Owls, dogs, cats and birds

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast week’s Montage pulled in an owl tidbit for this week.

Priscilla Bettes, who lives on Indian Creek Lane, behind Poplar, wrote, “Last year one took up residence in our barn up in the rafters.  It would come out at night and peek down at me as I was feeding our horses.  We saw it for several nights and then one morning I went out to feed the horses and it was dead. I wondered if it fell from the rafters.  It didn’t appear to be sick. That was only the second one we have seen since living here for 20 years! They are pretty little creatures.”

Two loose dogs on Indian Creek Lane, growling and teeth-showing, have frightened several Mountain City residents recently.