Some owls like to hang out with their feline best friends, but this owl (whose name is Kuu) is the kind of owl who prefers to show up at the party solo. Watch here as it makes a big, grand, dramatic entrance in a video that’s equal parts mesmerizing and creepy. Pay special attention to its frantic eye movements.
As far as terrifying owl videos go, though, this is nothing compared to the owl who had to be escorted out of a house on a Swiffer:
More Must-Reads From TIME
- Volodymyr Zelensky and the Spirit of Ukraine: TIME's 2022 Person of the Year
- Mickey Guyton Is TIME's 2022 Breakthrough Artist of the Year
- The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022
- Column: What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About Free Speech
- The Forgotten Story of One of the First U.S. Soldiers Killed Overseas After Pearl Harbor
- Why You're More Likely to Get Sick in the Winter, According to New Research
- Column: What the Protests Tell Us About China's Future
- 18 Last-Minute Gifts for Everyone on Your List
