RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) -- Jogger Laura Tromp never saw what hit her. It turns out she was blindsided by a whitetail deer.
" I went out for a jog about 20 to 6 Wednesday morning, and I was jogging on Stevens Street when all of a sudden I was face-down on the pavement," she said. " A woman who saw it all said I was hit by a deer. I never saw it coming."
Tromp, of Rhinelander, was treated at St. Mary' s Hospital for multiple injuries.
" It hit me from the side," Tromp said. " I was told later that I was thrown about four feet by the impact."
She suffered a concussion, a broken nose and a broken tooth and also required six stitches to close an open wound on her nose.
Keith McCaffery, a retired deer biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, said the accident was most likely not premeditated by the deer.
" He had to be distracted by something else," McCaffery said. " Whitetails are not particularly protective, even of their young, because they are quite vulnerable to predation.
" They are not as willing to defend their young as, for example, moose which will often stand their ground against predators as large as bears."
McCaffery has his own explanation of what happened.
" I think this incident is evidence that there are too many deer out there."
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I guess that' s as good a reason as any. I don' t jog because my belly bouces to hard....maybe I should suck it up and start jogging! Of course I' d had to carry concealed to fend of those nasty attack whitetails![&:]
Keith McCaffery, a retired deer biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, said the accident was most likely not premeditated by the deer.
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Well, Mr. Deer Expert, when did the deer magically become sentient and intelligent enough to premeditate (i.e. act with malice aforethought) such an act? Of COURSE the deer didn' t premeditate it. Does he really think that occationally deer get together and conspire to run down joggers? Deer may be very aware of their surroundings and that which is out of place, and even somewhat " cunning" with respect to their survival instincts, but they are still dumb animals. This idiot has been watching too many Walt Disney cartoons. Probably a good thing he' s retired.
driftrider, I think he might be saying that sometimes deer will attack if you are too close....i.e. RUT. Never know what a buck will do then. I agree though, it doesn' t take a biologist to figure this out.
Well, Mr. Deer Expert, when did the deer magically become sentient and intelligent enough to premeditate (i.e. act with malice aforethought) such an act? Of COURSE the deer didn' t premeditate it.
This is neither magic, nor a recent occurrence. Anyone who has observed deer (and a lot of other animal species) for any length of time would not question the fact that a lot of them DO IN FACT engage in a rudimentary form of thinking and planning before going into action!
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This is why I don' t jog...
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Of course I' d had to carry concealed to fend of those nasty attack whitetails!
