--- description: The natural sequence of events when you come home and an owl is just chillin' in your kitchen title: This Owl Just Got Escorted Out of a House Using a Swiffer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Terrifying Owl Escorted Out Of House On a Swiffer by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 20, 2014 7:30 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 20, 2014 7:30 PM CUT If you ever come home to find an owl hanging out in your kitchen, just stay calm and find a Swiffer, like the guy in this video. He (understandably) became hysterical when he saw an owl perched above his kitchen sink, but luckily for us, decided to record the whole thing. He manages to get the bird onto a Swiffer, and then he carefully escorts it out the window as it stares at him with horrifying wide eyes of death. Once you’ve watched that, be sure to watch the first installment of this riveting series: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2907164/terrifying-owl-escorted-out-of-house-on-a-swiffer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2907164/terrifying-owl-escorted-out-of-house-on-a-swiffer/"},"headline":"Terrifying Owl Escorted Out Of House On a Swiffer","datePublished":"2014-06-20T19:30:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:00.337Z","description":"The natural sequence of events when you come home and an owl is just chillin' in your kitchen","url":"https://time.com/2907164/terrifying-owl-escorted-out-of-house-on-a-swiffer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","reddit"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2907164/terrifying-owl-escorted-out-of-house-on-a-swiffer/","name":"Terrifying Owl Escorted Out Of House On a Swiffer"}}]}] ```