Monday, March 7, 2011

Barranquilla, Colombia

It happened six days ago but the death of an owl in the Metropolitano Stadium where they play Atletico Junior Barranquilla (Colombia) caused by a kick from a player still burning in the north of this city has transcended Caribbean and the rest of the country. The case has been a senator to propose a referendum against animal abuse, rumblings of all kinds have emerged about the assassination attempt the Junior owl.

From those who wanted to sacrifice the Panamanian Luis Moreno to those who have taken the opportunity to compare the violence done in football and also with the mistreatment of women. Moreno, Deportivo Pereira, a team that has more than 27 games without a win, saw that the owl did not move the grass and could not think of anything but the animal kicked it flew by force of impact and landed a few meters later while in the stands could hear an "oh" with astonishment and indignation cries of "murderer, murderer." The player had to be guarded by police after the game, at the same time opened a process of accountability, and has been handed a two-game suspension by the federation.

The death of this bird as charming as mysterious, belongs to a species that the Celts associated with the foresight and knowledge, shared media importance to the murder of Spanish in a robbery, but also has thrown dirt on the act of vandalism that some extremists have committed a few days ago with players of Gremio, who tried to stone.

But the people of Barranquilla has been more sensitive to the brutal aggression because it is an affront against nature. It is also true that football fans have not stopped thinking about if things remain as they were before. Considered part of that crowd, and here comes the fable, that when the owl flew over the stadium was predicting the triumph of the Junior.

According to the administrator have the stadium and several field maintenance workers from the construction of the six owls live and nest in the Metropolitan in each of the stands. One of these owls flew over the area the day the junior won the title in America and has since been considered as a symbol of good luck.

The owl could not be dissected as claimed by some to make it a symbol against animal abuse because it was performed a post mortem examination. Fortunately for Junior fans soon will be born nine more owls.

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