together) at one stop, found 6 marbles in all. I saved them, still have them in a old coffee mug with other weird stuff found.

I don't know if I found ALL of my marbles, but I did find some of them.

[seemslikeadream]

well I sure didn't except this but today I visited for the first time my new great granddaughter's home and what's decorating her bedroom? OWLS EVERYWHERE

and I'm really not that old the women in my family have children very very young

[Elvis]

While my story can't hold a match to the other great stories here, I did have a strange day several years ago while I was running various errands -- picking up a prescription, going to Petco, post office, a little shopping at the mall then to the grocery store (when you live in a rural area, errands are a planned, all day affair). It had been a very stressful week and I remember making a joke to a friend on the phone that I felt like I was losing my marbles.

At every different parking lot I parked in, I found a marble, whether it be right at my feet when I opened the car door, or in my path on the way to the store. Found 2 marbles (not together) at one stop, found 6 marbles in all. I saved them, still have them in a old coffee mug with other weird stuff found.

I don't know if I found ALL of my marbles, but I did find some of them.

Great story. I think the universe is listening.

[seemslikeadream]

RI thread

When Owls Attack


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Dr. Ron Jaecks, Packers superfan, was reportedly attacked by an owl while jogging in Salem
(Photo: Ron Jaecks)

Salem Packers fan thought he was dying in owl attack

Salem doctor recounts owl attack

Alisha Roemeling, Salem Statesman Journal 7:22 p.m. PST January 19, 2015

SALEM -- Ron Jaecks of Salem was on his usual morning run in Bush's Pasture Park on Thursday when he was attacked, or so he thought.

Jaecks was jogging near the baseball field about 5:15 a.m. Suddenly in the morning darkness his stocking cap was pulled from his head, and almost simultaneously he felt something puncture his scalp.

Jaecks thought he was dying.

"It was like a huge electric shock ran through my body, but also like I got hit in the head with a two-by-four all at the same time," Jaecks said. "Or maybe a strike of lightning."

Jaecks, 58, immediately began to run faster, trying to escape his assailant.

Running in circles and screaming, the general surgeon for Kaiser Permanente began to think that he was having a stroke or an aneurysm.

Jaecks took off in the direction of Mission Street in hopes of being seen by someone at Salem Hospital, not knowing exactly what had happened in the park.

But on his sprint toward safety, the attacker struck again, and this time Jaecks didn't have a hat on.

Jaecks felt the blunt force. He thought to look up and saw a large winged animal. He thought it was a massive bat.

Now realizing that an animal was responsible for the attacks, Jaecks went home and washed his scalp instead of heading into the hospital. He then made a phone call to his friend David Craig, a biology professor and animal behavior specialist at Willamette University.

"I called David and described what had happened," Jaecks said. "He immediately said it was either a barred owl or a great horned owl."

According to the Nature Conservancy, great horned owls are the most powerful of the common owls.

Fierce hunters with a wingspan of nearly 5 feet, they prefer to wait quietly before swooping down on their prey with the force of nearly 30 pounds. Their talons can grow anywhere from 4 to 8 inches long.

Great horned owls start nesting in January and raise their owlets during the winter. The owls are also known to attack anything they think could threaten their family.

According to Seattle radio station KPLU, parts of a Seattle park were closed following several reported attacks on people in 2012.

Every morning for about an hour, Jaecks runs laps around the perimeter of the park just across the street from Salem Hospital, where he works. He's intensified his workout for the past three months so he can fit into a green and gold Green Bay Packers jumpsuit each Sunday.

Jaecks grew up in Wisconsin and is a lifelong Packers fan. He tries to attend every Super Bowl that the Packers play in and plans to attend the game this year if the Packers advance.

He was not wearing the suit Tuesday morning.

"I run in that particular park every morning because the trail is soft," said Jaecks. "I don't want to stop running there, but I have never been so frightened in my life."

According to Craig, great horned owl attacks that produce injuries are not common, but they're not unheard of either.

"When owls are nesting, they're really territorial, Craig said. "Great horned owls as well as barred owls often swoop down on people, but a very small percentage get clawed and attacked like that."

If more people report attacks, Craig suggested city parks officials could put up warning signs, but closing the park should be a last resort.

Phenomena like the owl attack are what make the Salem area so special, Craig said.

"As scary as it was for Ron, it's a wonderful thing Salem can offer such a great habitat, Craig said.

"I wish it would have happened to me," Craig said. "I would have loved that."

[Mythic Time]

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72 hours ago I saw the Owl.

Since then a clear and unmistakable consciousness shift has been taking place. More "awake" metaphysically, more aware of my surroundings, including a spontaneous and massive purging (kidneys/colon/lungs).

Yesterday morning I found a cool Owl wallpaper ^^^ for my iMac. Later I decided to find some OwlCams. The first one I clicked on was the same species as the wallpaper.

Since I am no stranger to Bipolar Mania, I have ample past experiences to draw on in this regard. This is different, in that the past experiences always come after a massive and sustained creative burst, from the "inside out", so to speak, biochemistry ramping up, etc. I feel no "hand in the back" pushing me to create - I have several musical compositions in various stages of "becoming," and a sci-fi story in the throes of blocking and staging - and I do not feel any particular push to increase the effort on any of it.

Also, no missing time. I am totally convinced that in my case, the consciousness shift has nothing to do with UFOs or Abduction scenarios. IMO this is coming from the "outside In." And it wasn't "just an Owl." It seems to be a natural Shamanistic awakening, and I welcome it.

(I will keep posting as this develops, and I can guarantee you that everyone here will know instantly and instinctively that I've "crossed the line" between a consciousness shift and biochemistry gone awry.)

ON EDIT: An hour after I wrote the above, I got curious about the movie "The Fourth Kind," mentioned by another member. I found it in Netflix, and I had watched the first 15 minutes of it before. I have no memory of watching this movie. Roughly 15 minutes into it, three patients in a row talk about Owls, and the longest horizontal panning shot is of the Owl in the wallpaper. Yes, I know owls have similar physical characteristics, but I'm sorry, this has blossomed so nicely I'm going to go with this being the same species.

[stefano]

Cool thread, thanks all.

I'm also a very keen birdwatcher and have been since I was a boy... some sort of very interesting self-selection going on here. I don't see a lot of owls in town, but now that I think about it, the last two times we went out to the country for lunch and left after dark, we saw owls. Both times Cape Eagle Owls. Last July we went to the bushveld and I had a cool experience with a Barn Owl (the one in your screensaver, Mythic), where I startled it while walking and it flew up from a tree about a metre from my head. They're almost impossible to see when they sit still in the daytime. About two hours later I walked the same trail to find it and exactly the same thing happened, again it took off about a metre from me without my seeing it, even though I was looking carefully. Different to banknotes in that respect. Barn Owls, by the way, are the most widespread owls, and the origin of owl myths in Western folklore because they've been hanging around houses since there have been houses. I tend to notice ravens more (well they are easier to see), and when I see one I always have a little spooky moment.