Family finds owl in Christmas tree after a week: 'He was hugging the trunk'

The family had brought the tree to their home and decorated it before they spotted the bird, who initially didn't want to leave

A Georgia family got a real hoot from its Christmas tree: more than a week after they bought it, they discovered a live owl nestled among its branches.

Katie McBride Newman said on Friday that she and her daughter spotted the bird on 12 December. They had bought the 10ft-tall tree from a Home Depot, brought it back to their Atlanta area home and decorated it with lights and, coincidentally, owl ornaments.