Erik Landrum, 50th Space Wing visual information illustrator, was riding his bike around the base perimeter Sept. 3 when he came upon a strange sight – a large bird of prey, with a bad attitude, stumbling in all directions.
“I’d never seen anything like it,” he said. “The bird was extremely agitated and I could tell it was trying to fly away, but something wasn’t right. As I approached, it grew even more angry. It hissed and flapped its wings, but obviously wasn’t doing what it wanted to do. It was big too. When it stretched its wings out, they spanned the width of the trail.”
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