Posted on 12/06/2005 4:03:13 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
Five Deer Leap to Deaths From W.Va. Garage
2 hours, 53 minutes ago
RANSON, W.Va. - Either they misjudged the distance or they couldn't take the traffic. For reasons that mystify authorities, five deer that made their way onto the top of a five-story parking garage suddenly leaped to their deaths Sunday.
Police Cpl. Steve Cox found the does' bodies on a service road to the Charles Town Races & Slots, next to a security van they'd narrowly missed.
"They took the plunge," he said. "It was just absolutely weird."
A woman called police when she saw the deer falling, and Cox said he found scratches and animal hair on the fifth floor, indicating that's where they had been.
It's unclear how the deer got into the garage, but Cox said they may have become frightened after getting trapped. Cars moving through the garage may have spooked them, he said.
Or they could have been fooled by trees that can be seen from the top of the garage, mistakenly thinking they were close to home.
The carcasses were given to passers-by for butchering.
The deer is falling, the deer is falling.
(Adaptation to Chicken Little.)
It's still sad.
LOL!!!!
Deer me(at), that was punny!
Thank heavens it wasn't Dasher!
On a serious note - they had the same problem (animals jumping for no reason - this time off a cliff) in Sonoma last year - I believe it was sheep or cows though.
Ick.
Where's the Wednesday thread Max?
I think our Ms PaulaB is sleeping in. We're getting ice down here so she may be stuck on the road somewhere.
D'oe!!
LOL! Excellent. Wildlife Press Statement: "Due to weather concerns helicopters were unavailable for the deer."
I agree
I hope there wasn't any children around who saw Santa's dear deers leap
A 5 story building in West Verginia. Yeah, right!
I guess since they landed on the service road they ar e true ROAD KILL.
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