Mystery Story

Growing up, I heard that owls are messengers of death. I even heard that owls can talk to you, telling you who will die. I never believed those stories until something happened to me. When I lived in Oregon, I would drive down these gravel back roads that were wide enough for one vehicle only. One night as I was driving down the road I saw a owl sitting in the middle of the road. I drove up close to the owl thinking that my vehicle will scare the owl and make it fly away but the owl did not move. I backed up my vehicle and the owl turned to look towards me. I backed up a little further thinking that I could rev up the engine and drive towards it quickly and stop short to scare it. But, that did not work. The owl started walking back and forth on the road. There was no way I could just drive around the owl without hitting it. I sat for a few moments wondering how to get the owl out of the road. I watched the owl look around and then spread its wings and continue to walk back and for...