[verum ago]

I remember finding an abonanded nest in the tree, never an owl. Don't know if this real or a tik-tok prank.

I happen to personally know two people who had hitchhikers on Christmas trees (an owl and a young raccoon). So it's plausible.

That said, anything interesting can always end up being faked for Tik Tok... Won't quote odds, because it seems like fake crap for social media is becoming overwhelmingly common.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

If you assume that any video you see on the internet is staged or otherwise faked, you’ll be right far more often than wrong.

[EasySt]

"anything interesting can always end up being faked"

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And with today's Drones, in ways never seen before...

https://youtu.be/JVtkE8cgdOw?si=fIlP_DnTO_Q-emN2

[GaltAdonis]

"...hitchhikers on Christmas trees..."

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I've heard of this sort of thing in years past - so it may be plausible.
Of course those stories from back years ago may have been BS - as this one may be.
So who really knows?