Sweaty German Woman 1, Deer 0

Runners World ^ | May 3, 2011 | Mark Remy

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

To all those who question the usefulness of self-defense courses, I give you this alarming headline, from a report on sueddeutsche.de:

Joggerin nimmt Reh in den Schwitzkasten

To all those who question the usefulness of German classes: See above.

Okay, okay. Because I'm in a generous mood, here is that headline as rendered in English via Google Translate:

jogger taking deer in a headlock

All right, I can see you're still a bit puzzled. So here's the gist of the story from the English language German news site thelocal.de:

A jogger fought off a crazed, attacking deer by putting it in a headlock and scaring it off.

The 44-year-old woman was jogging in the Echinger Lohe nature reserve in Bavaria, when the deer suddenly attacked her from behind … .

Although she suffered minor injuries to her hands and thighs, she was still able to put the deer in a sweaty headlock, scaring it and forcing it to flee.

As a runner, should you be frightened? I say yes. For a nice tutorial on headlocks, click here; to get to know your enemy, I suggest this.

Meantime, rest assured that German officials are on top of this threat. The final line from Google Translate's version of the original article:

The competent shooting tenant was informed as a precaution.

Good to know.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[socal_parrot]

Good thing it wasn’t a moose. I hear moose bites are most nasty.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Aside for the what the heck ???? factor...kudos for putting together a great thread!!!!!!

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

I hear moose bites are most nasty.

Oh, I know it. My poor sister can testify to that. She got bitten while feeding a moose some cheese (Moose love cheese, y'know). The bite was hugh and series. Anyway, I'll be back. Gotta go take a shower. Let me know if anything else interesting happens.

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi, TSR! Saw your name on the thread and thought it had something to do with the Freak State. Deutschland! Who'd a thunk it?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[mikrofon]

Ich bin ein Deerwinner

[fso301]

Perhaps this calls for an MP3 of that classic 911 call where the guy hit a deer, thought it was dead, loaded it into his backseat to take home and butcher but the deer revived in the back seat and bit the driver on the neck.

[higgmeister]

Talk about headlocks, my Mother’s name was Nelson. That made me a half-Nelson.

[FlyingEagle]

Very series indeed.

[LibertarianInExile]

Talk about headlocks, my Mother’s name was Nelson. That made me a half-Nelson."

I guess that means you're only entitled to go "HA!"

[BobL]

We in Texas have a different way of dealing with animals, of all types.

[eaglesiniowa]

No, the headline is “Runner puts deer in the sweat box”.

[higgmeister]

Things that make me go “HA!”

[Slings and Arrows]

Wild zum Abendessen heute Abend!

[Daffynition]

[dixiechick2000]

Ha! I see what you did there...;o)

[dixiechick2000]

I don’t know what that means, so I will say...

please translate so that I can reply. lol

[Slings and Arrows]

“Venison for supper tonight!”

[Darksheare]

I had nothing to do with it.