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[Anonymous]

This makes no sense. You’re saying an owl grabbed her head outside and instead of running back to her husband, she ran inside and up and down stairs to get it off. And somehow the owl exited the house without losing a single feather.

And during all of this, Michael heard nothing and didn’t even bother to check in her for 90+ minutes. He just chilled outside drinking wine that somehow had no fingerprints on it. Plus he had a neighbor die the same way in Germany and he was the last person to see her. Did an owl attack her too?

Well it may just be that Michael heard flailing and yelling and flapping of wings, etc. coming from inside the house, and cautiously went inside the house, only to see that Kathleen was being attacked by an owl, but he was too frightened and afraid to do anything about it and instead ran back outside, back to the poolside, pretending he "didn't hear a thing."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Owls kill a lot of people. Kathleen Peterson was but one. The owl sat on her head and dug its talons in. Kathleen was flailing around on the staircase and actually ran up and down the staircase, with owl attached, trying to shake it loose but it did not work.



Simply not true.

This is such a stupid theory. If she ran up and down the stairs with an owl attached to her head that she was clawing at, there would have been abundant forensic evidence.

In some cases people being attacked by owls have been mistaken, from afar, as wearing a Native American headdress, when in fact it is an owl astride their scalp. People in such situations tend to run riot, in this case up and down the available staircase.

This makes no sense. You’re saying an owl grabbed her head outside and instead of running back to her husband, she ran inside and up and down stairs to get it off. And somehow the owl exited the house without losing a single feather.

And during all of this, Michael heard nothing and didn’t even bother to check in her for 90+ minutes. He just chilled outside drinking wine that somehow had no fingerprints on it. Plus he had a neighbor die the same way in Germany and he was the last person to see her. Did an owl attack her too?

For some reason I recall she briefly went out front? And that is where the proposed owl attack would have occurred? Or they don't know she went out front and the theory is that maybe she went out front for some reason and that's how it could have happened so Michael would not have seen/heard it, and that's why she would have gone back inside and upstairs.

[Anonymous]

For some reason I recall she briefly went out front? And that is where the proposed owl attack would have occurred? Or they don't know she went out front and the theory is that maybe she went out front for some reason and that's how it could have happened so Michael would not have seen/heard it, and that's why she would have gone back inside and upstairs.

Yes, very much agreed. It is possible Kathleen went out front, perhaps to retrieve a favorite sweater or late-night snack from the car, and just as she was reentering the house the owl swooped down and attached itself to her scalp and began attacking her.

Then perhaps she struggled back into the house, hoping to make it upstairs to the inner sanctum of the bedroom so she could properly see the owl in a shoulder-height mirror, but only made it as far as the staircase, which she ran up and down, at least twice, trying to get the owl off her head. This would explain a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

For some reason I recall she briefly went out front? And that is where the proposed owl attack would have occurred? Or they don't know she went out front and the theory is that maybe she went out front for some reason and that's how it could have happened so Michael would not have seen/heard it, and that's why she would have gone back inside and upstairs.

Yes, very much agreed. It is possible Kathleen went out front, perhaps to retrieve a favorite sweater or late-night snack from the car, and just as she was reentering the house the owl swooped down and attached itself to her scalp and began attacking her.

Then perhaps she struggled back into the house, hoping to make it upstairs to the inner sanctum of the bedroom so she could properly see the owl in a shoulder-height mirror, but only made it as far as the staircase, which she ran up and down, at least twice, trying to get the owl off her head. This would explain a lot.

oh ffs.

[Anonymous]

The HBO series is showing us that there were bats in the attic. She had an exterminator out. They even show a bat (that's what we think it is) swooping at her on the attic drop-down stairs and her falling backwards.

So while I think the owl theory is a bit nuts, the series suggests that there was a problem with... winged creatures in the home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

For some reason I recall she briefly went out front? And that is where the proposed owl attack would have occurred? Or they don't know she went out front and the theory is that maybe she went out front for some reason and that's how it could have happened so Michael would not have seen/heard it, and that's why she would have gone back inside and upstairs.

Yes, very much agreed. It is possible Kathleen went out front, perhaps to retrieve a favorite sweater or late-night snack from the car, and just as she was reentering the house the owl swooped down and attached itself to her scalp and began attacking her.

Then perhaps she struggled back into the house, hoping to make it upstairs to the inner sanctum of the bedroom so she could properly see the owl in a shoulder-height mirror, but only made it as far as the staircase, which she ran up and down, at least twice, trying to get the owl off her head. This would explain a lot.

oh ffs.

Do you have your sarcasm detector on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

For some reason I recall she briefly went out front? And that is where the proposed owl attack would have occurred? Or they don't know she went out front and the theory is that maybe she went out front for some reason and that's how it could have happened so Michael would not have seen/heard it, and that's why she would have gone back inside and upstairs.

Yes, very much agreed. It is possible Kathleen went out front, perhaps to retrieve a favorite sweater or late-night snack from the car, and just as she was reentering the house the owl swooped down and attached itself to her scalp and began attacking her.

Then perhaps she struggled back into the house, hoping to make it upstairs to the inner sanctum of the bedroom so she could properly see the owl in a shoulder-height mirror, but only made it as far as the staircase, which she ran up and down, at least twice, trying to get the owl off her head. This would explain a lot.

oh ffs.

Do you have your sarcasm detector on?

NP. If that was supposed to be sarcasm, it was a failed attempt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This makes no sense. You’re saying an owl grabbed her head outside and instead of running back to her husband, she ran inside and up and down stairs to get it off. And somehow the owl exited the house without losing a single feather.

And during all of this, Michael heard nothing and didn’t even bother to check in her for 90+ minutes. He just chilled outside drinking wine that somehow had no fingerprints on it. Plus he had a neighbor die the same way in Germany and he was the last person to see her. Did an owl attack her too?

Well it may just be that Michael heard flailing and yelling and flapping of wings, etc. coming from inside the house, and cautiously went inside the house, only to see that Kathleen was being attacked by an owl, but he was too frightened and afraid to do anything about it and instead ran back outside, back to the poolside, pretending he "didn't hear a thing."

So he preferred to go to jail than say he saw her being attacked by an owl? Bc the owl theory did not come up until much later.

[Anonymous]

In a criminal case, the jury evalutes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Reasonable doubt. Not no doubt. This owl theory is possible (along with probably other shots in the dark) but not reasonably likely to have occurred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This makes no sense. You’re saying an owl grabbed her head outside and instead of running back to her husband, she ran inside and up and down stairs to get it off. And somehow the owl exited the house without losing a single feather.

And during all of this, Michael heard nothing and didn’t even bother to check in her for 90+ minutes. He just chilled outside drinking wine that somehow had no fingerprints on it. Plus he had a neighbor die the same way in Germany and he was the last person to see her. Did an owl attack her too?

Well it may just be that Michael heard flailing and yelling and flapping of wings, etc. coming from inside the house, and cautiously went inside the house, only to see that Kathleen was being attacked by an owl, but he was too frightened and afraid to do anything about it and instead ran back outside, back to the poolside, pretending he "didn't hear a thing."

So he preferred to go to jail than say he saw her being attacked by an owl? Bc the owl theory did not come up until much later.

But it could possibly be because Mr Peterson was One Proud Leatherneck, a Semper Fi US Marine that he was embarrassed to admit he could not bring himself to do battle the attacking owl (and to be fair, he may not have had the proper training) and so he shrunk away to the poolside, pretending not to hear it. This would explain a lot. Think outside the box helps you pick the locks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

For some reason I recall she briefly went out front? And that is where the proposed owl attack would have occurred? Or they don't know she went out front and the theory is that maybe she went out front for some reason and that's how it could have happened so Michael would not have seen/heard it, and that's why she would have gone back inside and upstairs.

Yes, very much agreed. It is possible Kathleen went out front, perhaps to retrieve a favorite sweater or late-night snack from the car, and just as she was reentering the house the owl swooped down and attached itself to her scalp and began attacking her.

Then perhaps she struggled back into the house, hoping to make it upstairs to the inner sanctum of the bedroom so she could properly see the owl in a shoulder-height mirror, but only made it as far as the staircase, which she ran up and down, at least twice, trying to get the owl off her head. This would explain a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This makes no sense. You’re saying an owl grabbed her head outside and instead of running back to her husband, she ran inside and up and down stairs to get it off. And somehow the owl exited the house without losing a single feather.

And during all of this, Michael heard nothing and didn’t even bother to check in her for 90+ minutes. He just chilled outside drinking wine that somehow had no fingerprints on it. Plus he had a neighbor die the same way in Germany and he was the last person to see her. Did an owl attack her too?

Well it may just be that Michael heard flailing and yelling and flapping of wings, etc. coming from inside the house, and cautiously went inside the house, only to see that Kathleen was being attacked by an owl, but he was too frightened and afraid to do anything about it and instead ran back outside, back to the poolside, pretending he "didn't hear a thing."

Yes, he saw the owl attack and her fall. Then he froze thinking how the scene looked eerily familiar to his murder of Liz Ratliff. Knowing he would be suspect numero uno, he returned to the pool to ponder his next steps. He could clean up the scene like last time, but suddenly realized his house cleaner was now dead. Out of options, he begrudgingly called 911. Innocent!

[Anonymous]

There were lots of problems with the case and I think there was reasonable doubt, owl or no. There expert witness abt the blood was completely discredited as a liar. There is zero plausible theory as to what he did with the murder weapon and other physical evidence of his crime. He may well have done it! But I think reasonable people can have doubt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were lots of problems with the case and I think there was reasonable doubt, owl or no. There expert witness abt the blood was completely discredited as a liar. There is zero plausible theory as to what he did with the murder weapon and other physical evidence of his crime. He may well have done it! But I think reasonable people can have doubt.

There were two different owls in that neighborhood of Forest Hills that had been attacking (certain) people and were suspected of attacking even more. It is unfortunate what happened.

[Anonymous]

So if the owl did it, and it was in the house with her, where did it go?