After the Attack: Wedge-Tailed Eagle: Episode 4

This episode of After the Attack features paraglider Niki Moss as she retells her story of being attached by two wedge-tailed eagles in Australia.

The professional paraglider recalls the moment that she was attacked by the two birds. At the time of the attack she was teaching a paragliding class. She said she heard a screeching and it kept getting closer and closer. She then heard another screech and noticed that the two birds were coming down from above and were diving down on the canopy of her gear.

Finally they found their way to her body  instead of the canopy of the glider when one of the birds began attacking her head. She is then forced to make an emergency landing. She was really fortunate that she didn’t have any physical injuries, but the emotional injuries have been her most serious. Flying her been very fearful for her as this is how she makes her life as well as her livelihood.