Photo: Wimbledon and Putney Commons
Authorities in England find themselves with a strange mystery on their hands after a beloved owl was seemingly stolen from its enclosure over the weekend. The very weird case came to light on Sunday when conservationists who oversee the sizeable Wimbledon and Putney Commons park in London announced that the bird, dubbed Merlin, had gone missing from its flight pen. Explaining that the tawny owl "has been in captivity since he was a chick and is now almost 30 years old," they posited that the creature is unlikely to have simply escaped from the habitat and there were no signs of an animal attack that could account for its disappearance.
More on this odd story at the Coast to Coast AM website.