One for the books!

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/caught-on-camera-golden-eagle-attempts-to-snatch-child-20121219/

Now that was one hungry bird…

Wow, that is pretty scary/Amazing to see…

Scary indeed!

If that is real and not a very good fake…very scary!

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

Looks real to me.

I was fairly convinced as well but in the zoomed in footage you can see the motion of the child is not quite right

I’m open to it being a fake, given the advances in CGI and all, but I do have to ask the question…to what are you comparing to make the judgment that the motion isn’t right? It’s not like we see children falling from the grasp of an eagle’s talons often enough to have a good data set from which to judge. :smiley:

Thankfully.

@ devhammer - After the child is released he falls down then slightly up then down again - so unless he has Nike Air’s on or anti gravity boots on i don’t think it’s quite right.
Now in saying that i have seen a Pelican scooping up a Chiwawa…

This latest posting may be new, but the video is a couple of years old. And, sad to say, fake. But a good fake. :slight_smile: