the owl appeared hidden in the grass in the sowing the seeds of love music video for the band tears for fears after video editor mike quinn told director jim blashfield about the doyle owl tradition a reed, where his younger brother was a student. other "showings" have included encasing it in ice, covering it in vaseline while hanging it off the blue bridge, setting it on fire (using baking oil) and throwing it out the back of a speeding car.