Sunday, 19 June 2011

Deer with wings!?

NorthWestern Energy, the company responsible for the electricity supply in the area, blamed the 30-minute blackout on a bald eagle dropping its prey – a baby fawn - onto power lines.

Lee Bridges, who lives in the area affected by the power outage, was outside taking photos of an eagle which had decided to perch in a tree near her home.

'They never come over here and when it perched up in that tree, I thought, I gotta get pictures or nobody's gonna believe me,'
Ms Bridges said.


When she returned to her house she noticed that the power was down and a NorthWestern Energy crew was already working in the alley nearby to restore the electricity supply.

She asked the workers what the problem was and they jokingly pointed to the power lines above her head and said:
'You see that? You've got a deer with wings.'

It is thought that the eagle had bitten off more than it could chew and dropped the baby fawn shortly after swooping on it, remaining nearby to try and retrieve its prey.

The worker who removed the carcass from the power line said he'd never seen anything like it.

- Story taken from http://www.metro.co.uk/
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26 comments:

  1. Mr. Cactus19 June 2011 at 16:50

    Man that eagles eyes were way bigger than its beak.

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  2. Jackson.k19 June 2011 at 18:06

    This is crazy! I would have died if i saw a deer in the powerlines. XD Great blog man, i get a laugh everytime i come here.

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  3. Kopite19 June 2011 at 18:08

    Dead and dropped on the power line. Wow

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  4. Douglas19 June 2011 at 18:16

    So an eagle did it. I guess all rumours about the Midnight Channel were only hot air. *obscure reference*

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  5. Salted Plum19 June 2011 at 18:47

    Wow, what a strange place to find a deer.

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  6. The Hammer19 June 2011 at 19:01

    ouch :(

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  7. Shaw19 June 2011 at 20:38

    Poor deer :(

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  8. Anonymous19 June 2011 at 21:24

    I always forget how big eagles are. Their like our modern thunderbird.

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  9. Unknown19 June 2011 at 21:44

    Aw... sad

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  10. Jujj119 June 2011 at 21:57

    oh my god eagle's power is incredible to unknown limits!

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  11. Austin20 June 2011 at 01:13

    That's just plain weird.

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  12. Austin20 June 2011 at 01:14

    Also, you spelled deer* wrong in the heading ;)

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  13. Mile2Marathon20 June 2011 at 01:20

    I did that on purpose just to test out the readers.... nah my bad, corrected :p

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  14. William20 June 2011 at 01:40

    Holy crap, eagles can carry friggin deer?

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  15. HiFi20 June 2011 at 05:36

    That's incredible. Wow.

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  16. Anonymous20 June 2011 at 15:54

    I think that's pretty cool. If I saw an eagle with a deer in it's claws...Alpha.

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  17. slycoopert20 June 2011 at 17:01

    but how?

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  18. FSD20 June 2011 at 19:30

    I haven't seen an Eagle with aim that good since Michael Vick.

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  19. Michael Arsenault20 June 2011 at 19:49

    hmm.. what are the odds of that happening? Poor baby fawn.

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  20. Brick21 June 2011 at 03:39

    oh wow, never heard of that happening.

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  21. LightStand21 June 2011 at 04:14

    Unlucky for the eagle XD

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  22. Jack21 June 2011 at 14:40

    Wow, that's weird.

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  23. Johnathan21 June 2011 at 18:03

    That is so incredible

    How could a bird (even an eagle) be able to carry something as heavy as a deer and still be able to fly?

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  24. Tabasco121 June 2011 at 20:43

    LOL ...just wow

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  25. T. Roger Thomas21 June 2011 at 22:11

    I've seen hawks munching on birds the same size they are but never a fawn.

    Also, too bad about your power being out.

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  26. menshans22 June 2011 at 20:38

    lol, Poor deer...

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