Eagle tries to snatch child

Obviously, we need some sort of government legislation that would prevent these raptors from trying to steal our children;

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  1. 1
    Robert Says:

    Happened in Canada. Probably can’t be too careful, though. For the Children!!!!11!11

  2. 2
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    “Oh, look at the pretty eagle. Oh how grand. Oh how majestic. Oh shit!”

  3. 3
    rb325th Says:

    I say all Golden Eagles should be rounded up immediately! it’s for the children dammit!! Evil looking clowns and mall Santas as well, just how many children have been traumatized for life by them as well!

  4. 4
    Scubasteve Says:

    Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you.

    Seriously though, I’m not sure what I’d have done in that situation. The eagle was pretty swift, and if it wasn’t for the kid’s weight (I’m assuming it was heavier than the eagle expected), what could you really do? Weapons aren’t advised or even realistic in this situation. You can’t jump or climb a tree in time, even if it roosted nearby. The thing would be miles away before you got out of the park.
    Crazy.

  5. 5
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Ah! The zombie apocalypse has arrived!!! This is why you keep your children on a leash.

    And now we have proof positive that the giant birds that tried to run off with a boy down in Texas or Missouri or wherever it was were not the product of an overactive imagination.

    Really must put more sheep on picnic grounds and golf courses. Oh, wait — they’re already there. They are called liberals.

  6. 6
    NSOM Says:

    That evil little resource consumer had it coming for intruding on the eagle’s natural habitat.

  7. 7
    NHSparky Says:

    Kid’ll have a hell of a story to tell, and the parents will have a foolproof way of controlling him…”You eat your dinner right now, or else the eagles will come back and carry your skinny ass away!”

  8. 8
    YAG YAS Says:

    Good job getting rooked by an obviously fake video, moron.

  9. 9
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Well, since golden eagles have an enormouse wingspread and are quite capable of lifting six-month old lambs, which weigh about the same as a small child, how is it faked? Huh?

    You want to go over that again, clownboy?

    One of them came after my German Shepherd when I was out hiking with her up in Wisconsin 30 years ago. Almost got her, too.

    So how was that video faked, again?

  10. 10
    NHSparky Says:

    Yes jagoff, because NO animal has EVER tried to drag a baby off.

    Dipshit.

  11. 11
    YAG YAS Says:

    Keep jabbering away, you gullible dumbasses. We’ll see who’s right. It won’t be you.

  12. 12
    Hondo Says:

    Got proof of your claims, GAG YAS?

    Thought not.

    And yes – the use of “GAG” was deliberate – tool.

  13. 13
    Hondo Says:

    Oh, GAG YAS – in case you’re thinking about trying the “eagles never attack humans, and can’t do any damage” canard:

    http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70916FA3C5811738DDDA00994DD405B8585F0D3

    Sheesh. Took all of about 2 min to find that, plus several other cases of eagles attacking humans.

    Once again – you have proven yourself a fool. No surprise there.

  14. 14
    Hack Stone Says:

    I think the kids father is the Hamburglar. He sure dresses the part.

  15. 15
    YAG YAS Says:

    Keep talking, stupid. I don’t know if you’ve ever eaten eagle, but I can tell you that you’ll be eating crow pretty soon.

  16. 16
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    We have coyotes in my area that are larger than German Shepherds.
    They sometimes get hit by cars and are left by the roadside for the waste management people to pick up. They are healthy, fit and well-fed.

    They will kill and eat anything, including pets of any size and small children. The newspaper frequently reports close encounters with coyotes by residents and there is more than enough footage of the collared coyotes that the Chicago Streets and Sanitation department imported into the city to control rats.

    They are also large, healthy, fit and well-fed.

    Parents and pet owners are advised to keep an eye out when they are outside, because the coyotes in Lake, Will, DuPage, McHenry and Cook counties are not afraid of people, because they aren’t hunted around here, even though they should be.

    So now when I go out hiking, I take along a one-foot inch-marked black and white ruler, which is a standard measure, plus plastic bags for collecting hair and scats, as well as my camera and some pepper spray and a big stick. \

    There are recorded images or cougars on trails in McHenry county, Jo Daviess county, and then there was that cougar in Chicago that was shot in an alley by a bunch of scaredy-cops two years ago. Big healty male cougar, too. A couple of years before that, someone spotted a pair of cougars in his back yard looking for food, up near Zion.

    See, when food resources become scarce in one place, the wildlife — especially predators — moves to another place where there is less competition and more food. Geese, for example, love to park their feathery butts on golf courses and chase off golfers. Ditto, redwing blackbirds. They will attack anyone coming near their nests.

    So the sight of a golden eagle trying to snatch a free meal on a picnic ground — nothing new there. Obviously, the bird was hungry.

    The beak of an adult golden eagle can break bone, as can its talons. That baby would have made nice, big lunch, especially since the bird was bigger than the kid.

  17. 17
    Scubasteve Says:

    Rooked? You ain’t from around here are ya?

  18. 18
    Nik Says:

    @12

    Why go with GAG YAS? His name backwards is Say Gay.

  19. 19
    YAG YAS Says:

    You’re not a deep thinker, are you Steve?

  20. 20
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Oh, Gag USall, please post your picture so that I can print out.

    Crows have incredible memories. I want to take your picture with me so that I can show it to any crows that I encounter — lots of them around here — and tell them that you want people to eat crows and that you’re not a nice person.

    That way, not only will they remember you and your face, they will pass it on to their offspring and all the crows in the US will start looking for you.

    You think ‘The Birds’ was just a movie? I’d keep an eye on those staging areas, where crows stage in large numbers — by the thousands. They never forget a face.

  21. 21
    Hondo Says:

    Hmmm. Looks like GAG YAS is coming to us from Scottsdale. Alex Popovich was from Scottsdale. And Todd Hamilton is nearby in Chandler. Maybe they know the Gagger here.

    Or maybe this is just another persona belonging to one of those two. Wouldn’t surprise me.

    Again, GAG YAS: put up or shut up. If you have proof the video above is fake, provide it. Otherwise, you’d be best advised to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool vice continuing to open it and repeatedly proving same.

    And I’ll pass on crow, thanks. Have you ever seen what crows actually eat? I’ll pass.

  22. 22
    Scubasteve Says:

    Deep enough for my pleasure, YAGger. You’re not much for answering the other questions though, are you?

  23. 23
    USMCE8Ret Says:

    “Say Gay”…

    That’s funny.

  24. 24
    CUnextTuesday Says:

    Look in the slow motion section. there is a shadow for the eagle, but not the little boy.

    Obviously faked

  25. 25
    CAs6 Says:

    We should make stuff like this ill-eagle.

  26. 26
    CUnextTuesday Says:

    I think……

  27. 27
    YAG YAS Says:

    It’s a shame they didn’t dress the golden eagle in a miniature pair of Class As with a nice ribbon rack, CIB, and Fourragère. At least then maybe you’d be a little more skeptical. Oh who am I kidding? You morons would just put in a FOIA request on the eagle, call him a valor thief, and continue buying the rest of the story.

  28. 28
    CUnextTuesday Says:

    OMG, we need to BAN birds before they attempt to kill another person!!!!

  29. 29
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    @24 – I took your little challenge and stopped at the frame where the eagle hits the kid. There is definitely a shadow for the kid, however small.

    Just because Junior’s shadow isn’t as large as Mommy’s (in the stripes) or the eagle’s shadows, it doesn’t mean there is no shadow.

    See, PH stands for Photographer’s Mate. PH2 is an E-5 rating/rank. 6 years in the Navy. Photo “A” school in 1967 which included still photo and MOPIC classes, 18 months professional training and working experience before I went into the Navy, 15 years as a pro photographer afterwards, still doing the same stuff 38 years after I left the Navy. Most recent images, handheld shots of the early morning moon conjunct Venus around 7AM CST.

    My working experience in the Navy included printing still photographs, monitoring color chemistry and cutting film in the MOPIC division at the Naval Photographic Center, among other things.

    Got that part? I think I do know my butt from a hole in the ground about photography.

    There is a small but distinct shadow just behind the sitting child.

  30. 30
    Hondo Says:

    GAG YAS: and don’t bother to bring up the Global Montreal article about this. That only says the video might be a well-executed fake. It offers no conclusive proof one way or another.

    Whether this video turns out ultimately to be true or a clever hoax, it’s eminently plausible. While not particularly common, eagles do attack humans with some regularity:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7ZFLuZqCXc
    http://www.burdr.com/2009/12/golden-eagle-attacks-cameraman/
    http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1282-when-eagles-attack
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/03/sea_eagles/
    http://www.adn.com/2010/07/07/1357892/eagle-attacks-have-unalaska-residents.html
    http://www.topix.com/forum/city/copemish-mi/TDRSSKN1K56PVG6M5
    http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910621&slug=1290287

    There has been at least one documented occurrence of an eagle attacking and carrying off a bear cub:

    http://library.sandiegozoo.org/factsheets/golden_eagle/golden_eagle.htm

    And there is scientific evidence that eagles hunted human ancestors. It’s also known that African crowned eagles occasionally attack and/or kill human children.

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060905-eagle-human_2.html

    Now, GAG YAS – do us all a favor and STFU.

  31. 31
    YAG YAS Says:

    Hondo, are you still upset over Balloon Boy, is that what this is about?

  32. 32
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    OK, now we’re down to the lame-ass twitting and sleeve yanking for attention.

    Yeah, that’s really a rebuttal when you’re repeatedly proven wrong.

  33. 33
    Hondo Says:

    No, GAG YAS. I just don’t particularly like ignorant jerks. You’re acting like exactly that, so I thought I’d respond using the only form of communications you apparently know: insult and invective.

    If you want to have a rational discussion, try acting like an adult vice an angry spoiled child using his mommie’s computer to go online without supervision.

  34. 34
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    GAG US, aren’t there big-piece jigsaw puzzles that need your attention, boy?

  35. 35
    YAG YAS Says:

    A rational discussion about what? That animals sometimes attack humans? Where did I claim otherwise? You’re the retard going out of his way to post links refuting a claim I never made. Hey Hondo go on youtube and look up Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. Somewhere you’ll find a video of a man riding straight into a gigantic shark’s mouth on a jetski. Don’t worry though, it’s not real, even though we both know that people sometimes ride jetskis, and that people are sometimes attacked by sharks. In other news, Jaws and its sequels (especially Jaws-3D) were all fake too. Sorry if I’ve just pulled the tablecloth outvfrom under everything you thought real.

  36. 36
    Hondo Says:

    A rational argument bout anything, Gag-inducing one. We don’t engage in rational discourse with someone who’s acting like a an asshole and a jerk. You’re still doing that. And you don’t appear to realize that you’re doing so.

    By the way – that’s not even a good example of a strawman argument, “fella”. It’s pretty pathetic, and gets you a big NO-GO. Try again.

    And if that’s your best effort – you have my sympathy. You really are a fool.

  37. 37
    Hondo Says:

    Ex-PH2: I think those are beyond his capability. But maybe he has a coloring book or two. Perhaps his sitter won’t scold him when he colors outside the lines.

  38. 38
    Country Singer Says:

    “Have you ever seen what crows actually eat?”

    Bite your tongue!

    Signed- A member of the Association of Old Crows.

  39. 39
    Hondo Says:

    Country Singer: I said “crows” – not “Old Crows”. (smile)

  40. 40
    melle1228 Says:

    @ EX-pH2– Just wanted to say– I grew up in Elgin, IL :)

  41. 41
    YAG YAS Says:

    Look in the mirror Hondo. I’m not the guy that just bought an internet hoax video hook, line, and sinker and then turned around and started writing lengthy posts and linking articles in response to a line of argument that wasn’t even being forward.

  42. 42
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Hondo, should I post one of my special effects slides that I shot in the course of working at my first job in Chicago?

    5 years of special effects. I can point on the seams in Star Wars IV, every one of them. I can tell you exactly, to the frame, where each one starts in all the SW movies, and how they’re done. I can also tell you which sharks in “Jaws” are the real sharks and which one is Bruce the Mechanical Shark, now residing at Universal Studios. I can also tell you how the got the shot Gregory Peck as Ahab tangled in the ropes on the back of Moby Dick in the 1956 movie “Moby Dick” and how many makeup changes Lon Chaney went through in his version of “The Wolfman”. I can also relay how the ghosts were done in CGI for “Ghostbusters”, and the early CGI morphing that allowed a conversion from human to wolf form in “American Werewolf in London”.

    It was my job to know how to do these things, because I got paid to do them, too, on film.

    The video is not a fake. Tablecloth still on the table, no dishes brokenn.

    But Gag Mewithaspoon, you certainly are.

  43. 43
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Ah, Elgin! Yes, not too far away. Thank you, MElle.

  44. 44
    pete Says:

    Where Eagles Dare,,the sequel! lol

  45. 45
    YAG YAS Says:

    Hondo, please provide Pete with no less than five linked examples that Where Eagles Dare is actually a WWII film and that this video couldn’t possibly be a sequel to it.

  46. 46
    Hondo Says:

    Gagger-boy: geez, are you incapable of reading and comprehending English?

    Your first post above called everyone here “morons” for getting fooled by an “obviously fake video”. Hello – the only place I’ve even seen which questioned the video’s authenticity doesn’t go that far – they say it may be a well executed fake.

    Well executed fakes, by definition, are not “obviously fake”? Are you getting that, fool? Are you even capable of getting that?

    There are only two rational explanations for calling that video “obviously fake” without providing additional information. One is that you believe the event is impossible. The second is that you believe the event is so rare as that it is virtually impossible to document an occurrence of same.

    My comment (30) above citing sources was intended prove that the event depicted is neither impossible nor so rare as to be virtually impossible to document. Anyone with common sense and an IQ of 80 or higher should have been able to figure that out.

    By the way: I haven’t even bothered to watch the video. I’ve merely been replying to your idiotic rantings because I enjoy exposing idiots. In your case, it was pretty easy.

    Now, run along and find a good coloring book to play with before nappy-time.

  47. 47
    Hondo Says:

    If pete wants sources, he can go find them himself. Or maybe you can act as his “best boy” and do that for him.

    Geez, you can’t even get screen names from the previous post right!

  48. 48
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    I think Pete already knows it’s a movie. He include “the sequel” in his post. Oh, but you didn’t read that part, did you, gaggerboy?

    This isn’t about whether or not the video is a fake. It’s about whether or not you can generate all the attention you don’t get from your mommy, who is probably at work and doesn’t know what you’re up to.

    Did you do your homework? Prove it. Did you clean up your room? Prove it. Did you take out the trash, lazy butt? Prove it.

  49. 49
    YAG YAS Says:

    You’re the only one doing any kind of ranting here, and now you’re telling me that you’re ranting over the veracity of something you haven’t even bothered to watch? You had all that time go on google and look up instances of eagles attacking humans, now and thousands of years ago, but you wouldn’t take one minute of that time to watch the video in question? Ok, Captain Fruitcake, I’m going to stop talking to you now and suggest that you contact your nearest mental ward. You should probably check yourself in for an extended stay. When you check out I’m sure this hoax will have been roundly debunked and then you can go wear a dunce cap and sit in the corner.

  50. 50
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Oh, please don’t tease us!!!

    Geez, I stopped that video at the frame just before the eagle touches the kid. Yes, it’s possible to do that if you know, or have even the faintest idea, what you’re doing, and I do.

    There is a shadow — however small, it is still a shadow — behind the kid. It is a small shadow because of the angle of the sun, which in the video frame is at the 7 o’clock location. Picture a clock with markings. 7 is slightly to the left of 6. Oh, that’s hard to visualize if you don’t know is, isn’t it?

    You just don’t like being told that you’re wrong. If you’re really leaving, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

  51. 51
    NHSparky Says:

    @13-Hondo–I’ll go ya one as well…when I was stationed in Guam, there was a species of bird which was extremely aggressive if you got anywhere their nests and would actually dive-bomb you.

    Anyone who has been running on Site III or NAVSTA can tell you that a lot of times we would go out running with badminton rackets to keep them from bombing us–and yes, those who didn’t occasionally got tagged to the point of drawing blood.

    And these birds were nowhere near the size of a golden eagle.

  52. 52
    Twist Says:

    Go to Alaska where eagle attacks happen quite frequently.

  53. 53
    YAG YAS Says:

    Oh dollface, I said I was going to stop talking to Hondo because it’s not helpful to distract him from getting the help he needs. You, on the other hand, I can talk to all day.

  54. 54
    Hondo Says:

    Gag-boy: Realizes the argument is lost, launches a last ad hominem attack, and then quits. Right out of the playbook.

    God, you tools are SO predictable!

    Personally, I think you just got your panties in a wad (yes, that term was deliberate – and for you, IMO apropos) because you realize Jonn used it to make a point you didn’t agree with – clearly, concisely, and effectively. Tough, pal. Live with it.

    Now, go grab your blankie and mat. It’s nappy time for children like you.

  55. 55
    NHSparky Says:

    Bird sees small object and thinks to self, “Hmmmm…that looks tasty.” Bird swoops down and tries to carry away said object, but it’s too heavy and it’s dropped.

    Now SAY GAY, does it really fucking matter if said small object is a gopher, rabbit, poodle, or small child?

  56. 56
    YAG YAS Says:

    It matters of the video of it is real you colossal fucking dunce. This one isn’t. Mark my words.

  57. 57
    NHSparky Says:

    So basically you’re saying that because a video COULD be faked, therefore shit like that doesn’t happen?

    You must be dizzy as fuck right now, SAY GAY.

  58. 58
    Susan Says:

    I don’t know whether it is real or “faked” but I do know one thing for certain: Birds are EVIL. All of them. They tried to kill us with the Bird Flu, the attack us (see the movie The Birds – it is a documentary). They are filthy and have little heads, sharp beaks and beady eyes. I repeat they are Evil. Except maybe the bald eagle – and only when it is WAY away from me. Did I mention I really hate birds?

  59. 59
    YAG YAS Says:

    NHSparky, are you being deliberately obtuse or are you really that fucking stupid?

  60. 60
    Twist Says:

    I’m still waiting for an explanation on how the video is “obviously fake”.

  61. 61
    YAG YAS Says:

    I wasn’t aware that I owed you one. Watch it in slow motion and decide for yourself. If you come to the wrong conclusion that’s your problem.

  62. 62
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Susan, birds are really only interested in making nests, having babies, bringing them up, and getting on with their lives. They don’t hate us. They think we’re frakking ridiculous most of the time.

    But if you’re nice to them, they’ll be nice right back to you, which means if you don’t like them, then you simply leave them alone.

    Hitchcock’s film ‘The Birds’ was not a documentary, it was a horro movie. Ray Berwick was the bird trainer and John Cardos was the bird wrangler. The crows in the scene near the schoolhouse were highly trained.

    Crows and all corvids are, in fact, the most intelligent bird species on the planet. Yes, smarter than parrot species. Crows and ravens have distinct vocalizations and vocabulary, just as cetaceans do, and long, long memories, and what they learn about humans, they pass on to their children and subsequent descendants. And they mate for life.

  63. 63
    Hondo Says:

    Looks like he’s bypassing “changing the subject” and “strawman argument” with you and moving right into “invective and insult”, NHSparky. Maybe he didn’t like the results of his previous attempts at those elsewhere. Although I guess if you squint hard enough, you might be able to see that as an attempt to change the subject.

    Geez, this tool seems so dull he can’t use the parts of the playbook that require intellect.

  64. 64
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Geezo pete, gagus withaspoon is still here?

    I thought it was going away.

  65. 65
    Hondo Says:

    Let me translate comment 61: “I don’t have any proof and I’m too lazy to try and find any. But my mommie is gone for the day and left her computer logged on, and the sitter is watching game shows. So I can get online and insult people while I’m supposed to be taking a nap.”

  66. 66
    Twist Says:

    @61, So what you are saying is that you don’t have an explanation? Thats what I thought.

  67. 67
    YAG YAS Says:

    You should probably learn to read PH2.

  68. 68
    smoke-check Says:

    My head hurts. Yag yas what is your connection to this video? Why are you acting like its a personal insult to you that people think this could be real? I am just trying to understand why you so aggressive in your position that this is faked?

  69. 69
    Common Sense Says:

    My son was 2 when he was attacked by a goose at the park. Birds are just as aggressive as any other wild animal.

    Large raptors are quite capable of snatching small dogs so I’m not surprised one tried to take a baby. My dogs are about 12 lbs and are never allowed outside without us for just this reason. We live in a wetlands area with hawks, coyotes, foxes, and the occasional eagle or mountain lion.

    I really worry most about the coyotes since one night this fall when I was covering my tomatoes, heard steps in the rock at the edge of the yard, and turned my head to see a coyote standing about 20 ft from me. Although I was able to chase it away, it didn’t run and wasn’t scare of me. It would have taken one of my dogs in a heartbeat especially since my dogs would have run right up to it, barking their fool heads off (because all mini dachshunds think they are wolves).

  70. 70
    NHSparky Says:

    SAY GAY, do you still beat your boyfriend?

    Same kind of logic. Seriously, whether you think the video is faked or not is basically irrelevant. Those of us who have been raised in rural (and some not-so-rural) areas know raptors (psstt..that means “eagles, hawks, etc.”) can and have picked up larger than rodent type objects for food, and that children can and have been taken by not only raptors but other animals in the wild.

    So what about those facts confuses you so, m’boy?

  71. 71
    Green Thumb Says:

    It is better the Eagle tried to make off with the child than some wierdo such as YAG YAS or BH Austin (among others).

    Tools they are.

  72. 72
    YAG YAS Says:

    Holy shit this place is like an abattoir for rational thinking.

  73. 73
    NHSparky Says:

    And you’re the one to break the spell held over us, SAY GAY?

    This oughta be good.

  74. 74
    YAG YAS Says:

    Nothing about that confuses me NH, the only thing that does is how you made it through grade school. Holy shit, whether or not the video is fake isn’t irrelevant, it’s the entire fucking point. Please copy and past the part where I say things like this don’t ever happen.

  75. 75
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Most of you guys have seen that picture of my Mikey the Large and in Charge, right? He weighs in at 19 pounds. He’s about the size of the child in that video. A golden eagle could easily pick Mikey up and fly away with him.

    “watch it in slow motion”? I stopped the frame. Went through it frame by frame. Don’t need slow motion when stop motion is available.

    I don’t know what it takes for this anal orifice to get that he’s wrong; he’s ignorant of facts; he has no credentials to prove that the video is a fake; and he’s a boring attention whore with nothing important to say.

  76. 76
    crucible Says:

    That kid almost gets taken by an eagle, but Say Gay is around and posting 2/3′s of the posts in this thread.

    Does that seem right to you?

    Jubal Early

  77. 77
    NHSparky Says:

    PH2–they’re so cute at that age, aren’t they?

    Okay, no. Not really.

    And SAY GAY, your degree is in what, again? I’ve got one in Applied Science/Engineering, and I’m by no means the smartest person on the board. Not even close.

    Although I HAVE been on “Win Ben Stein’s Money” back in the day, and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

  78. 78
    Jonn Lilyea Says:

    If we all said that the video was fake, Dude or whichever name he was using when I whacked him last time, would argue that its real. That’s the kind of childish behavior that got you moderated, dingus.

  79. 79
    NHSparky Says:

    Oh, it’s HIM.

    Nevermind. Just another stray scooting on the carpet again.

  80. 80
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Oh, they are cute, Sparky, but they grow up and want the keys to the car and don’t refill the gas tank and party when you’re gone. And never mind the backtalk.

  81. 81
    YAG YAS Says:

    Actually Jonn, if you said it was fake I would be shocked to discover that you’re not completely retarded. And NH I have absolutely no doubts that weren’t the smartest in anything you’ve ever done.

  82. 82
    Hondo Says:

    Don’t think it’s who you are thinking of, NHSparky. This tool’s posting from Scottsdale. “The Dude” and “DUIDave” are/were from NJ. So unless “The Dude” relocated or is vacationing in Scottsdale, I doubt it’s the same “Fine Individual” (just use the acronym).

  83. 83
    Jonn Lilyea Says:

    He’s masking his IP address.

  84. 84
    Hondo Says:

    “no doubts that weren’t the smartest in anything”

    Can anyone translate this gibberish?

  85. 85
    Hondo Says:

    Hmmm. Thanks, Jonn – I didn’t realize GoDaddy offered that service. Have to keep that in mind.

    Or maybe it’s just Todd the Fake posting from work again. That wouldn’t surprise me a bit. And it would also explain both the lack of intellect and the anger.

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  87. 87
    YAG YAS Says:

    I see … So whenever someone comes on here rightly pointing out that you’re an idiot you assume it’s some dude with a top secret ip hiding device? I think you need to join Commander Happy Meal on an extended trip to Crazytown.

  88. 88
    pete Says:

    @say gay,,,,how bout you go back to the basement,,lay down by you’re dish and take you’re med’s hon!

  89. 89
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Hondo, Jonn — is it possible he’s found a way to reroute his IP source through several services so you can’t track him down?

  90. 90
    YAG YAS Says:

    88 How about you go back to second grade for a lecture on the differences between your and you’re.

  91. 91
    Twist Says:

    @87, Yet you have yet to point out how anybody is wrong except to call us all “morons”.

  92. 92
    Twist Says:

    “It matters of the video of it is real you colossal fucking dunce.”

    “How about you go back to second grade for a lecture on the differences between your and you’re.”

    You could cut the irony with a knife.

  93. 93
    YAG YAS Says:

    Yes I hit O when I meant to hit I. That’s called a typo. Your buddy pete doesn’t know the difference between your and you’re. That’s stupidity.

  94. 94
    Hondo Says:

    Ex-PH2: there are ways to do that, Ex-PH2. It’s not that hard if you have access to the right servers and some terminal emulation software.

    It also could be just Hamilton posting from his current day-job location. He previously was in Chandler, and Scottsdale is not very far away. And we have seen a variant of this tool’s screen name (“You Ain’t Grunt You Ain’t Shit”) posting from a location in that vicinity in the past – specifically, in Tempe.

    Hamilton’s got an IT background, so him working an IT job would make sense. And some IT jobs support multiple locations, shuttling people from place to place as required.

    Doesn’t really matter, though. His “winning personality” and “superior intellect” shines through every time.

    Yes, I’m being sarcastic. Thought I should probably make that clear for Todd-boy.

  95. 95
    YAG YAS Says:

    I don’t know who Todd is, but he can’t possibly be dumber than you.

  96. 96
    Hondo Says:

    pete: shhhh. Don’t tip Gag-boy’s babysitter that he’s skipping nappy-time and using mommie’s computer to surf instead! His mommie will be angry if she find out!

  97. 97
    Twist Says:

    How do you know pete’s wasn’t a typo? By your yard stick you don’t know the difference between of and in.

    “Sorry if I’ve just pulled the tablecloth outvfrom under everything you thought real.”

    If you are going to call out other’s grammer and spelling you should probably watch YOUR own.

  98. 98
    Hondo Says:

    Sure you don’t know who Todd is, tool. Uh huh. Yeah. Sure.

  99. 99
    YAG YAS Says:

    Surely you can link me to 50 relevant links on the matter.

  100. 100
    NHSparky Says:

    SAY GAY–you’re right–I’ve no illusions that in a world of nearly 7 billion people, I’m the best at ANYTHING.

    But at some things which require at least three functional brain cells, I’m pretty well up there.

    Again, what was your MOS/NEC? I was (among others) a 3363. Look it up. Then go ahead and call me stupid. I’m merely remarking the fact that despite my mental prowess, there are many others here who hold more technical jobs and who hold many advanced degrees which I will not attain in this lifetime.

    Oh, and you may go now.

  101. 101
    JAGC Says:

    The tip off about this Internet commando can be found at post 27. That post appears to identify him as another person who has an ax to grind against the military and veterans, while also seemingly engaged in the lonely endeavor of actually supporting valor thieves and those who otherwise dishonor service for their own tangible or emotional gain. The validity of the video here is inconsequential… The video could show that the sky is blue and he would find some excuse to demean the people here.

  102. 102
    pete Says:

    damn!! lil gagoff is a grammar cop also! actually,,i enjoy mis-spelling words and taking them outta context just to piss basement boy’s like you off! must be working? LMAO!

  103. 103
    YAG YAS Says:

    NHSparky, I looked it up. You’re still stupid.

  104. 104
    NHSparky Says:

    Then you know what it is? Pray tell, why don’t you inform the rest of the class?

  105. 105
    YAG YAS Says:

    If they cared to know, they’d look it up themselves. Geez, you’re dumb.

  106. 106
    pete Says:

    i think lil gagoff is about to cry!

  107. 107
    Hondo Says:

    Concur, JAGC. Like this guy, perhaps.

    http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=32985

    See also comment 94 above.

  108. 108
    PintoNag Says:

    There is an article on MSN now that points out discrepencies in the mentioned video.

  109. 109
    NHSparky Says:

    Ah, but see, I’m pretty sure that in 3 minutes you didn’t find it.

    Bottom line, as before, you’re a fucking idiot or a liar.

    Hell, probably both.

  110. 110
    NHSparky Says:

    And again, SAY GAY–let’s go by your assumption and say the video IS a fake.

    Are you now claiming such things (raptors–ooooh, there’s that “big word” again) like this have NOT happened?

  111. 111
    Hondo Says:

    Gee, I’m guessing Gag-boy didn’t bother and doesn’t know how to look up that MOS, NHSparky. And I’m also guessing he doesn’t realize most of the regulars here already know your background.

    God, some children get SO cranky when they miss nappy-time!

  112. 112
    pete Says:

    does that lil twerp gagoff, even know what an MOS even is?

  113. 113
    YAG YAS Says:

    108 Obviously MSN thinks eagles don’t attack children or small animals!

    109 Sparky I googled NEC 3363 and it took about 4 seconds. Now I don’t doubt that it would take you up to 5 minutes to figure out how to do same, but as you said before, you’re not the smartest guy out there.

  114. 114
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Well, so now it’s reduced to using perceived slurs like stupid, moron, dumb.

    Again, the attention whore is showing itself for what it really is. And it’s been found out, so it’s trying to get even again. Can’t get to the top of the big rock on playground at recess, so it calls everyone else stupid and dumb. Yeah, that’s real creative.

    Is that why you got kicked out of cooking school? Couldn’t come up with an original recipe? Gee, people do that here all the time. Or was it failing the food chemistry test? Hmmm. Well, when you put butter in pastry like pie crust, it makes it nice and flaky because the little bits of butter blended with the flour and water and salt leave tiny pockets behind when the pastry is baked. And if you want pie crust for a one-crust cream pie to stay flat, you bake it with beans in the tin after you poke it with a fork to let the steam out.

  115. 115
    YAG YAS Says:

    110 Your idiocy is the gift that keeps on giving.

  116. 116
    pete Says:

    are ya crying yet gagoff? better go get mommy sweetie

  117. 117
    Hondo Says:

    There was an article posted at Global Montreal quite a bit earlier today that did the same, PintoNag. Neither article is definitive one way or the other. Both raise doubts, but neither offers conclusive proof.

    In short: could be real, could be fake. At this point we don’t definitively know one way or another.

    But in any case, such an incident is plausible even if this one turns out to be bogus. That – along with pointing out Gag-boy’s idiocy – has been my whole point from square one.

  118. 118
    Hondo Says:

    Prove it, Gag-boy. Prove you actually did what you claim and that you’re not lying to us.

    What is NHSparky’s military background? What did he do?

  119. 119
    NHSparky Says:

    Again, I’ve been called lots of things IRL, jagoff–asshole, arrogant, pissy, grouchy, but never any variant of stupid.

    But YMMV. That’s cool. My give-a-shitness regarding your opinion has been noted.

  120. 120
    NHSparky Says:

    Hondo–fuggedaboutit. I know, and that’s all that matters. Group hug, everybody?

  121. 121
    Video is a fake Says:

    I’m not going step in the heated discussion above, but there is no doubt the video is a fake.

    The video shows a royal eagle snatching a young kid while he plays under the watch of his dad. The eagle then drops the kid a few feet away. Both the eagle and the kid were created in 3D animation and integrated in to the film afterwards.

    http://blogue.centrenad.com/2012/12/19/centre-nad-reassures-montrealers-no-danger-of-being-snatched-by-a-royal-eagle/?lang=en#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed

  122. 122
    PintoNag Says:

    @117 No dispute there. While the video may be a fake, an eagle attack certainly isn’t. They are more than capable of taking lambs and dogs, for sure, both of which would weigh as much or more than the child in the video.

  123. 123
    Video is a fake Says:

    Obviously, I agree with you Pinto. We have historical evidence of raptors preying on children, and it is no stretch to reason that an eagle would try to prey on a child today. The bird sees a tasty snack of the right size, and evolutionary instincts kick in.

    I have no idea how recent this has occurred or how often this occurs, but possible for sure. I bet the odds of getting it on film are rather slim, but in today’s digital age, can’t rule it out.

  124. 124
    Video is a fake Says:

    I don’t understand YAG YAS’s attitude. Instead calling it a fake and presenting the evidence, he had to be a bag of dicks about it.

  125. 125
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Sparky, just how many torpedoes DID you polish?

    What is most interesting about gaggus is that the minute I said he’s been found out, he quit talking to me.

    And now, he’s off in a corner, sucking his thumb – or whatever – because the girls won’t even let him play with them.

    Well, gaggy gay say, who would WANT to play with you, you obnoxious, toad-licking, rump-fed runion?

    I have a camera with a microchip that’s smarter than you are.

  126. 126
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    You know, the guy who created the video of crop circles suddenly appearing while people walked by them went to the trouble of explaining how he did it. None of the UFO-space alien hunters believed him, because it was too disapppointing to find that they’d been fooled by a clever trick.

    So maybe the video is a gag, maybe not. I see things that others have missed. I can do some nice stuff with CS3, but I tell people what I’ve done.

    I don’t use it as an opportunity to vent spleen on other people.

  127. 127
    RUSH is the greatest Band Says:

    That video is fake, I am surprised you don’t know this

  128. 128
    RUSH is the greatest Band Says:

    PH2 you were a photographer in the Navy? With all the sabre rattling you and the rest of the folks do on here you would think you were something a little more combat related..

  129. 129
    YAG YAS Says:

    126 Holy fucking shit you are dull. The video is fake! The people who created it said so! Look back at 11, what did I say would happen?

    You idiots have given me so many laughs today that could never be topped even if someone got me a 5 barrels of laughs for Christmas. And no Hondo, I don’t actually think barrels of laugh really exist, so you need to post 21 links on the topic.

    Merry Christmas shitheads and if you get any cards with photos of your relatives’ kids with Santa, rest assured it’s not actually him.

  130. 130
    RUSH is the greatest Band Says:

    PH2 you were a photographer in the Navy and can’t tell that the video is fake? It might be time for a new line of work for you..

  131. 131
    Video is a fake Says:

    I’m confused. I get that video was fake and YAG YAS was right about it, why is he acting in this manner? Does he have a personal grudge against some of the posters here?

    I’m not military but I have friends that are (akaI have black friends, see, I’m not a racist!) and I lurk here for fun. Just don’t get this guy getting so excited over this. ?

  132. 132
    pete Says:

    hey rush,,,,are you gagoff’s boyfriend?

  133. 133
    Video is a fake Says:

    @132
    the fact he thinks Rush is the greatest band strongly hints that he’s a friend of Dorthy. GAYDAR alert!

  134. 134
    Hondo Says:

    Video is a fake: IMO there’s a good chance it’s because he’s an asshole faker who was outed here at TAH and is butt-hurt about that. See comments 94 and 107 above and the link contained in the latter.

    Had he come in here with proof and/or a reasonable argument, the entire discussion would have lasted 10 to 20 comments. Instead he provided much amusement for many by repeatedly proving himself an ass.

  135. 135
    RUSH is the greatest Band Says:

    @132 I am not entitled to an opinion?

  136. 136
    RUSH is the greatest Band Says:

    @133 oh yeah what do you listen to country songs about driving into a ditch and beating your wife?

  137. 137
    Video is a fake Says:

    Yes, you are entitled to your opinion. Your opinion might lead others to believe you are homosexual. And yes, you are entitled to be a homosexual.

    But seriously, RUSH, why all the venom and vile over calling someone out over a rigged video posted on the internet?

  138. 138
    RUSH is the greatest Band Says:

    I have zero venom about pointing out it was fake.. There was an article online about this very video being fake..

    I doubt you have ever been to a Rush concert because if you have there aren’t may homosexuals hanging out there..

    Old Boy came on here and said the video was fake and got blitzed by all kinds of people, he was insulting them but they weren’t a basket of cuddling puppies..

  139. 139
    ttaylor Says:

    Oh wow!!

  140. 140
    Joe Mama Says:

    The dingo ate your baby.

  141. 141
    Hondo Says:

    RUSH: there’s a bit of history here with YAG YAS. He’s come in “flinging dung” on a couple of other threads previously. And it’s possible he’s a faker who was previously outed here at TAH and is doing so in a pathetically lame attempt to “get even”. See comments 94 and 107 above, plus YAG YAS’s comments here

    http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=33267

    and here

    http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=33257

    Bottom line: he was suspected to be nothing but an ignorant, abrasive ass before this article was ever posted. That was proven above, and is why the response to his initial insulting entry was harsh and got harsher.

  142. 142
    FatCircles0311 Says:

    Ban assault eagles. No reason why eagles should be equipped to assault claws.

  143. 143
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    What the hell happened? I leave for most of the day and when I return there’s a 17-car pileup in this post!

  144. 144
    pete Says:

    @ 143 lmao!

  145. 145
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    RUSH is NOT the greatest band:

    I don’t have any issues with a confirmation that the video is a composite — what you’re calling a fake — because I do photo effects on some of my own images, but I admit to it. I state that they are altered and edited when I publish them.

    If this video is a manufactured or composite image, then it’s done quite well, because I did a stop motion frame-by-frame and enlarged viewing of it. The CGI images and effects in movies like Star Wars I, II, and III are far superior to IV, V, and VI. There is an enormous catalog of CGI imaging in all of the Lord of the Rings movies, but those techniques are vastly improved since the 1976 release of Star Wars.

    So if the creator of this video did fool me, so what?

    People argue over UFO videos that show nothing but small sport aircraft in the distance and no one can convince them that it’s anything other than alien spaceships. No one believed the creator of the crop circles video when he spilled the beans on how he did it. None of the crop circles hunters believe that humans can make the crop circles when it’s nothing but trampling grain in a field by a bunch of beered-up art college students.

    Why would I be upset be something that is done well? It’s not insulting to find that somebody did a bang-up job of special effects on an amateur. And it does not make me incompetent. It means that the guy did a good job, which is what he meant to do.

    However, you have no call to come here and insult me or anyone else on this board. You have no idea who you’re up against.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

  146. 146
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    I see that the video’s authenticity is in doubt. Sure looks real to me. And if it is a fake, it’s a damn fine job and achieved the desired result: deceiving people. As for the crazed fellow who thinks it’s an IQ issue to have been duped, well, that’s just wrong and foolish. Whatever is ailing that fellow isn’t going to be cured here.

  147. 147
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    And no Rush is NOT the greatest band.

    That would Dave Brubeck, Bobby Troup, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington. THOSE are the greatest bands.

  148. 148
    The Dude Says:

    That video is far out man

  149. 149
    NHSparky Says:

    I love RUSH, but no way in hell are they the greatest band. And while I think there’s a lot of bands who don’t deserve to be in the Rock And Roll HOF, those whiner D&D players from the 70′s and 80′s who never quite grew up and play Moving Pictures on their cassette players nonstop need to grow the fuck up.

    And again, Dude, et al, need to grow the fuck up.

  150. 150
    Jim Says:

    The link to prove the video was faked doesn’t lead to anything.

    “Sorry, but you are looking for something That Is not here.”

  151. 151
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    I left out a few other bands, superb musicians, so here they are:

    Glenn Miller
    Harry James
    Fats Carlson
    Artie Shaw
    Kay Kaiser
    Dick Jurgens

    There are others besides these. I think Peggy Lee had her own band. Julie London was married to Bobby Troup. And from the 1970s, there is the Jacques Loussier Trio, as well as B.B. King and Miles Davis.

    There are not just bands, they are incredibly great bands. Real musicians playing real music.

  152. 152
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    Hendrix
    Grateful Dead
    Zeppelin
    The Who
    Hendrix again

  153. 153
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Big Brother and the Holding Company
    Chicago
    Earth Wind and Fire
    Stones

  154. 154
    hueydoc Says:

    according to this article the video is a fake created for a university project.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250416/Eagle-toddler-snatch-video-WAS-hoax-Media-professor-admits-students-fooled-world-CGI-footage-bird-prey-grabbing-baby-park.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

  155. 155
    video is a fake Says:

    @150 The above link showing the video is a university project is fake is still working.

    No one has mentioned PINK FLOYD as one of the best bands ever?

  156. 156
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    So, I ask you, who believes the bogus report that the video is fake? Hmmm?

  157. 157
    CUnextTuesday Says:

    Bambi is fake also!!!

  158. 158
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    @157. Is not!

  159. 159
    video is a fake Says:

    @156 it was a university project. See comment 121. I suspect you’re being sarcastic.

  160. 160
    Bambi, the One with the Big Rack Says:

    I can assure you I am not a fake. And I KNOW who killed my mom. I was there when you did. See you next Tuesday.

  161. 161
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    @159. Sorta. My sarcasm is a roundabout way of asking the video producers, “Were you lying before or are you lying now?” Whatever their answer, it is from a liar and isn’t credible.

    @160. Ha! I knew you were fake. Bambi DOES not have a BIG RACK. In fact, Bambi is transgender and sports training felt on hiser small rack.

  162. 162
    Anonymous Says:

    I think RUSH is a great band and very underrated. Since none of the band members have drug problems or other anti-social behavior they’ll never be recognized by true listeners of rock n roll. Those of you who thought the video was real are stupid jackwagons.

  163. 163
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    @162. “Those of you who thought the video was real are stupid jackwagons.”

    Okay, thanks for playing. You’re one of those people who when asked a riddle among others, you feign contemplating its answer for a few minutes before answering the riddle correctly. Of course, the others don’t know you have heard the riddle and its answer previously–and you don’t tell them because you want them to think you’re smart! You are such an asshole. Thank you, again, for playing.

  164. 164
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Riddles! Yes! Let’s do riddles!

    When is a door not a door?

  165. 165
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    Here’s another one:

    What has a mouth but can’t eat, moves but has no legs, has banks but can’t put money in them?

  166. 166
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    And another:

    I killed a fourth of mankind. Who am I?

  167. 167
    Anonymous Says:

    No thank you for playing sitting there judging what’s real and what’s not. Then putting others down for their opinions. You must have worked in Hollywood with EX-PH2. Go reach down under your ball sac if you have any and feel the real asshole.

  168. 168
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    My, my, my – what a malcontent is #167 @Anonymous.

    Disgruntled, sourpuss, vindictive, snipey, miserable. What a sadsack way to go through the world. And at the end of it, what do you have? Nothing but rude comments. What a pathetic image you present of yourself. If this is how you see others, I shudder to think how you see yourself.

    I have never worked in Hollywood. I have never claimed that I worked in Hollywood. I worked in Chicago. Wrong again.

  169. 169
    PintoNag Says:

    @164 When it’s a jar.

    @165 A river.

    @166 I don’t know that one!

  170. 170
    PintoNag Says:

    Here’s one. From the beginning of eternity to the end of time and space I am every place. What am I?

  171. 171
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    I know! I know! It’s the Universe or God or Buddha.

  172. 172
    PintoNag Says:

    Answer: the letter ‘e.’

    Don’t throw anything at me…I didn’t make that one up. And I said the same thing you did when I first heard it! :)

  173. 173
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    How did I miss that! This is what I love about riddles.

    Okay, the answer to 166 is Cain. He slew Abel.

  174. 174
    Ex-PH2 Says:

    I still mystified by people think that you’re stupid if you decide that a very well-done student CGI video is the real thing, when they are exactly the people who go ape-bananas over the AF Reserve playing snooker with the citiznes of Boulder, CO by hovering over the city in helicopters at night and slowyl — very slowly — lighting flares.

    Those just HAVE to be alien space ships! They HAVE to be! If they aren’t, then the UFO people won’t come and take these benighted souls away with them.

    They are also the people who think that crop circles are landing zone signs made by space aliens, instead of just a bunch of beered-up art college students ruining a farmer’s crop harvest and income by stomping down the wheat to the tune of 10,000 metric tons. And it’s always wheat, never oats or barley or rye. Never soybeans. Never clover or timothy or alfalfa. Occasionally, in the US, its’ corn. But if you tell these hosers that it was done by humans, they don’t believe you, even if you have the video of the kids doing it.

    And we’re stupid? Sure. Keep telling your little selves that.

  175. 175
    Anonymous Says:

    Hey George Lucus it’s called sarcasism! Your the one that analyze d Star Wars while working at tje adult book store.

  176. 176
    2-17 Air Cav Says:

    @175. The screen name Anonymous is automatically listed if the commenter does not enter a screen name. Thank goodness. Otherwise, the one calling us stupid for being deceived by a masterful video creation, would have spelled it anonamus or some such thing. Game over. Away with you!

  177. 177
    Anonymous Says:

    Lighten up George! You may still have a job as Travolta’s towel boy.

  178. 178
    Malcolm Harris Says:

    Well it looks real and uninterrupted in its entirety. Been working with adobe products since 1988 . Not so much with video but the background in the video seems to be solid and no noticeable frame jumping with the eagle movements. The shadows movements are smooth and uniterrupted, that is the extent of my video knowledge. It seems seamless to me. If this was done for a grade then I would say someone got an A+

  179. 179
    ABN Gramps Says:

    Fly me to the moon………

  180. 180
    ABN Gramps Says:

    Oh yeah my two cents on greatest bands…….
    Les Brown and His Band of Renound
    Either Dorsey brother band
    Any US Army Band (notably 82nd Airborne Division Band 87-90/02-05)
    Gaelic Storm
    Dropkick Murphys……

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