In the old African settings, it is especially believed that whenever an owl perches on a tree close to your house or surrounding, hooting during the daytime, it means something bad has happened or is about to happen to the family that owns the tree or someone from the entire community.
It's a very bad sign that signifies doom, negativity, misfortune, or death about to befall someone in the vicinity or a member of a particular family.
Therefore, people normally rebuke or throw stones at such birds. The bird is sometimes believed to symbolize witchcraft, as they serve as messengers of death through dark powers to someone.
The moment it starts making that sound during the day at noon, it's a very bad signal that something catastrophic has occurred or is about to happen.
It's an old belief, but nowadays, people will just take pictures and use them to write content to post on social media. However, the tradition is still alive because some are relentless about the old story.
