As any hunter will tell you, sometimes you can wait for hours in the wilderness without ever seeing a deer.
Or as one Jasper, Indiana family found this past weekend, you can also come home to discover one literally standing in your master bedroom.
Darrell and Jan Blocker say the buck helped himself inside the family home around 10 a.m. Saturday morning while the couple was away. Their neighbour says the buck crashed through a back window in the home, seemingly unprompted.
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The Jasper Police Department was contacted shortly after the incident, and the video seen above was actually shot by one of their officers after arriving on scene.
The tangled remains of the screen door and broken bits of glass on the floor clearly indicated the buck made its way to the bedroom after “breaking in” to the Blocker’s home.
Local and county police then worked alongside the Blockers to try and herd the buck out of the home.
“We had everything opened up so he could go out through the utility room,” Darrell said. “He just wouldn’t come out.”
Eventually, they were able to coax the deer out through an open window, with Darrell shooting more video of the freed buck bounding away from the family home.
The Blockers say they noticed a few drops of blood near the broken window, but otherwise had every reason to believe the deer would be fine.
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Their home was a slightly different story, however: the floor was scuffed in several places, a hole had been punched in the drywall, and some vases and a painting were destroyed by the rogue buck.
But Darrell acknowledged it could have been much worse.
“We were fortunate,” he said.
“I know when we start doing the estimate, it’s going to add up to more than you think.”
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