Is the viral video of an eagle snatching a baby a hoax? Or is it proof of the existence of a giant species of eagle undocumented since the 1800s?
Badass eagle in its natural state, looking to snatch a toddler
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Last night, a video of a Golden Eagle picking up a Canadian toddler became a viral sensation. Because a video of an eagle trying and failing to eat a baby is pretty awesome. However, it turned out the video is a hoax. Skeptics started questioning how the bird doesn’t look like a real golden eagle, and detailed analysis of the video suggests it employs CGI.
Also, eagles don't really just swoop down and pick up little children, right? This couldn't possibly be real........ or could it?
Kid gets owned as heck by a bird. lmao.
Fans of avian cryptozoology (all 6 of you), however, may notice a similarity to another legendary ‘70s child-snatching bird incident. In 1977, a large bird reportedly picked up and carried a 7-year-old boy for about 35 feet before dropping him back down.
While little Marlon Lowe played in his front yard, a giant black bird that is now known as the “Lawndale Illinois Thunderbird” swooped down and picked up the kid, carried him, and dropped him. Though several adult eyewitness claimed it was true, not everyone believe it actually happened, and Marlon was bullied at school because of it.
The bird was described as black with white feathers around its neck, which sounds like the Andean condor, native to South America. However, condors are mainly carrion scavengers and therefore have weak grasp with their talons, making it unlikely it could pick up a kid.
