Woman Stares at 'Owl' for 10 Minutes—Then Realizes What She's Really Seeing

A woman from Minneapolis has left the internet in stitches after revealing in a viral TikTok video that she stood in the park staring at what she thought was an owl for at least 10 minutes, only to laugh at herself once she realized it was no owl.

In the hilarious video, shared on Sunday, under the username @jessicomic, the poster is staring at something at a distance, thinking it's a beautiful owl, only to zoom in with her phone camera and find out that it was just a piece of wood.

"Forgot my glasses on my walk and admired this owl for ten minutes... it's a stick," says the layover text displayed on the clip, and a caption reads: "So beautiful! So blurry!"

Stock image of an owl on a tree. Woman stares at owl for 10 minutes, but then it turns out it's not an owl she's been looking at. Stock image of an owl on a tree. Woman stares at owl for 10 minutes, but then it turns out it's not an owl she's been looking at. Getty Images

The American Foundation for the Blind says that over 50.18 million American adults aged 18 and older are affected by some degree of vision loss. Of these, 3.89 million have a lot of trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses, and 340,000 can't see at all.

It is estimated that of all American adults with vision loss, about 40.9 percent live in the South while 23.7 percent live in the West, 21.2 percent in North Central/Midwest, and 14.1 percent in the Northeast.

Moreover, women are more affected than men. Over 56.8 percent are females and 43.2 percent are males.

@jessicomic

So beautiful! So blurry! #owl #nature #walk #trail #lol #lmao #fyp #foryoupage #fypツ

♬ original sound - Jessi Campbell

The video quickly went viral on social media, getting viewers from across TikTok. It has so far received over 2.6 million views and 107,500 likes on the platform.

One user, Cattus, commented: "I took my contacts out while watching this video so I can enjoy this majestic creature along with you."

Danarea3 said: "I see an owl too, and I'm wearing my damn glasses!"

Leo Africano wrote: "I did the same with a buoy in the middle of the Tyne river thinking it was a seal. I spent ages looking at it."

Another user, Rachel, commented: "I thought a cow was a horse once and still ain't been allowed to forget it goin past either."

KellyPetty added: "I saw the most majestic owl on my neighbor's roof in the moonlight....turns out it was a majestic direct tv dish."

Newsweek reached out to jessicomic for comment via TikTok comments. We could not verify the details of the case.

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