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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75231512 United States 07/15/2017 05:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know this will generally be scoffed at, but I experienced a supernatural telepathic exchange with a crow on a golf course in Colorado some 16 years ago. I had hit my ball into the rough on a long par 4 with over 220 yards to the green. I was preparing to hit a punch out to set up a reasonable third shot when a crow landed on a branch of an aspen tree 20 feet parallel to my position. I was distracted by the noise and looked at the bird which was staring a hole in me. I heard a clear voice in my head say "use the three wood." I was startled, but played it off as my own mind having fun and addressed the ball with my iron. The crow cawed again and the voice interjected "take the advice." I was overcome with the thrill of having what seemed to be a bonafide supernatural encounter, and I turned to my back and traded the iron for my three metal club. The crow didn't move but kept watching from his/her perch. One practice swing later, I launched into the ball, and amazingly the result was a beautiful trajectoried shot that landed softly on the green, a one in a thousand outcome for a player of my skill level. I turned to the bird who had apparently watched me throughout the shot and was overwhelmed with a feeling of gratitude as it flew off without further comment. I have yearned for a similar experience since but nothing of this nature has ever surfaced since. Quoting: OneHeart 73100272 There are indeed more things in Heaven and Earth than can be dreamed of by own impoverished philosophies. that was excellent, thank you ... |
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Cleolotus User ID: 75226786 Australia 07/15/2017 05:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know this will generally be scoffed at, but I experienced a supernatural telepathic exchange with a crow on a golf course in Colorado some 16 years ago. I had hit my ball into the rough on a long par 4 with over 220 yards to the green. I was preparing to hit a punch out to set up a reasonable third shot when a crow landed on a branch of an aspen tree 20 feet parallel to my position. I was distracted by the noise and looked at the bird which was staring a hole in me. I heard a clear voice in my head say "use the three wood." I was startled, but played it off as my own mind having fun and addressed the ball with my iron. The crow cawed again and the voice interjected "take the advice." I was overcome with the thrill of having what seemed to be a bonafide supernatural encounter, and I turned to my back and traded the iron for my three metal club. The crow didn't move but kept watching from his/her perch. One practice swing later, I launched into the ball, and amazingly the result was a beautiful trajectoried shot that landed softly on the green, a one in a thousand outcome for a player of my skill level. I turned to the bird who had apparently watched me throughout the shot and was overwhelmed with a feeling of gratitude as it flew off without further comment. I have yearned for a similar experience since but nothing of this nature has ever surfaced since. Quoting: OneHeart 73100272 There are indeed more things in Heaven and Earth than can be dreamed of by own impoverished philosophies. Love this! So cool! |
Cleolotus User ID: 75226786 Australia 07/15/2017 05:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I grew to really love birds after we bought our first property in the Hinterland and started feeding Kookaburras. Of course all the other birds soon cottoned on and we had all sorts turning up for a feed. I learnt how clever they are and that we should never underestimate their intelligence. We sold our home and moved further out and now reside at the top of a Mountain. We have not been here very long but already have a Magpie couple who have worked out how they can get food by sitting on our outdoors table singing to us. Birds do get to know who you are and do learn to trust you. Such lovely creatures. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75163024 Canada 07/15/2017 05:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A raven was sitting in a tree near my house and it was saying Hello. I could hear 'someone' saying Hello from in a patch of trees so I went walking out there, no one was there so I thougth maybe a parrot escaped from someone's house. ... the voice was weird, of course. I looked up and there it was, the raven. Saying Hello. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75231578 Romania 07/15/2017 05:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One raven in the experiment figured out how to work their rock/box contraption first, then began teaching the method to other ravens, and finally invented its own way of doing it. Instead of dropping a rock to release a treat, the future Ruler of the Raven Kingdom constructed a layer of twigs in the tube, and pushed another stick down through the layer to force it open. The bird had to be removed from the experiment before it could teach any other birds how to do it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71920501 [link to motherboard.vice.com (secure)] Looks like the human society: the bright ones have to be removed to prevent the dumb becoming smarter. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 10817605 United States 07/15/2017 06:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had a hatching of baby crows on my property this year. They were walking around picking leaves off my newly planted blueberry and apple trees. I placed two careful shots with a pellet rifle right at their feet when they touched the leaves and they stopped. Just like that. Now they walk around the ground-bee infestation I have and eat the shit out of them. Funny how they just walk around my yard for hours. There's a parent bird and 4 babies. They kind of just hang out pecking at shit. Haven't seen them in a few days though. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74634359 United States 07/15/2017 06:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know this will generally be scoffed at, but I experienced a supernatural telepathic exchange with a crow on a golf course in Colorado some 16 years ago. I had hit my ball into the rough on a long par 4 with over 220 yards to the green. I was preparing to hit a punch out to set up a reasonable third shot when a crow landed on a branch of an aspen tree 20 feet parallel to my position. I was distracted by the noise and looked at the bird which was staring a hole in me. I heard a clear voice in my head say "use the three wood." I was startled, but played it off as my own mind having fun and addressed the ball with my iron. The crow cawed again and the voice interjected "take the advice." I was overcome with the thrill of having what seemed to be a bonafide supernatural encounter, and I turned to my back and traded the iron for my three metal club. The crow didn't move but kept watching from his/her perch. One practice swing later, I launched into the ball, and amazingly the result was a beautiful trajectoried shot that landed softly on the green, a one in a thousand outcome for a player of my skill level. I turned to the bird who had apparently watched me throughout the shot and was overwhelmed with a feeling of gratitude as it flew off without further comment. I have yearned for a similar experience since but nothing of this nature has ever surfaced since. Quoting: OneHeart 73100272 There are indeed more things in Heaven and Earth than can be dreamed of by own impoverished philosophies. I know this is a true story, once had a raven tell me in my mind that I left a pair of sunglasses under a tree, I argued against him in my mind that I hadn't forgotten anything, until I relented and walked back, when I admitted he was right with a thought and picked up my sunglasses he went nuts, I thanked him |
OneHeart User ID: 73100272 United States 07/15/2017 06:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know this will generally be scoffed at, but I experienced a supernatural telepathic exchange with a crow on a golf course in Colorado some 16 years ago. I had hit my ball into the rough on a long par 4 with over 220 yards to the green. I was preparing to hit a punch out to set up a reasonable third shot when a crow landed on a branch of an aspen tree 20 feet parallel to my position. I was distracted by the noise and looked at the bird which was staring a hole in me. I heard a clear voice in my head say "use the three wood." I was startled, but played it off as my own mind having fun and addressed the ball with my iron. The crow cawed again and the voice interjected "take the advice." I was overcome with the thrill of having what seemed to be a bonafide supernatural encounter, and I turned to my back and traded the iron for my three metal club. The crow didn't move but kept watching from his/her perch. One practice swing later, I launched into the ball, and amazingly the result was a beautiful trajectoried shot that landed softly on the green, a one in a thousand outcome for a player of my skill level. I turned to the bird who had apparently watched me throughout the shot and was overwhelmed with a feeling of gratitude as it flew off without further comment. I have yearned for a similar experience since but nothing of this nature has ever surfaced since. Quoting: OneHeart 73100272 There are indeed more things in Heaven and Earth than can be dreamed of by own impoverished philosophies. I know this is a true story, once had a raven tell me in my mind that I left a pair of sunglasses under a tree, I argued against him in my mind that I hadn't forgotten anything, until I relented and walked back, when I admitted he was right with a thought and picked up my sunglasses he went nuts, I thanked him Before my experience, I would have thought these things were either spoofs or insanity. I just wish I could access this communication at will. Resistance may be futile, but acquiescence is not an acceptable alternative. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75160623 United States 07/15/2017 06:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ravens are basically big crows. Crows are probably just as intelligent. Not to pick on this guy, but this is the way that Boobus americanus sees the world. Well...they are both black. And they are both birds. We have been conditioned to think superficially by the shitbag corporations who just want to sell us their shit. |
Where Eagles Dare Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 07/15/2017 07:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68817156 Ireland 07/15/2017 07:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ravens are basically big crows. Crows are probably just as intelligent. There are loads of crows at my place (old farmhouse with fields/forestry around it.) When I feed the horses one sits on top of a half-fallen tree and calls out to the rest, three notes, same every morning, then they come for the grain I put out for them. They're polite too, I've a female pheasant that almost eats out of my hand, they wait for her to finish before eating. This year they nested in my front porch, just above the door. I thought that strange because they usually nest really high up, but they stayed and hatched out fine. I really like them. |
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BadProgBad User ID: 75111235 United States 07/15/2017 07:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When I was a little kid, we had a crow. We had bought it from a traveling zoo like they used to have back in those days. He had white on them so I must've been Canadian but he could talk and do all kinds of silly things. So one day my dad and my grandpa were working on the barn and they had a bag of nails sitting on the floor in both of them noticed that the crow was packing around on that bag of nails and a little later when they went to pick the bag up the whole bottom fell out of it! The crow had perforated the bag and then set up on a rafter and squawked and flopped its wings and basically laughed it's ass off when all those nails went all over the floor. I love that crow bat he met a female from the timber nearby and she started to visit and come to the yard and he would go out and talk to her in one day they flew off together. I used to go to the timber and calli him but he never came back. 😍He lived happily ever after Quoting: Watcher Delfi All enemies, foreign and domestic. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 912773 United States 07/15/2017 07:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ravens perform better in bartering tests than orangutans, bonobos, and chimps. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71920501 And Ravens can “select, save, and later use either a tool or an exchangeable token that acquired functionality” both 15 minutes and 17 hours after being taken. [link to science.sciencemag.org] George Bonobo Noory |
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