To be scared that I’m still marked by the crows?

[ChoccyOrangeYum]

A couple of years ago I walked the dog on a local field. I know nothing about birds but I was later told it was their breeding season.

Anyway we must have got too close to their nests as they suddenly started flying around irrationally, making a hell of a racket screaming etc and then started dive bombing the dog. The dog thought this was fun so started chasing the crows. All hell broke loose basically and we were suddenly surrounded by crows going mental. We made a quick exit!!

I left it a few days then took the dog back on the field but after speaking to locals about the crows I stayed away from the back of the field (where they’re breeding) and kept dog in lead. As soon as we stepped on the field the noise started up again and the crows appeared and started dive bombing again! There was someone else on the field with a dog who the crows were totally ignoring!

We left and after a bit of research I found that crows remember faces and don’t forgive easily 😬 so we didn’t go back on.

A whole year later we went back on assuming the old crows won’t be there anymore but we were on there 5 minutes before it all started again. These birds are not bothering anyone else on the field, just me!!

Anyway my neighbour has suggested we go for a walk in the field tomorrow morning but I’m shit scared of the birds. Will they still go for me if I don’t have the dog?! Will they ever move on from the incident 2 years ago or am I banned from the field for life?!

That would have been magical. He did Mortimer the Raven.

Pigeons are beady-eyed bastards - sparrows just get into bad company - they're a bit like the Baker Street Irregulars. Give 'em a penny bun and they'll do any job for you, from pooing on your neighbour's washing to taking out next-door's Yorkshire terrier.

Edited because I mis-spelled "pigeon" (pigin? pidgoen? pidgeon?) despite having the word in front of me in the quoted post.

NO!

It cannot be!!!

She took them treats - I think she has been adopted by the murder and is now One With The Crows, being carried by them to favourite look-out spots on telephone wires, and taught how to torment postmen Just Trying To Do Their Jobs.

They'll bring her back when they want more cheese. A carrier bag full of cubed cheddar doesn't last forever.

Edited: Effing autocorrect 😠

‘Just a load of crows in a trench coat and hat’ has ended me. 😂

OP!!! OY!!! None of us slept last night we were so worried. You didn’t ring. You didn’t even text! You are grounded young lady!!

But seriously. Hope all is ok.

If she’s back in work today it could be the weekend before we get an update. 😉

And somewhere in a desolate field swings a sad skeleton, with the words "We do not forget we do not forgive" etched into the bones by beak. Don't mess with Crownonymous.

Noooooooooooooo!

I do hope that when she comes back it is more than a breezy 'sorry for the delay, I bumped into a friend and totally forgot to report back'.

People (myself included) are actually worried and waiting to hear. My DP even keeps asking me if crow lady is ok..

“The Crow Lady” … 🙊

Birds are very food oriented. I was the only person on my street who could sit in my garden in nesting season, everyone else got constantly attacked by the seagulls. I used to throw them snacks so they tolerated me. More than that they would bring their greedy babies to see me when they could fly.

Genius.

The Corvid equivalent of "Never complain, never explain".

I can’t believe OP hasn’t returned yet! I’ve just read the whole thing, I really need to know what happened 😂

I assume she’s one of them now. 😱

It's been just over 24h since OP's last update.
Do we notify the authorities?
Do we start a nationwide search party?
Has anyone here got any intel from their own friendly crow?

What to do, what to do ....??!!

So no news this morning 😐

Just a thought, Op's husband is involved in this too and assuming he's aware of this thread he would surely try to coax her to put us out of our curiosity.

She may be telling him to shut it.

Yes he's probably hen pecked.

🐦🐦🐦

Nah @Helendegenerate , the DH is one of the suspects!
After all, he was the one who made OP feel that it was safe to go back to the field. He's hand in hand with the crows.
I'm also highly suspicious of the neighbour.
Not sure about the dog yet, can it be trusted?
But only the crows will be found guilty, they themselves either abducted or killed OP.

which is what was probably responsible for my lifelong love of the black beasts. That and Bernard Cribbins reading the book on Jackanory. Oh I so wanted a raven as a 6 year old (and still do now)

@Branster

Hmmmm I do hope the husband is innocent. The possible scenarios are unpleasant to think about.

Hope it's a simple answer and not just a lot of over egging.

💣

She doesn’t want anyone to crow over her misfortune

The crows stole her phone, didn’t they?

Oh god, I’ve just seen that someone suggested she went out dressed as a scarecrow. Why is everything about this thread so unbelievably great? I am honestly howling.

I think the op is probably crowing over her ability to have everyone over.

This thread might be a good option to add to this one:

Why can't you just dispose of evidence in the bin - www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4970425-why-cant-you-just-dispose-of-evidence-in-the-bin