A sudden gap in the mist can reveal an eagle carrying prey overhead

Evidence

Everything looked vast and indefinite. Then a huge creation, like one of Dore’s phantom illustrations, with much breathing of wings, came sailing towards me in a temporary opening in the mist. As with a strange rustle it passed close over my head, I saw, for the first time, the great mountain eagle, carrying a good-sized beast in his talons. It was a noble vision. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 253

Categorization

  • CANDY: A traveler watches a mountain eagle sail through a momentary hole in the fog with a dead animal in its talons.
  • FICTION: The mist parting to reveal a huge winged creature overhead is a ready-made reveal beat for a wilderness or fantasy scene.