Watch video: Deer surfing on Maine river ice leaps to a decision

[jpak]

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/04/24/watch-video-deer-surfing-on-maine-river-ice-leaps-to-a-decision/

Bev Jandreau said she was in the right place at the right time Monday evening when a young deer jumped off a large chunk of ice floating down the St. John River near her home in St. Francis and swam toward shore.

Her video of the deer making it to safety caused a sensation on social media because about 12 miles upstream from St. Francis, near the town of Allagash, other people had filmed the deer trapped on the ice pack and wondered whether the animal would survive.

Jandreau said she went down to the river after a relative called to let her know that a deer was trapped on a pack of river ice.

“I saw him go under twice. The first time a piece of ice covered his head and then I lost sight of him in the bushes,” Jandreau said in a telephone interview Tuesday evening.

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[democratisphere]

1. Smart deer. Glad the deer was able to save itself!

[Fla Dem]

2. Thanks for posting a story with a happy ending.