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/

26 comments:

  1. Man that eagles eyes were way bigger than its beak.

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  2. 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. Dead and dropped on the power line. Wow

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

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  5. Wow, what a strange place to find a deer.

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

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

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

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

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  10. Holy crap, eagles can carry friggin deer?

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

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

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

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  14. oh wow, never heard of that happening.

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  15. 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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  16. 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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