said these tears are consistent with an owl claw >> you think of the characteristic trident like talon claws? >> yes, and as we all know scalp wounds cause plenty of bleeding. that she panicked. obviously, you'd run in the house to get away from the owl that she did and ran down the stairwell. >> reporter: and if an owl attacking humans sounds like so much urban legend, don't tell that to byron unger. he owned a company about 20 miles away from the peterson home he was leaving work with his manager one night when an owl swooped down from the trees and swiped his colleague on the head this surveillance camera caught the entire freakish event. and if that weren't strange enough, it happened to byron himself just two weeks later >> i've never been hit so hard by something it felt like a baseball bat knocked me probably five feet to the ground. >> knocked you >> on the ground, scattered me on the ground. i was bleeding so bad i thought i lost my eye. >> reporter: his wife, waiting for him in the car, dialed 9-1-1. >> they didn't believe my wife they thought we were crazy when