Dog Chases Deer Into Wis. Living Complex

[April 01, 2008]  KAUKUANA, Wis. (AP) -- Some residents in an assisted living complex had quite a surprise when a deer jumped through the window. A witness told police a black dog was chasing six to seven deer when a deer jumped through a resident's closed window at St. Paul Home Friday afternoon.

"All of a sudden I hear all this glass break and there's a deer standing about three, four feet away from me, and I just, I've never screamed so loud in my life," nursing assistant Dana Hagglund said.

Laura Marquardt, a certified nursing assistant at the care facility, said no one was injured.

The deer ran down a hall and into one of the home's shower rooms, where it was corralled until tenants in the area were moved to safety, Marquardt said.

The deer then was steered toward an open patio door, where it made its escape.

Marquardt said she was unsure whether it was the same deer or a second deer that later ran across the patio and broke a second window but did not gain entry.

[Associated Press]

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