[Mike]

Re: [Strangeanimaldeaths] Vicky, do you remember the old couple who had a deer jump through their window

I do remember that story. Coincidently, tonight when I was watching the news on Louisiana, Andersen Cooper did a story on the plight of the animals. There was one cow that charged the camera crew. The explanation was that the salt in the water they are drinking makes them mad. That’s the same thing that happens to people who are stranded in the ocean – that’s why you don’t drink the salt water. Anyway…. now that you reminded me of this story, I’m wondering if the barium – which is a salt is affecting the wild animals in this way.

Bridget <bcolemanconroy8> wrote:
I’m not sure this is relevant but it is kind of interesting because
before (I think it was before) SAD was up and running, there was a
deer attack in Ohio(?) where the deer actually jumped through the
front window of an older couples home and attacked the husband
Maybe just goofy.
Bridget

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1159719

HELSINKI, Finland Sep 26, 2005 — A reindeer injured an elderly
couple in the wilds of Finnish Lapland, in a rare attack that caused
injuries needing hospital treatment, officials said Monday.

A male reindeer suddenly appeared from a forest and attacked a man
who was hiking Sunday with his partner near Kittila, about 620 miles
north of Helsinki.

The buck butted the man to the ground and kicked him before turning
on the woman who was talking to her son on a mobile phone, Kittila
fire chief Jorma Ojala said. The son alerted rescue workers who
arrived in helicopters and flew the couple to hospital.
The man and woman were not named, and officials declined to give
further details.

A researcher at the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
said the attack came during the peak rutting season when up to 30
female reindeer may be on heat in the territory of one buck.
“Every year in the rutting season, buck reindeer are very possessive
about their harems,” said Mauri Nieminen, a reindeer expert at the
institute. “If a person goes into an area between the reindeer and
his females, the buck can easily turn on him or her.”
“Normally, reindeer pose no danger at all,” Nieminen added.

In Finland, unlike in neighboring Sweden and Norway, there are no
wild reindeer. They are domesticated, but are allowed to roam the
wilds of Lapland where herders seasonally track them down for
branding and slaughter.