The Little Owl That Stopped a Cop in His Tracks!
Early one Tuesday morning in Clearwater, Florida, Detective Smith of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office was walking through a parking lot. The sun was just starting to rise when something unusual caught his eye: a tiny, wide-eyed baby owl sitting alone on the asphalt.
The little Eastern screech owlet was right in the middle of the lot, dangerously close to where cars would soon be driving. The detective didn’t know how the bird got there or how long it had been stranded—but he knew it wasn’t safe.
Waiting for Help That Didn’t Come Detective Smith gently moved the owlet to a safer spot nearby and watched…