Hawk captured after terrorizing English village for weeks

Last Thursday, the desert buzzard that caused a series of attacks in the English village of Flamstead was captured. The victims? Mostly tall, bald men. The threat was so great that residents felt compelled to wear helmets or hats to protect themselves from the raptor’s swooping flights.

Dive-bombing hawk terrorised UK village ‘because it was mating season’

The rogue Harris’s hawk, which attacked more than 50 residents of Flamstead, Herts in a four-week reign of terror, was caught on Thursday as it stalked a jogger.

Hawk that terrorised British village was ‘hormonal’, says falconer

The falcolner told BBC Radio 4 that the hawk has been “having a great time” living in the wild.

Hawk that terrorised tall, bald men for weeks was ‘hormonal’, falconer says

A hawk which terrorised a village for weeks, in particular targeting tall, bald men, was attacking people because it was "hormonal", a falconer has said.

Hawk captured after terrorizing English village for weeks

A Harris' hawk's reign of terror was brought to an end after being captured by a resident of the English village where it was blamed for an estimated 50 dive-bombing attacks on locals.

Aggressive hawk that terrorized English village for weeks finally captured by resident

A hawk that terrorized a sleepy English village for weeks was finally captured on Thursday, ending a string of around 50 attacks that landed a 75-year-old man in the hospital, disrupted postal deliveries, and stole two woollen beanies belonging to a 91-year-old man.