Deer Chases Boy, Uses Him as Human Salt Lick

[Gormy Cuss]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2599099

Kevin was warming up for a cross-country race in Bend, Ore., when a deer strolled by.
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"I thought it would be pretty cool to pet a deer," Kevin said. "So I walked up and started petting this deer. And then it jumped on my back so I pushed it off and started walking away. And then I looked back and saw it running after me. That really scared me."
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"I didn't know what the deer was gonna do to me when it caught up," he said. "I ran off. … And I was jumping over bushes. And I was running around in circles to get it to stop following me, and it kept on following me. That was kinda creepy."

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Finally, the deer overtook Kevin and got a little overly friendly.
"It caught up to me, and then it jumped on my back and started licking my ear, so I pushed it off and it started licking my ear again," Kevin said. "So I just kept on running, and there were coaches with sweat shirts and they yelled at me to come towards them. So I ran towards them, and they shooed the deer off with their sweat shirts."
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"The coaches said that it wanted the salt from the sweat on my back, and, um, I think it was using me as a human salt lick," said Kevin, who learned a valuable lesson from the bizarre encounter.

"I don't think I'm ever going to pet a deer again."

[jobycom]

1. You kind of wonder if the deer just had a sense of irony. nt

[Shakespeare]

2. I saw this on the news, and what was really funny....

...is that the coaches were apparently more interested in taking pictures (LOTS of pictures) of the encounter than they were with helping the kid.

[u4ic]

3. Lol

My horse used to do this to me - he was always licking my hands, arms, face (that last one used to get very annoying)...:hi:

[petronius]

4. Obviously, it's not "pretty cool" to pet a deer

What a dumbass! I bet the deer thought it was "kinda creepy" when the kid walked up and started molesting it, too. I wish people would realize that wild animals are wild, and learn to control their hands, garbage, pets, picnic food, etc...

[Sequoia]

6. and another thing...stop dressing up animals in doll's clothes. PERIOD.

Tots aside, because they can do this, but adutls should know better.

[Kutjara]

5. Just wait, the next slimy GOP Congressman who gets caught...

...in flagrante with a page will say in his own defense, "What's the problem? I was just using him as a salt lick."

[maxsolomon]

7. lucky it was just his back

[MissB]

8. They've relocated this particular deer.

It was too friendly all the way around Bend.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. Ooh-- do we have a bad pun smiley? n/t

[idgiehkt]

9. sounds to me like the deer was a little frisky n/t

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. That deer didn't think he was a salt lick, that deer thought he was a doe.

It's rutting season.