ATLEE MULLET'S EXPERIENCE I too had an experience with a screech owl. One Sunday walking home from the singing a bright moonlight night 4 miles north of Sugarcreek I was thinking of 3 deer I saw that day 2 doe and a buck. It was cold and very quiet with no building in half a mile. All of a sudden I heard an awful loud screech! I think I must have jumped to the moon however I came back down again. I started to look around and up above me was this owl grinning ear to ear. --from The Budget