Golden Eagle snatches kid

Conmaicne Mara

:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9feAQtgX1fw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9feAQtgX1fw

Shenshen

Scary... glad the kid is ok!

When I first saw that clip, I had to somehow think of Foghorn Leghorn and the Henery Hawk, though.

9959

Lunch is lunch.
We all know what it's like to feel a bit peckish.

CatFromHue

Wow :eek::eek:

Reminds me of the case in Australia a few decades back were a couple were camping in the outback and their young child, baby I think, went missing. The Mother said that a Dingo took it but no one believed her and she was sent to jail for murder!

A few years later (Edit 7) they found some baby clothing in a Dingoes lair and the Mother was released.

No one would have believed the person minding the kid in the clip if she said an Eagle took the kid!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain

Jesus can you imagine being the childs parents and seeing that, it actually nearly got away with him! Another few seconds and he could have been gone or dropped from too great a height!

And I know people that are scared of pigeons... :rollseyes:

SEPT 23 1989

Go home Eagle

you are drunk

Duckworth_Luas

Proof, if any was needed, that we must wipe the golden eagle off the planet!

CreepingDeath

That's what the parents get for dressing their baby up in a deer themed babygro.

WindSock

That would have been awesome for the kid! Flying through the sky so fancy free.
Best thing about the clip is the camera dude went to help instead of standing there filming. Worst thing is the stupid music bit on the replay.

who the fug

CreepingDeath wrote: »

That's what the parents get for dressing their baby up in a deer themed babygro.

A live baby with no damage,

Duckworth_Luas

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Proof, if any was needed, that we must wipe the golden eagle off the planet!

Nearly there!

arybvtcw0eolkf

I love babies, but I wouldn't eat a whole one

Mountjoy Mugger

Wow - that's eyrie.

AnonoBoy

"Hey hun, does the Chariots of Fire theme music say 'eagle snatches baby' to you?" :pac:

sheikhnguyen

Jaysus! I used to live in the highlands and I've seen one scare a fully grown deer off a cliff, this is brazen stuff though. I wonder if the kid had any cuts. Presumably it did given how long the birds talons are.
I assume it is real. I saw a Sea Eagle lift a 6kg Salmon out of a cage on a farm one day and they are usually smaller than the Golden ones, so I assume a chisler would not have been a problem for a goldie.

WindSock

Off to David Bowies lair!

With extra cameltoe.

krudler

I can show you the world...

LiamMc

Canadians!

steddyeddy

Fantastic creatures with great hunting ability. Glad the kid is alright though. It's not uncommon for birds of prey to attack and kill humans. The African crowned eagle for instance will attack monkeys by flying down with enough force to crush their skulls with it's talons. Unfortunatly many skulls of human infants have been found in the nests of these creatures.

It's a strange fact of life but we are not always top of the food chain wherever we go. One of my favouraite bird snacthing humans cases is referred to as the Marlon Lowe incident.

the evening of July 25, two giant birds appeared in the sky above Lawndale. The birds were reported several times as they circled and swooped in the sky. Finally, they headed straight down and reportedly attacked three boys who were playing in the backyard of Ruth and Jake Lowe. One of the birds grasped the shirt of ten-year-old Marlon Lowe, snagging its talons into the cloth. The boy tried in vain to fight the bird off then cried loudly for help.

The boy’s cries brought Marlon’s mother running outside. She later reported that she had seen the bird actually lift the boy from the ground and into the air. She screamed loudly and the bird released the child. It had carried him, at a height of about three feet, for a distance of about forty feet. She was sure that if she had not come outside, the bird had been capable of carrying the boy away. Luckily, although scratched and badly frightened, Marlon was not seriously injured.

Four other adults appeared on the scene within seconds of the attack. They described the birds as being black in color, with bands of white around their necks. They had long, curved beaks and a wingspan of at least 10 feet. The two birds were last seen flying toward some trees near Kickapoo Creek.

Now the above involves a huge bird lifting a child off the ground which would be unusual for a bird to possess the strenght to do that. The witnesses seem to be describing an andean condor which are huge but dont live in Illinois where the incident happened. It's often claimed that it could be an unknown species of bird that attacked that da which is called thunderbird in north the legends of the indians of illinois.

cup of tea

Was it just me that thought the eagle was going to pick up the other child and fly away off into the distance with it

jester77

Love the squawk that was added during the slow-mo

CreepingDeath

We must join forces with the pigs to defeat these Angry Birds.

md23040

Err - it's fake...

Drakares

md23040 wrote: »

Err - it's fake...

What makes you say that? Doesn't look fake to me.

goose2005

Birdemic was right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j5tH_H5aN0

Damn spruce bark beetles!

TeddyTedson

Kid will be some socialite if the birds are already after him.

mikom

Where eagles fake.

md23040

Drakares wrote: »

What makes you say that? Doesn't look fake to me.

My name is URL

^^^

The motions of the child doesn't match the motions of its surrounding

wtf is he on about?

steddyeddy

md23040 wrote: »

Ah here. The self procliamed "biomechanics" expert thinks that the child and eagle move very jerkily so it must be fake.

The motions of the child doesn't match the motions of its surrounding

Maybe becuase the camera is zoomed in on a moving object, the eagle and not the background.

My name is URL

My name is URL wrote: »

^^^



wtf is he on about?

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/024/183/500pxShopped.jpg?1318992465

Birdnuts

md23040 wrote: »

Its mentioned now on the Daily Mail website as a possbile CGI. In any case it was never a wild bird, who stay well clear of humans and built up areas. The whole thing smacks of a set-up for the purpose of generating hostility towards eagles who already suffer badly from human persecution and ignorance. Not least in this country.

Drakares

Birdnuts wrote: »

Its mentioned now on the Daily Mail website as a possbile CGI. In any case it was never a wild bird, who stay well clear of humans and built up areas. The whole thing smacks of a set-up for the purpose of generating hostility towards eagles who already suffer badly from human persecution and ignorance. Not least in this country.

Apt username.

gobnaitolunacy

Should have gone to Specsavers

AnonoBoy

Birdnuts wrote: »

Its mentioned now on the Daily Mail website as a possbile CGI. In any case it was never a wild bird, who stay well clear of humans and built up areas. The whole thing smacks of a set-up for the purpose of generating hostility towards eagles who already suffer badly from human persecution and ignorance. Not least in this country.

Now I'm not anti-bird but I just think it's ridiculous that the government let so many birds into our country without first checking if they're planning on snatching any of our babies while they're here. Not

Third_Echelon

Fake

http://wtvr.com/2012/12/19/viral-fake-out-golden-eagle-snatches-kid-is-cgi/

Birdnuts

Drakares wrote: »

Apt username.

Have you ever been to a falconry show??. They get eagles to pick up all sorts of things like stuffed dummies etc. Outside possibility is was an escaped falconry bird. It certainly was not a wild bird. Wild Goldies live in remote mountainous areas, well away from cities/towns.

AnonoBoy

Here's a thing - that original video has only been viewed 4000 times - does that count as going viral?

mikom

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Here's a thing - that original video has only been viewed 4000 times - does that count as going viral?

This is the "original" I believe, with 447,504 views.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE0Q904gtMI

Abi

Feckin' birds again.

steddyeddy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Now I'm not anti-bird but I just think it's ridiculous that the government let so many birds into our country without first checking if they're planning on snatching any of our babies while they're here. Not

Or illegally claiming the dole! Bloody Norweigens!

mikom

I’m sorry Mr Hawk, your pardon has been turned down.
You have been found guilty of… premeditated homicide of a mouse, and you will be hanged by the neck until dead.
And don’t try to hover up so that the rope goes slack.

They could do that, couldn’t they?
If you tried to hang a hawk, they could always hover so the rope went slack. So, I suppose if you are going to execute a bird of prey, the most humane way would be death by firing squad.

AnonoBoy

mikom wrote: »

This is the "original" I believe, with 447,504 views.....

That explains it. Cheers.

hal9000

Man! Angry Birds has got very dark now that they're hurling babies the pigs!

Duggy747

You can tell by how jerky the animation is when the eagle picks up the kid.

Bigus

He's still rising millisecds after the "eagle" lets him go see below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOljUMc-Nc

LivelineDipso

I am deeply offended that there is a general assumption that the Eagle was going to eat the baby.

As a baby I was captured by a seagull and lovingly raised on a dump near Finglas.

I turned out fine.

Phill Ewinn

Hubby will never hear the end of that.

What were you doing in a park full of eagles anyway, the neighbours kids never get taken by eagles, wait till your mother hears about this, you big eejit etc......

V_Moth

It is a fake for the following reasons:

-Montreal is currently knee deep in snow (http://www.earthcam.com/canada/montreal). Considering how unusual this event is, why did the person hold on the footage for several weeks at least.
-Motion of the eagle when "taking" the child is much more consistent with landing on something (say falconers hand) than lifting something heavy from the ground.
-The childs clothing appears completely undamaged. Having handled birds of prey, I know their claws will shred even the toughest clothing (unless the child was wearing kevlar clothes)

Real Life

All them birds are the same. they don't give a ****e about us. they wouldn't do it in their own country though.

martomcg

V_Moth wrote: »

It is a fake for the following reasons:

-Montreal is currently knee deep in snow (http://www.earthcam.com/canada/montreal). Considering how unusual this event is, why did the person hold on the footage for several weeks at least.
-Motion of the eagle when "taking" the child is much more consistent with landing on something (say falconers hand) than lifting something heavy from the ground.
-The childs clothing appears completely undamaged. Having handled birds of prey, I know their claws will shred even the toughest clothing (unless the child was wearing kevlar clothes)

I agree. I just tried re-creating it dressed as a hawk. Didn't go down too well.