A local resident in a rural community reported seeing a hawk that was caught in fishing line.

The fisherman could not ignore the situation and made the decision to assist.

The man also filmed the interaction at the same time, and if you look at the tape, you can tell that the raptor understood him even though he didn’t say a word.

It appeared as though a hawk had dove into the river in order to catch some fish.

But when it fell, it was exactly in the middle of a fishing line that somebody had left there.

When traveling at a high pace, the bird got itself into a terrible mess.

The fisherman witnessed the hawk in its utter state of exhaustion. The bird had even more trouble freeing itself, as the fishing line had become twisted up in its wings, on its neck, and on its claws.

The man started to disentangle the trap methodically, using the knife to cut the line in a few spots along the way.

The hawk did not take its eyes off the person who had come to its rescue the entire time. The bird has a profound comprehension of the human: