A video of an eagle flying off with a drone has gone viral on social media, leaving netizens amused. The video starts with footage taken from the drone as it’s being flown above an unidentified beach. Moments later, an eagle appears out of nowhere , grabs the drone and flies off with it. The 37-second video which is being widely shared online, shows the drone filming a beach and moving towards the shore. However, quite unexpectedly, an eagle swoops in and flies away with it, capturing the footage below. From there on, we get a little shaky footage, as the eagle’s shadow and wings can be seen in the video.
“Eagle plucks a drone out of the sky and flies off with it,” the video is captioned.
Watch the video here:
Eagle plucks a drone out of the sky and flies off with it.. pic.twitter.com/7vpV97EV6d
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 2, 2021
Since being shared, the video has gone viral, amassing more than 120 K views and 415 retweets. A user commented “Literally a Birds eye view while another wrote, “Nature 1 – Technology 0. You can’t mess with nature! It wins every time.”
”Reminds me of the scene in the movie, The eagles are coming, the eagles are coming,” read another comment.
Check out other reactions:
Kickass. Drop that piece of shit on a rock. I hate drones.
— ACMaiden (@no_maiden) February 2, 2021
Yes, we had a drone out photographing our dinghy races… it was taken out by an angry sea gull. Now on the sea bottom!
— dickaboard (@dickaboard) February 2, 2021
Nice cut to the shadow on the ground. That eagle even has a knack for cinematography.
— Bill Hughes (@hughesaz) February 2, 2021
This would be my luck. I’m thinking of getting into drone photography and on my 1st day some bird will take mine like this.
— Bodega (@BodegaDawg) February 3, 2021
He might be thinking drone as a small bird to eat😁😁
— Kushal Gupta (@KushalG86124028) February 3, 2021
Reminds me of the scene in the movie, “The eagles are coming, the eagles are coming”.
— C S (@clarksville999) February 2, 2021
After all the commotion, the video was quickly recovered by its owner, who added some stabilisation to the video before sharing it with the world. The owner of the drone and the footage itself has yet to be identified.
Ever witnessed such an incident?