Ever since then, I’ve had a big Anti-Owl agenda. We'll have to leave much of what happens during the trial behind, but suffice to say that no convincing theory ever comes to light before Peterson is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Again, The Owl Theory doesn't claim that an owl killed Kathleen Peterson -- only that an owl attack set in motion the events that led to a tragic death. 8 Of The Best True Crime Documentaries On Netflix, Staircase Director: Michael Peterson Isn't Guilty, Spook Yourself With the Best True Crime Podcasts, Netflix Is About To Drop A New True Crime Doc With Insanely Good Reviews. What if, in this case, the correct explanation is actually the most bizarre one? Its no less stunning than Michael Peterson sucking dick everywhere and having pictures of it all stored on his Gateway 2000. Enter The Owl Theory. I did a google search "owl attacks on the head" and these two photos are strikingly similar to the marks on Kathleen's head. “We know that we got the feather,” Pollard told The Durham News in 2010. Owls. Excerpt from an owl attack upon a jogger: "It was like a huge electric shock ran through my body, but also like I got hit in the head with a two-by-four all at the same time," Jaecks said. "Or maybe a strike of lightning.". As a defense attorney, he shouldve investigated this strange evidence thoroughly. Thats who dun it. 2nd photo at this link, looks exactly like the skull lacerations. I mean at this point almost anything sounds credible. Why is all the blood at the staircase? Most of the time, these attacks are frightening but mostly harmless, as one Montana boy discovered in 2008. Sign up and add shows to get the latest updates about your favorite shows - Start Now. Scary stuff and quite painful. — I have to wonder if, Valium and alcohol slowing ones reflexes, potentially could result in the scene at the bottom of the stairs? I can't. I'd say it's a fall," Rudolf says in the series' penultimate episode. You can forget all about that, however, when it comes to Netflix's true crime doc The Staircase. The streaming megalith's newest release, The Staircase, differs from previous hits in several crucial ways. In the last, the director of Raptors of the Rockies, Kate P Davis, wrote that the lacerations "look very much like those made by a raptor's talons, especially if she had forcibly torn the bird from the back of her head". In another, the neurosurgeon, owl expert and former US Navy surgeon Dr Alan van Norman endorsed the theory on the basis that the wounds on Kathleen's scalp looked like they came from a pair of three-taloned feet rather than a blunt instrument: "The multiple wounds present suggest to me that an owl and Ms Peterson somehow became entangled. Owl Theory - The theory speculates that Kathleen Peterson had been drinking wine with Michael at the outdoor pool area of the house during the unseasonably mild evening.She left the pool area and retuned to the kitchen where she washed out her wine glass and left it to air dry. Dr. Redig said the possible attack outlined in the theory is “entirely within the behavioral repertoire of large owls.”. This second attack caused an avulsion (the peeled back skin on the left rear side of her head) large enough for blood to pour from the wound. I believe there was a guy on Youtube who lived in MP’s neighborhood who was attacked by an owl within weeks of Kathleen’s. This story contains spoilers for The Staircase, though you really shouldn't care too much about spoilers when it comes to true crime. 8 episodes originally came out, then they updated it with 2 more, and now Netflix added three, all amounting to an awesome-but-too-long-(for most people) true crime series that is more bizarre than all of your other favorite murder stories combined. I dont trust em as far as I can throw em. Pollard said that what might have happened is that either the owl got into the Peterson house, got spooked by Kathleen walking into the bedroom, attacked her, and caused her to fall down the stairs, or that she was attacked while in the front garden, out of earshot of Michael, then attempted to walk up the stairs before collapsing down them. That's why three owl experts submitted affidavits in 2010, in which they claimed Kathleen's wounds were consistent with an owl attack, so it's not as though a few crackpot redditors are out there all alone claiming an owl is responsible.