‘Buck looking for bucks’: Deer rescued from US bank after triggering robbery alarm
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Officers from the Suffolk County Police Department in the US found a deer trashing a bank on Jan 18.
PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT/FACEBOOK
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Deer, oh deer.
Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department in the US responded to a burglary alarm at a local bank on Jan 18, when animal handlers would have been more suited for the job at hand.
After the officers arrived at the Webster Bank branch in Ridge, Brookhaven, New York County, they found a deer trashing the bank.
A video released by the Suffolk County police showed the deer had triggered the alarm after barging headfirst into the bank through one of its windows, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, and trapping itself in an office.
After a pursuit that was more Bambi on ice than The Deer Hunter, the police officers eventually subdued the buck.
“Officers were able to safely lasso the animal and guide him to freedom,” they said in their Facebook post.
The video showed the cops guiding the buck by its antlers to the broken window through which it leapt with reckless abandon into the snow-covered Brookhaven area.
“We think the buck was looking for bucks,” quipped the police, about the deer’s banking adventure.
