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.
It's this bloody Bush economy!
"Toto, we're not in a Blue State anymore." How many passer-by takers would you get in SF or Boston? There, you'd need someone "official" to drag off and waste the carcasses.
Oh, deer.
Big losers on the slots, they commited suicide. Case closed.
It's that new deer-lemming crossbreed.
Maybe reindeer really can't fly!!!
or
they were depressed...
Suicide Bambis.
As God is my witness -- I thought deer could fly!
lol
My thoughts exactly. I have eaten road-kill deer.
But those weren't dropped from a 5 story garage either. Probably a lot of bruised meat.
Suicide Bambis - that is too funny
They probably just get sick and tired of hearing the democrats whine and lie
On crack, thought they were Rudolph.
Case Closed
Five more votes for the democrats... |
Oh man.
Santa (on phone): "Training center -- next batch..."
Now THAT is a great name for a rock band!
Sheesh...talk about your lucky day!
Maybe those deers ate some reefers and went crazy.
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