[Pontiac]

Convinced the owl saw the white wool cap, thought it was breakfast,

I doubt an owl would mistake you for breakfast in any light, especially since they hunt as much by sound as sight.

More likely it was being territorial and trying to drive you off.

I have had owls do the same to me. Why this behavior is peculiar to owls I couldn’t say. Perhaps it is the urban environment.

[Mercat]

I know I'll be flamed by the "keep your kitty inside" crowd but I've had two small Russian blues carried off by owls. They love to be out hunting at night, they love to climb and roost on top of cars in the street, and they are almost invisible (but not to owls) so the movement is all the owl sees. My only comfort is that the last thought each had on earth was "I can fly!!!!!"

I now have a very large light colored cat who hates the dark and is too clumsy to climb up on anything.

[BluH2o]

I doubt an owl would mistake you for breakfast in any light, especially since they hunt as much by sound as sight.

I think it had much more to do with the white toque bobbing along in the pre-dawn darkness, it just happened to be attached to something much larger. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.