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Subscribe to RSSSome Michigan police officers got the fright of their life when a deer jumped out of the trunk of a car they were inspecting after the car owner told them he had recently hit the deer and stuffed it in the trunk.
Some Michigan police officers got a scare when a deer — spooked, probably wounded and apparently determined not to be roadkill — jumped out of the trunk of a parked car during an inspection.
The officers were on patrol in the middle of the night Tuesday, checking on parking lots, when they found what they deemed to be a suspicious man sitting in a car, NBC affiliate WOOD in Grand Rapids reported.
The man told one of the officers, “I hit a deer. I figured you’d want to see it.”
A Kalamazoo police spokesman said that the man had hit the deer on a road and was going to use the meat to feed his family. The officers wanted to make sure the deer was properly tagged with a permit.
The man hit the trunk release, and out hopped the deer, hind legs first — causing both officers to jump back with a start. The deer tumbled onto its side, managed to right itself and scampered into nearby woods.
“Oh, he’s still alive!” shouted one of the officers, David Miller.
It was all captured on the officers’ dashboard camera.
The spokesman, Lt. Stacey Geik, told WOOD that he was proud of Miller.
“He held his ground nicely,” he said.
This story was originally published on Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:14 AM EDT
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Deer is lucky it was Michigan police. If it was New York City police the deer would have 40-50 bullets in it on very first movement.
LMAO Mike....
mike. if it was the LAPD everything in the parking lot would have had 40-50 bullets in it and the deer would have still gotten away. the poor car would have no windows and flat tires !
lol...Mike funnier then @!$%#...=)
The guy should have had 'Powder' along with him to test the deer first......
Tommy Boy anyone??
"Richard? Is it............. dead?"
That's exactly how WOOD TV 8, the reporting news station, described the situation during their broadcast last night. lol
It cracks me up that this made national news.
Terrible thing they did to that car in the movie. Killed a classic.
I cried a little when the M&M's rolled down the defrost duct myself!
zombie virus mutates, now affects animals.
This Guy was ate up with Dumbazz like most Bambi Killers. If you want food go to the Supermarket "Idiot"
Ranknfile is the only Dumbazz here. Take your clueless comments and go back to supporting dumbo in the whitehouse
He probably DID go to the supermarket. To get marshmallows to put in his trunk. When the deer comes up to eat the sweet treats "BANG", down goes the trunk lid and you got ya a deer in the Buick!
MLH - I support Obama and I also believe that hunting is a humane way to control and limit the deer population, that hunting for meat is not wrong (though you do not need a 30 round clip and an AR 15 to do it), and that since farmers and ranchers over hte last 200 years have eliminated the naturla predator population hunting is now the only way to control game like deer and avoid having them staqrve to death (or get hit by cars). In fact I think hunting seasons should be extended.
I agree with Hollykb. I love animals, but hunting is fine with me as long as hunters try to get clean kills and put injured animals out of their misery promptly. Starving to death (which is the result of overpopulation) isn't exactly a painless death. I don't hunt, but if I hit and killed a deer, I might just eat it. Meat is expensive, after all.
Hey fella I'm a Bambi killer I've legally killed over 250 deer in my life hunting. BUCKS & DOE'S, Oh yea I made almost $25,000 in tanning the hides. NOT bad for a Bambi Killer huh?... I'm just an outdoorsman that hunts & fish's when all hell breaks loose around here. My family & I will probably survive.Them folks who don't think hunting for their food will most likely go hungry cause there may not be any store's folks like you, can go and get your meat. But here is a wakeup call them cows who give their lives to feed us die a gruesome death all their own kind are right there to see it happen, Hundreds are there to see the end right in front of them. Sad don't you think? I bet your a vegetarian...
What kinda Tag can one get for hitting a deer in MICH...and also how suspicious was this guy sitting in the car..Considering the fact he brought up the mistaken roadkill..Either the COPS were on a Fishing exspo to try and pop some one for ANYTHING or they just happened to deem this guy SUSPICIOUS....Yea...Right ..Classic ..Cover all for the Police...There power of observation are staggaring...as was the Person of Interest...The only one with a brain amongst them was.....THE DEER..and he took off..
How wonderful this little deer was able to be released by the officers and it safely fled into the woods. Not always a hit deer gets a second chance at life. It does seem strange the man was just sitting there in the parking lot that early in the morning. It makes me think he might have already known it was alive, it could have been kicking inside the trunk. I have transported injured deer, they don't tolerate confined spaces at all.
Hey Windancersong we think alike...See my post below...
He was just thinking on how to go about having his way with this poor deer!
Well,I suspect he was waiting for the right time to kill it. No reason to be sitting in the cold, parked with a dead deer otherwise. In all my patrolling days, I rarely came across anyone sitting in a vehicle in cold weather,other than a broken down car, who was doing something productive and good at that late hour in a parking lot. Such folks sometimes offer up quick excuses unrequested for something in their trunks. When all they need do is show their ID and provide a reason for sitting in their car that makes sense.But people up to no good usually don't act normal.So I think this guy was planning on killing this deer when everyone went to sleep finally
The man was probably masturbating. Lots of sickos out at that time.
Hey Youwish- I was kinda thinking along these lines...He said he was going to feed his family...I say he was going to feed his sexual needs for the night, & yes the WORLD is full of sickos!!! Just stay tuned for the next one.
“Oh, he’s still alive!” shouted one of the officers, David Miller.
What was the first clue?
This report does not match what I heard on the local news last night. They reported the went to the police to get a tag for the deer. Strange how stories are reported completely different.
Steak tartare...?
Many of your comments are so sick, people are supposed to be of higher intelligence than the animals we share this earth with, but some of you sound like a bunch of chest pounding egomaniacs, my first thought is make sure no harm was done illegally to the animal, and give the guy a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread, and feed his family. All this talk of blowing the creature away, such jerks. With higher intelligence there comes a responsibilty. I am not a vegitarian, or animal rights activist, but a sense of decency, kindness, and compassion wouldn't hurt a few of you. But then at the end of the day, you will have to face up to your ignorance and account for yourselves, good luck, you might need it.
Sometimes intelligence gets in the way of fun. This is actually a rather funny sequence, and came out happily for the deer.
It wasn't alive... It was a deer zombie!
That's how it all starts.
LOL -I bet this will be a story at the police department for years!! That would wake you up in a hurry!