Several years ago there was a different incident where a guy was attacked by a very large reindeer. They're usually docile, but you know how it is when you're in rut... Anyway, the only thing the guy could do was hang on for dear life. After a long time (he said it was a half-hour, but who knows) the deer had a heart attack and dropped. This story was reported in the WSJ.
Actually, before Murdoch decided to run almost completely with reality tv garbage, they had
a series called "When animals attack", and had that on it. Ended the segment with
rancher eating the reindeer.