Massive eagle attacks 8-year-old girl in shocking video! (video)
The horrific attack came during a show when spectators were watching hunting birds of prey with their handlers in Kyrgyzstan.
The child suddenly ran from the spectator area just as the eagle was released.
The video shows how the bird – with a wingspan of more than 6ft – targets the girl believing her to be the prey it was supposed to catch during the performance.
Luckily for the girl, the bird’s handler comes to free the child from its giant claws just in time.
A hunter on horseback also arrives to assist.
The girl was taken back to her mum who was also watching the performance at a local festival, called Teskey Zheek in the country’s Issyk-Kul region.
The unnamed child was then rushed to hospital.
Zhenishkul Sukaeva, chief doctor at Tonsky regional hospital, said that her back was badly scratched and she needed “several stitches” having also sustained head injuries.
Dr Sukaeva said: “The girl was shocked and distressed but is gradually getting better.”
The handlers had been demonstrating traditional eagle hunting skills in the mountainous former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
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