A young golden eagle attacks a toddler in Norway, its fourth such assault on humans

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At first, Francis Ari Sture thought a human was trying to shove him down the steep Norwegian mountainside. Then he saw the golden eagle land.

"We are staring at each other for, maybe, a whole minute," Sture told The Associated Press on Monday. "I'm trying to think what's in its mind."

The bird then attacked Sture five more times Thursday, scratching and clawing the 31-year-old bicycle courier's face and arms over 10 to 15 minutes as he sprinted down the mountain. The same eagle is believed to be responsible for attacks on three other people across a vast mountainous...

 

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