Murderbird

Published: March 29, 2020, 5:35 p.m.

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Kate of Ignorance Was Bliss is a forensic psychologist and crisis clinician who collects stories, in an attempt to figure out how we become who we are.

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Ignorance Was Bliss

TRANSCRIPT I was on a remote New Hampshire road, when something flew overhead and landed on the hood of my car. Its eyes were huge. It looked at me\\u2026 looked away\\u2026 and looked back at me\\u2026 all without moving its body. My brain went blank. I said, quote, \\u201cOh my gawd\\u2026 it\\u2019s\\u2026 that\\u2019s\\u2026 look\\u2026 um\\u2026 it\\u2019s\\u2026 it\\u2019s a murderbird,\\u201d because an owl was blamed for the death of Kathleen Peterson. That\\u2019s the best I could do under the circumstances. And now you know the origin of the murderbird.

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