For several hours, millions of people around the world thought it was a real golden eagle swooping down and snatching a tot from a Montreal park before dropping the baby unharmed.
A YouTube video titled “The Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” went viral, leaving many to ask: Could this be a hoax or did this happen?
Well, the truth came out Wednesday afternoon when a Montreal animation school admitted that the hoax was hatched by third-year students.
Both the eagle and the child were created in 3D animation and integrated into the real shooting, the school, Centre NAD, said.