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Friday, January 19, 2007

today my heart has been uncharacteristically warmed by technology's intrusion into nature by:

an ap article via the canadian press:

The pilot of a TV news helicopter used 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 [in oklahoma] 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 on to 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. It then scampered into a nearby wooded area.


thank you!

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3 Comments:

  • At 12:20 AM, Blogger Mikey B. said…

    awh.. That's cool! I wonder where the video is, cause I'd like to see that.

     
  • At 7:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

  • At 7:31 PM, Blogger Mikey B. said…

    Thank you Spine, though I don't think I saw him stand up. I wasn't sure if the deer was running in that last shot or not.

     

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