I was flabbergasted too. This is not a petting zoo, people! Even if the buck had taken fright and turned to run, clipping Carl with a hoof when springing away could have been a lethal affair.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 18, 2011 11:55:35 am PDT #18524 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ginger - Oct 18, 2011 12:02:50 pm PDT #18525 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Without stupidity, there would be no horror genre.
sumi - Oct 18, 2011 12:23:52 pm PDT #18526 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Plus - he had his antlers. He could have gored the kid. Also, the buck was weirdly un-afraid. Not a good sign.
Theresa - Oct 18, 2011 12:27:46 pm PDT #18527 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Also, the buck was weirdly un-afraid. Not a good sign.
This.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 18, 2011 2:07:54 pm PDT #18528 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Also, the buck was weirdly un-afraid. Not a good sign.
I kind of took that as a sign that it had encountered neither people nor wildlife-hunting zombies before. I think if anything other than human beings were zombifiable, we'd have seen evidence before now.
Juliebird - Oct 18, 2011 2:33:15 pm PDT #18529 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My thought on the "not a good sign" was more along the lines of rabies or whatever else normal thing/disease that makes a wild animal act out of character. Like the time that fox was sneaking up on me while I was sawing in the snow.
But that's my reaction to comments here. Seeing the deer pause calmly reminds me of the deer here in NJ, who don't give a flying f*** about humans. Both our populations are rubbing elbows so much that their fear has been reduced to almost a 10 foot radius.
I don't know about more rural areas. Maybe it was a Watchung buck.
le nubian - Oct 18, 2011 3:04:49 pm PDT #18530 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Without stupidity, there would be no horror genre
true. TRUE.
I agree with all of you. I looked at the buck's rack and I told Beau, I would never let my child near that animal. it is lethal if it decided to charge. Good points all about the hooves as well.
But you know what? This is right in line with the quality of decision-making in the graphic novel. I had to set the graphic novel down after being about 2/3rds of the way in the series (last year) because this group of people seem lacking in basic decision-making skills. The risks they take make me crazy.
Theresa - Oct 18, 2011 3:08:18 pm PDT #18531 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
My first reaction was wtf Shane and Rick? Neither one of you know wild deer aren't for petting?
Dana - Oct 18, 2011 3:37:44 pm PDT #18532 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I was flabbergasted too. This is not a petting zoo, people!
And surely they need the food!
I yelled at the guy when he wasted the bottled water too.
le nubian - Oct 18, 2011 3:39:15 pm PDT #18533 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana,
ME TOO. I was so appalled at that, like the character did me physical damage.
BTW, was it in Natter that someone linked to an article about deer eating meat? Of course that also crossed my mind during that scene.