By Tim Binnall
A wild video out of Taiwan shows the moment when a man and his granddaughter were pursued by an aggressive goose and the beleaguered grandfather wound up having to use the tot to bat away at the angry bird. The jaw-dropping encounter reportedly occurred in late October when the unnamed duo were visiting the Tainan Metropolitan Park, which is home to a gaggle of popular white geese. Their trip took a troubling turn, however, when one of the birds apparently took umbrage at them encroaching on its territory and began to go after the man's granddaughter. Witnesses say that the heroic grandfather quickly swooped in and picked up the youngster, but this only exacerbated the situation as the animal was now targeting both of them.
Footage captured by an astonished bystander features the culmination of the showdown wherein the man can be seen holding his granddaughter up to his chest as a rather large goose furiously stalks towards them. Anxiously backing away from the ornery animal, the grandfather finally resorts to desperate measures and proceeds to swing the youngster in the direction of the goose, which causes the little girl's dangling leg to whack the bird on its beak. The impromptu defense appears to have worked as the stunned creature subsequently gives up the fight and slinks away from the pair to rejoin its gaggle, which just may have been giggling at how their friend fared in the 'fight.'