An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head. The European eagle owl appears to take great pleasure in landing on the head of anyone walking through the field in the town of Noordeinde in northern Netherlands. Photographer Menno Schaefer visited the location after hearing about the bird's unusual behaviour. The 48-year-old, of Zaandam, Netherlands, says: 'I had heard a lot about the owl and decided to visit the site to see it in action for myself.
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A scorned woman sparked a punch-up in an airport after she caught her copper boyfriend returning from a romantic holiday with a female police officer .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .
WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
A woman who had three botched nose jobs finally feels pretty after forking out £8 .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .