Here are just a few of the myth and legends that have rose over time, with humans fascination with the owl. I myself connect the owl as being the universal symbol of wisdom and look at them as something good.
Owls have fascinated man from the dawn of time - to some cultures they are symbols of wisdom, while to others they are harbingers of doom and death.
In Navajo culture owls are symbols of death to people. Navajos believe if an owl came close to a hospital it meant someone in the hospital was going to die.