ARLINGTON, Texas — Albert Armas attempted to duck out of the way as the bird flew toward him. He lowered his head, curling into a standing fetal position, but all that did was give the North American bald eagle a perfect landing spot. Clark, the eagle, softly clenched his talons into Armas’s back, freezing the 42-year-old in place as a crowd of more than 90,000 at AT&T Stadium roared with excitement. “I was scared crapless, ” Armas laughs from his front-row seat in section 328, surrounded by Notre Dame fans like himself. “My family members have already been texting me, ‘You’re famous!
What It's Like to Have a Bald Eagle Land on You at the Cotton Bowl
