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Musician Playing Harp in the Woods Is Greeted by Deer Like Something Out of a Fairy Tale
My Modern Met ^ | July 28, 2020 | Emma Taggart

Posted on 07/31/2020 7:32:50 AM PDT by SJackson

Harpist Is Accompanied By Adorable Woodland Creature In A Dreamy Scene Straight Out Of A Disney Movie BY MATTHEW RUSSELL

“My harp session turned into a Disney movie,” writes Redditor u/Noomie90.

The musician was preparing for practice when a white-tailed deer approached slowly from behind. With a smile and a song, she continued to play along.

The harpist performed “The Sounds of Silence” with a uniquely designed “portable” model.

The deer appears in the background of the meadow.

“TIL harps can have slings so you can harp anywhere,” commented Redditor u/nerdwaffles.

“It’s actually an altered guitar strap!” replied the musician.


The deer comes very close to the harpist before going back into the woods.

The deer is mesmerized by the music and draws closer as the song progresses. But before the song is up, the deer dashes off back into the woods.

The harpist jumps just as her woodland audience bounds into the thicket.

“There’s something so beautiful about them being drawn together by the music only to both be startled by each other.,” wrote u/greenline_chi.


he harpist was startled by the deer as it jumped into the tall grass.


The deer jumps back into the woods.

“I had seen it in the distance, but the sound of it rushing off made me think it was charging at me!” the musician wrote.

The harpist was startled by the deer as it jumped into the tall grass.

Most commentors in the thread agreed, u/Noomie90’s harp skills are second to none, but what of the deer? What will this ungulate remember from this event?

“For the rest of its life, that deer is going to remember that there are beautiful nymphs in the woods who play haunting music, but it will never see another one,” wrote u/chickenstalker99. “It will listen expectantly, and wonder where the harp girl has gone. In dreams, it will see her again, but awake to find her gone.”

Redditor u/deucemagnet offered an alternative take on the video.

“Rather than engaging in an arduous chase, the wild Noomie90 entices her prey closer with the melodious sound of Simon and Garfunkel played on a harp,” u/deucemagnet wrote, attributing the narration, “probably” to David Attenborough. “Here, she catches the attention of a whitetail doe. The doe is wary, but mesmerized. She cannot help but be drawn ever closer, where she will be clubbed senseless by the heavy instrument. Suddenly, the doe’s instincts overcome the fugue state induced by the siren song. She flees, living to see another day.”

Listen to the sweet sounds of u/Noomie90’s harp in the video below.


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: music; wildlife
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1 posted on 07/31/2020 7:32:50 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me if you see articles of interest.
2 posted on 07/31/2020 7:33:12 AM PDT by SJackson (wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
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To: SJackson
Source is Animal Rescue Site not My Modern Met
3 posted on 07/31/2020 7:34:06 AM PDT by SJackson (wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
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To: SJackson

Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast..................


4 posted on 07/31/2020 7:34:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: SJackson

Apples work, too.


5 posted on 07/31/2020 7:37:25 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Red Badger

Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
-William Congreve


6 posted on 07/31/2020 7:39:54 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: SJackson

I can use a bass clarinet to speak to geese.


7 posted on 07/31/2020 7:40:13 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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To: real saxophonist

Do it at a zoo.


8 posted on 07/31/2020 7:41:10 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: SJackson

That’s cool.


9 posted on 07/31/2020 7:41:36 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

“...beautiful nymphs in the woods..”

Yeah, I had a “beautiful nymph in the woods” once upon a time, too... I was 19 at the time... :^)

Nuff said...


10 posted on 07/31/2020 7:42:37 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: SJackson

I hope she slathered herself with tick repellent first...


11 posted on 07/31/2020 7:43:50 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: gundog

“Apples work, too.”

I have 2 fawns, and a Doe that hang out in my backyard. I feed them apples that they cant reach from my Apple Tree. I find they also like tomatoes.
When I entertain on the weekends we have the music playing, and hang out on the deck. I have a woodpile about 10 yards away in which the fawn lays, and watches us. Too Funny.


12 posted on 07/31/2020 7:44:57 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: gundog

I can soothe her savage breasts without music..................or with...............maybe some Lionel Ritchie in the background...................


13 posted on 07/31/2020 7:46:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I could make a few noises with it. There was a lake on campus with geese. One time I was walking with a girl around that lake, and a goose ran up and bit her right on her butt. Talk about being ‘goosed’! 8~)


14 posted on 07/31/2020 7:47:14 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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To: MotorCityBuck
Deer acclimate to humans pretty well.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6_sLF3OBtc8

15 posted on 07/31/2020 7:49:18 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: All
Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
16 posted on 07/31/2020 7:50:26 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Masks are not about controlling a virus. Masks are about controlling people.)
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To: real saxophonist

These Gals are “Pretty”Good.

https://youtu.be/OMcs4zPR-gg


17 posted on 07/31/2020 7:51:19 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: SJackson

The deer is mesmerized by the music and draws closer as the song progresses. “”

Hunters will playing harp CDs...


18 posted on 07/31/2020 7:51:19 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: gundog
That's Great!
19 posted on 07/31/2020 7:56:18 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: SJackson
Years ago, I went off-trail while hiking and got lost. I had a topo map with me, and followed a stream down to a small lake where I thought I could get my bearings. When I arrived at the lake, there was a small deer drinking from the lake, and he gave me sort of a "What are you doing here?" look, but kept on drinking.

Using the map I was able to locate the direction back to the trail and after scrambling up a scree slope, I finally made it back to the trail. Lesson learned: don't go off the trail.
20 posted on 07/31/2020 8:03:47 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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