Posted on 10/13/2014 11:03:25 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Athens County Sheriff's Lt. Steve Sedwick had never seen anything like it.
Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, as he was leaving Athens to head toward Albany to patrol, Sedwick spotted four deer carcasses lying in the middle of the highway exit lane. The bizarre site was on the exit for Ohio Rt. 682 off of Rt. 32/50/33, the main highway through Athens.
"I caught something in the corner of my eye as I drove by and it looked like there was something laying in the middle of the road," he said Friday. "So I stopped and backed up - I had no idea what it was at first - and when I put the spotlight on it, and saw it was four deer lying there, it was pretty unusual."
Initially, Sedwick said, he suspected the deer may have been hit by a car. He blocked the roadway and closed off the exit ramps so he could enter the highway safely and figure out what was going on, he said.
"I checked each and every one of the deer, and there was really no damage, no blood, no fur torn or anything like that to indicate they were hit by a vehicle," he said. "The only logical conclusion was that they, all four, jumped off of that bridge, one right after the other. It's something I've never seen before."
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I had similar thoughts upon seeing this.
A metaphor for the Obama campaign and its followers.
Never did see what caused all the commotion....
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It’s mating season now, so they are acting crazy.
A St*rBucks has opened nearby......
Surprised Sharpton and Jesse arent all over this.
They were “White Tailed Deer!!”
I swear to GOD!
I thought turkeys could fly!
Looks like four does...
Darn female emotional decision makers!!! They don’t make good leaders. Neither does our current male emotional decision maker president for that matter!
I put one up at the end of my driveway; but the deer around here must be on to me...
You forgot to tell us to READ this out loud!
Base jumping training is OBVIOUSLY sorely lacking!
I was worried about hitting deer, too.
So I bought some of them thar deer whistles ya put on yer pickup.
It was only about 5-6 miles from the store to my house; but I hit two deer on the way HOME!
When the insurance guy showed up, I told him I wuz gonna SUE! the manufacturer of them dumb whistles.
After he checked out the damage, he told me that I probably should not sue.
"Why NOT!?!", I hollered!
"Uh", he stammered; "It appears that you installed them BACKWARD!"
I think this is a known phenomenon, where the visual cues for height are not present. The approaches to the overpass are through level ground, and the deer think ( implicitly ) that they are jumping over a railing.
Doubt it. What would be the motive?
These incidents are apparently not that uncommon. For instance, there was a four-deer case in Cleveland in 2009.
They keep showing those Rudolph reruns earlier & earlier, with blatant disregard of their effects on impressionable, young deer ....
Years later, my dad had his car repaired from a deer strike. I noted there was no damage to the grill. He said, "The deer had run into the side of his SUV, and damaged the passenger door"which I hadn't looked at!
Not sure in NC what happens.
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