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Salem’s angry owls have paid for a park swing set and chipped in on everything from a chess table to new benches.
The city’s “Attack Owl,” which became internationally famous in 2015, graces signs sold by the Salem Parks Foundation, a nonprofit that pays for things like playground equipment and park improvements in city parks.
Sales of signs featuring the popular predator rose last week following news that owls attacked two more people in the vicinity of Bush’s Pasture Park.
The foundation sold nine owl signs, treasurer Linda Bierly said. The unique piece of Salem decor is now backordered.
“The latest attacks and subsequent news stories definitely sparked an increase,” Bierly said in an email.
To date, the sign has raised nearly $50,000 for Salem parks, Bierly said. That paid for the swing set in Lower Leffelle Park, as well as helping fund the foundation’s Neighborhood Park Grant Program.
Neighborhood associations can apply for money through the program to make small park improvements. A list of funded projects is on the foundation website.
Bierly said the owl signs have gone around the world, including orders to Germany and Australia.
“Sales have declined since the initial burst in 2015, but orders continue to come in and we get a bump every time another owl defends its territory by flying over an early morning jogger and
reporters like yourself run a story,” she said.
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