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Stranded Deer Gets Some Help From Unlikely Source
« on: January 26, 2007, 09:24:29 pm »
Oh, I'm so glad he finally got off of it!




TV Helicopter Saves Stranded Deer



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A stranded deer gets lucky when a television helicopter helps it to shore.

 


NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- The pilot of a TV news helicopter used the wind from the aircraft's rotor to push a stranded deer to safety after it lost its footing on a frozen lake and could not get up.

A small crowd had gathered to watch the deer struggling, its hooves repeatedly slipping, near the shore of Lake Thunderbird around 4 p.m. Wednesday.

With the helicopter's camera rolling, KWTV pilot Mason Dunn used the wind from the rotor to push the deer, initially sending it into a break in the ice where the animal managed to hold onto the ice with its front legs.

Dunn then lowered the helicopter and the wind sent the deer sliding on its belly across the ice until it reached shore and scampered into a nearby wooded area.



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Re: Stranded Deer Gets Some Help From Unlikely Source
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2007, 02:51:39 am »
I'm so glad she's safe  :) (good thing Jack and Ennis weren't around, with that rifle of theirs - just joking  :laugh:)
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Re: Stranded Deer Gets Some Help From Unlikely Source
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2007, 02:54:17 am »
Kerry, I can't believe I missed this post from you!

I thought of Garry's Oww-Hee when I first saw this! I'm so glad he is safe too!

Poor baby!
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