YIKES
An eagle almost snatches a kid.
Could this be fake?
Update: Apparently, it could.
Advisory: Bad word that a person might say when he sees an eagle trying to snatch a kid.
(Thanks to wiredog, Arteme and Jeff Meyerson)
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December 19, 2012
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I didn't realize that that particular word was the same in English and French.
The slow motion scared the French out of me, though.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | December 19, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Fake, and impossible. It's a simple matter of weight ratios.
Posted by: random thunking | December 19, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Beat me to it, random. Fine job.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | December 19, 2012 at 11:30 AM
They probably shouldn't dress the kid in that hat with the eyes again.
Judging by the laughably idiotic YouTube comments (yeah, redundant) arguing that it's fake, the video is almost certainly real. Staged (maybe, probably), but definitely real.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | December 19, 2012 at 11:40 AM
I figured it was fake but sent it in because they made the effort so what the heck, right?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 19, 2012 at 11:48 AM
The Discovery channel upcoming show: WHEN NATIONAL SYMBOLS GO BAD.
Posted by: LeDud | December 19, 2012 at 11:52 AM
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen eagle?
Posted by: Ms. Flukey | December 19, 2012 at 12:05 PM
If that were my kid being carried away, I wouldn't be standing there like a dunce, that would be one dead bird.
Posted by: MikeyVA | December 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Saw it on the local news this morning and thought, what the heck, might as well. Slow news day, they opened with a story on a new road opening.
A golden eagle is a large bird. I know a guy in Utah who hunts with one. If I see him next week I'll ask him about it.
Posted by: wiredog | December 19, 2012 at 12:27 PM
I'm with Mikey on this one. We would be having Golden Eagle Stew for supper.
Posted by: nursecindy | December 19, 2012 at 01:21 PM
Did that mean littl kid really try to grab that poor bird?
Posted by: Brian D. | December 19, 2012 at 01:31 PM
Definitely a fake.
Posted by: wiredog | December 19, 2012 at 01:51 PM
The return of the Thunderbird.
Posted by: roger h | December 19, 2012 at 01:56 PM
Key comment on the gawker debunker page:
* Babies are a well known delicacy, being the tenderest and highest-fat-content human and also the least likely to fight back. Further, a google search for "baby snatching" returns over three million results. Clearly this is a well documented phenomenon.
Posted by: oneblankspace | December 19, 2012 at 01:57 PM
I saw Candian design school open for Tom Jones.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 19, 2012 at 03:02 PM
Cud one of them iggles pick up Danny DeVito? Cuz ah lahk hims.
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | December 19, 2012 at 04:27 PM
Well, golly gosh. Had me fooled.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | December 19, 2012 at 08:13 PM