© David Williams, First Coast NewsFirst Coast News reporter, David Williams, spotted the owl neighbors say is attacking people
It is majestic, but it's terrifying. Neighbors in Jacksonville Beach say something is terrorizing the neighborhood from the sky and even attacking people. First Coast News reporter, David Williams, and photographer, Jimmy Marlow, saw the owl first hand.
Jack Weyer, of Jacksonville Beach, said the owl attacked him recently.
"Out of the blue, it just came right down on the back of my head," He said. 'I just felt like, two talons right on the back of my head, grab and kid of pull away."Eight- year-old, Sophia Forte, said she had an owl ordeal of her own 2 weeks ago.
"It flew down and hit my inside my eye and inside my hair and on my forehead," She said, as she described what she says happened to her.
Her father told us he wound up in the emergency room, but she is OK now. So far neighbors told First Coast News
the bird has hurt 5 kids plus Weyer. The bird of prey has people on their toes and it has them freaked out.
Comment: It seems that these 'rare' coyote attacks on dogs are becoming increasingly common, of late. See also:
Dozens of pets killed by coyotes in College Park, Florida
Coyotes killing pets in Seal Beach, California
Spike in coyote attacks on animal pets in Claremont, California
Woman and dogs attacked by coyote in front of her Kilworthy home, Ontario