Posted by: family chief
I knew it was a hoax, I'm a falconer. Birds of prey rarely attack their prey with stuff like humans around, not to mention when they strike they usually just pin their prey down and kill them, not fly away unless the prey they have is light enough, but Golden Eagles only reach a top 20 pounds (which is pretty rare), which the kid was probably over that weight. Not to mention they don't strike down like that like a hoop and swoop, they go down like a missile way much faster to pin their prey down.
Now is being a falconer a hobby or a job? Either way, that's an insanely awesome way of spending your time.