I was that kid who was taken away by the eagle,but it was fine he was my step dad Bruce taking me for a ride. My family was very liberal and Animal/Human relations were not uncommon for us.
The kid being taken away by the bird reminded me of a story in my town where you had to baptize your children asap if not a witch would come into your home and suck the baby's blood dry....
That's no more crazy sounding than zombie Jesus walking on water or Noah building a boat and putting millions of animals on it and being able to keep them fed and hydrated for 40 days.
Creepy shit.. a golden eagle could really haul off a small kid if they were hungry enough though.. I saw a clip of one taking down a wolf once..with ease..
I think I have been on that monorail. It is in Wuppertal, Germany. The circus elephant was apparently a stunt which went wrong and the elephant burst out the monorail falling into the river but only suffering minor injuries.
You're right about it gliding. But a baby weighs alot less, i think it could definitely pick it up and "fly" away. I've seen with my own eyes, smaller birds pick up and carry parts of roadkill deer the size of a baby. Before that, I wouldn't have believed it myself. I think you underestimate the power in the bird's wings. I'm not arguing that the photo is real, cause none of us know for sure. Also, that bird doesn't look big enough for that task.
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