YouTube video depicts golden eagle lifting tot in Canada MONTREAL, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A video clip gaining popularity on YouTube appears to depict a golden eagle grabbing a small child in its talons in Montreal. The clip, titled "Golden Eagle Snatches Kid," depicts the bird grabbing the child in front of his mother and carrying the toddler a few feet into the air before dropping him, The Independent reported Wednesday. The child is then seen crying, but does not appear to be seriously hurt. The video had been viewed more than 1.2 million times as of Wednesday. Alex Hearn, a blogger for the New Statesman, said he has reason to suspect the video may be a fake. When the bird swoops down, its shadow pops in one frame after it does. And for one frame, and one frame only, around three seconds in, its right wing becomes transparent," he wrote. Then there is the slightly odd motion of the child after the eagle lets go of it. Not only does it carry on going up -- which would just be momentum -- but its ascent actually speeds up a bit before falling.