# Edgar Allan, you won't do. (A crow who's stalking me) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400 "2026-08-18T18:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/1 "2026-08-18T18:27:12Z")
Y’all know I have critter issues. I seem to attract the weirdos, oddballs and any planning on murdering me. Well, Edgar Allan has found me. Son-of-a-wrek is not sure it’s a Crow, at all. He says Grackle. He does look a little different than the normies I have in abundance. I still say Crow. He’s sorta given me the creepy crawlies. I was walking my regular route today and Edgar stalked me the whole way. A scratchy caw, occasionally. I was thinking we finally left him behind. Oh Noooooo! He popped outta the brush just as I was feeling safe. Ivy nearly had a a heart attack. He’s sitting calmly on the bird bath at the moment staring at the house. Should I be concerned? (PS, I’m getting some whole peanuts to give as an offering) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/2 "2026-08-18T18:31:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Should I be concerned? Nevermore. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/3 "2026-08-18T18:32:21Z")
Aaaaccckkk ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/4 "2026-08-18T18:39:30Z")
I never pictured **Beck** to be Robin the cradle. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/5 "2026-08-18T18:47:39Z")
There is a wonderful running story on X about a crow named Gerard. The poster, Bexxa, is great at storytelling. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/6 "2026-08-18T18:56:31Z")
[Gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/science/crows-grudges-revenge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.wHjp.alCblfKy3D0W&smid=url-share) to a New York Times article that crows hold grudges against humans who offend them, for as long as _seventeen years_. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/7 "2026-08-18T19:03:34Z")
If it’s actually a crow, I’d start feeding it. Set out some dry dog food. Make a friend. You don’t want to make an enemy of a crow, because they not only can hold a grudge as @Dewey_Finn notes, ISTR they’ll teach other crows to perpetuate that grudge! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/8 "2026-08-18T19:06:15Z")
Correct. That article says that when an individual crow has a grudge against a human, the rest of the murder will share that grudge. > They also tenaciously hold grudges. When a murder of crows singles out a person as dangerous, its wrath can be alarming, and can be passed along beyond an individual crow’s life span of up to a dozen or so years, creating multigenerational grudges. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/9 "2026-08-18T19:09:51Z")
Yeah. I believe this is one of Son-of-a-wrek’s enemies. He has made a whole murder mad at him. He claims he’s never seen this one. Hmm 🤔. I feed many many birds everyday. The crows get more than their fair share. Greedy grumps, they are. I hear peanuts are their favorites. I ain’t above bribery. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/10 "2026-08-18T19:15:50Z")
Is this cockney rhyming slang ? Edgar Allan Poe = Crow ? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/11 "2026-08-18T19:29:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I never pictured **Beck** to be Robin the cradle. Na na na na na, Beckman ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/12 "2026-08-18T19:35:53Z")
I’ve got a Mockingbird that stalks me around the yard. He’s my Bird Friend. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/13 "2026-08-18T20:03:32Z")
Well, Mr. Fish…I’ve been told I may have a Fish crow stalking me. Do you know anything about that? Hmmm? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/14 "2026-08-18T20:14:20Z")
'Tis the wind and nothing more! ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/15 "2026-08-18T20:26:00Z")
A grackle is considerably smaller than a crow. And in the right light it’s head is usually a dark metallic shade of green. Unlike crows, grackles are not known for their intelligence (or vindictiveness). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/16 "2026-08-18T20:29:46Z")
I’ll look closer. If I dare. I’m certainly not inviting him into my bed chamber. He can rap rap rap to his hearts content. (He isn’t actually knocking on my window pane…Yet) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/17 "2026-08-18T21:01:05Z")
Perhaps you should befriend some hawks or other birds of prey. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/18 "2026-08-18T21:06:29Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Is this cockney rhyming slang ? Edgar Allan Poe = Crow ? Think about what Edgar Allan Poe is known for. As alluded to by several other posters in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/19 "2026-08-18T21:13:30Z")
Don’t think too hard. Cause Poe wrote the Raven. Not the crow. But you get it. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400/20 "2026-08-18T22:25:25Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But you get it. Right? Nevermore. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-you-wont-do-a-crow-whos-stalking-me/1032400.md?page=2)