Deer breaks into house

[Tamoi]

I always think it's funny when people are scared of black bears. They're scaredy cats, and even with all the time I spend in the woods I rarely ever see them. They're around, there's sign everywhere, but they run away long before you ever know they're nearby.

I don't think they are cowardly as much as they prefer to avoid confrontations. It saves more energy and hence fat for the winter hibernation to simply run from/evade confrontation with other predators.

You're right.
Though I have to wonder if there is much of a difference. Wouldn't the emotion they feel that provokes that drive be akin to fear, in a lesser state? Dunno, just speculating. Though I'd imagine it must feel similiar to how when you're in the woods and someone unidentified approaches.

She hasn't lived until she's had a bloody 2 ton hippo crash the party.

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That picture reminds me of when my goats used to break into my house. I'd find the house a mess, flour and tore up clothing and books everywhere, and all the goats sleeping in my bed. Oddly enough it happened more than once, too. One of my goats kept figuring out how to open the latch on my door no matter how I built it...

EDIT: Quoting error.

[Saint Kitten]

First they run over our grandmothers and now this! Oh, wait. That was a reindeer..

[SaintB]

I don't think they are cowardly as much as they prefer to avoid confrontations. It saves more energy and hence fat for the winter hibernation to simply run from/evade confrontation with other predators.

You're right.
Though I have to wonder if there is much of a difference. Wouldn't the emotion they feel that provokes that drive be akin to fear, in a lesser state? Dunno, just speculating. Though I'd imagine it must feel similiar to how when you're in the woods and someone unidentified approaches.

I dunno, from what I observe they just kind of mosey away like 'Don't mind me I'm just passing through.' But when confronted unexpectedly they certainly do turn tail and run like in all those videos of bears running from housecats.

[Utceforp]

Oh deer.

[Need a Name]

Wow, I guess the world ran out of real news.

[Greater Weselton]

Deer seem nice.

[SaintB]

Deer seem nice.

That's just Disney propaganda. Deer are assholes.

[The Cobalt Sky]

Deer seem nice.

That's just Disney propaganda. Deer are assholes.

I can attest to that. Many of them are in debt to me but won't pay up.

[SaintB]

That's just Disney propaganda. Deer are assholes.

I can attest to that. Many of them are in debt to me but won't pay up.

Don't forget their propensity for suicide vandalism.

[Katganistan]

http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/deer-breaks-doors-ransacks-bathroom-27418036

GALLOWAY, New Jersey — Police say a deer burst through the front doors of a New Jersey home, darted through the residence and ransacked the master bathroom.

Galloway police received a 911 call at around 3:30 p.m. Saturday from a woman reporting that a deer ran through her house while she was putting sweet potatoes in the oven. The woman said she followed the deer into the back of the house and locked it in a bathroom.

Responding officers found the glass on the front storm door shattered. They also found the frame on the main door damaged, indicating that the deer muscled its way through two doors to enter the home.

After a brief standoff, police escorted the deer from the home and released it into the wild.

The bathroom was significantly damaged.

The deer didn't steal anything. All it did was destroy the bathroom. I guess it didn't like the design of the bathroom.
So NSG! What do you guys think of this story? What doe you think of this story!

It happens more often than you'd think -- they crash in, especially through sliding glass doors -- then panic and can't get out, especially if there are mirrored walls. It's no joke -- deer can easily kill a human being.

The woman did the right thing in locking it in the bathroom. Better a bloody and destroyed bathroom than her family injured.