But neither of these incidents would have prepared me for this, which incidentally, also occurred on Mount Royal. At least according to the video. It appears the blogopshere is divided on whether this video is real or fake. The Huffington Post shows video stills that suggest CG and The Gazette quoted a wildlife expert who cautiously said "unless we have proof to the contrary there's nothing to prove that it was a real incident." What do you think?
I get into the subject more in-depth with a reader here. As it stands, it's unclear whether this video is real or fake. There's not enough evidence in either direction, at least in the way said evidence has been presented -- e.g., it's not an eagle, it's an osprey! Okay ... so it's a different bird of prey, What does that mean? Is the osprey significantly smaller and incapable of lifting beyond a certain weight? Details please ... -- to call it out just yet.
1:15 P.M. UPDATE: we have a winner! As per Huffington Post Quebec, the Centre national d'animation et de design published a press release divulging the names of the video's authors. The video was produced by students Normand Archambault, Loïc Mireault and Félix Marquis-Poulin in the context of a "production simulation workshop class of the Bachelors degree in 3D Animation and Digital Design" and the press release confirms that the child and the "eagle" were 3D creations integrated into a film after the fact.
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seems a fake video to me.
My Gran from Scotland told us some stories that Golden Eagles would get so hungry that they would prey on small children, especially unsupervised [something Freudian in that?]