Friday, 13 March 2026

Owl Found Napping on Antique Store Shelf in New York

Weirdness Level7/10

🌀 Very Strange

Owl Found Napping on Antique Store Shelf in New York

“In a move that surprised absolutely no one at an antique store in East Durham, New York, an eastern screech owl decided a shelf next to a chicken-shaped cookie jar was the perfect napping spot. The tiny bird was found completely conked out among the vintage trinkets, apparently unbothered by the whole shopping situation happening around it. Wildlife officials from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation had to be called in to evict what is objectively the world's most nonchalant trespasser.”

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Why It's Weird

Some stories exist in a category all their own, defying easy explanation or categorization. While the weirdness score is more modest, the story still offers a fascinating glimpse into life's unexpected moments.

March 10 (UPI) -- A conservation officer was summoned to an antique store in New York where shoppers discovered an owl sleeping on a shelf next to a chicken-shaped cookie jar.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation said Environmental Conservation Officer Darren Milliron responded Feb. 21 to an antique store in East Durham, Greene County.

"Employees at an antique store stated that shoppers noticed something extremely lifelike on one of the shelves," the department said in a news release. "A sleepy eastern screech owl was perched next to a chicken cookie jar."

Milliron carefully picked the owl up and took it to a nearby wooded area, where it was observed flying into a tree.

"This species of owl is nocturnal and typically nests in tree cavities, not store shelves," the release said.

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