One brave mother
A video that has recently gone viral on TikTok shows a brave mother rescuing her pet goose from a rogue bald eagle by chasing it out of her driveway… whilst breastfeeding and practically naked.
The short video clip posted by @FrankyTheGoose starts calm enough.
In it, we see a house and its cobble stone driveway – when out of nowhere a bald eagle swoops down from the sky and attacks a goose that’s just chilling out on the front porch.
As the huge bird of prey attempts to make an escape with its newfound goose-prize, its plans are suddenly thwarted by the goose’s concerned human owner who – noticing the calamity – wastes no time in sprinting into the theatre of conflict to rescue her beloved pet – baby in tow, pink pants and all.
“We have lost 3 chickens in the last week from what I was told was eagles which I believed hawks were preying on them but watch Frankie (our female goose) get taken,” said the caption accompanying the video, which has so far been viewed 11 million times, received 883K likes and countless comments.
The poster continued to cue up the clip, adding: “Mama bear mid breast feeding protecting her sweet Frankie. Officially living at a zoo.”
Watch the chaos unfold below:
@frankythegoose We have lost 3 chickens in the last week from what I was told was eagles which I believed hawks were preying on them but watch Frankie (our female goose) get taken. Mama bear mid breast feeding protecting her sweet Frankie. Officially living at a zoo ? #nature #geese #eagle #eagleattack #yyj #victoriabc #eagles #mamabear #geeseofinstagram #eaglesofinstagram #canadasnature #naturechannel ♬ original sound – Mikey
“I mean it’s definitely not something you see every day,” explained Franky the goose’s owner and eagle-defeater Cait Oakley, speaking to ChekOnline, an outlet local to North Saanich where the incident took place.
“I was in the middle of feeding [her baby], so that’s why I didn’t have a shirt on and was kind of getting ready for the evening,” she said, recalling the incident which took place on Wednesday (May 18).
“I just ran outside and when Mike [partner] came out he was like, ‘you’re topless.’ And I’m like yeah, no, I’m very aware. Sorry neighbours.”
She continued: “As a mom of three I’m always breastfeeding and it’s so natural, that’s mom life summed up, something is always going on when I’m feeding her and I’m always on the go.”
Thanks to Oakley’s quick thinking, Frankie the goose managed to survive the incident without a scratch and many people in comments under the video have sung her praises for her fearless actions.
“Babe I’m in love with the fact that you ran out in your birthday suit almost your a great mama,” said one TikToker.
“Not all hero’s wear clothes” said another.
Meanwhile, Oakley has been loving every minute of it: “People are just loving Frankie so much, and I’m just having so much fun with it it’s hilarious,” she laughed.
“I think it’s just such a chaotic unusual thing to see.”
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