I went out for a one hour ride tonight just to get out of the house. I was going up a pretty steep hill, and I see that I a shadow about five feet ahead of me. I figure it is some dead animal when all of a sudden these huge wings unfold and almost hit me in the shoulder. It was a huge freaking owl. It scared me to death. I thought owls were much more shy than this, but this one wasn't too concerned with me. Anyone else run into something like this?