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Steve Miller would be proud: the eagle flies

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Yes, a bald eagle….two floors underground flying across the hotel ballroom. The Americans in Switzerland certainly like to celebrate Election Day in style.

Shere Kahn is best known as the mascot to Geneva’s ice hockey team, Servette Hockey Club. The 13-year-old eagle is normally used to more complicated evenings when he has to carry the puck onto the ice before home games. Tonight’s was a simple manoevre, but it certainly scared the hell out of half the room. The night is young…

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