What made this weird snow formation from New Hampshire? It kept the folks around Manchester and Concord guessing for a while. It looks like something out of a Stephen King movie, doesn't it? Maybe it's a helmet that someone dropped in the snow? Maybe some sort of weird fruit left over from the fall? Nope, none of my guesses were correct. This imprint was made by an owl trying to catch a small mammal in the snow. The deep depression is from its talons trying to grab its prey. The top is the owls head and then the wings on either side. Based on the wingspan (~20 inches) plus absence of ear tufts, we surmise it was made by a northern sawhet owl.