Jerry's Corner

Deer Chases Cross-Country Runner

Posted on: March 17, 2008

Bend, Ore. – An overly-friendly deer got a little too close for comfort at a recent middle school race,

Where the animal licked one of the runners, then chased him for seven minutes while incredulous onlookers gaped.

The wild deer seen chasing the middle school boy.
When it first wandered onto the race site and showed no fear of people, seventh-grader Kevin Cox petted the deer.

Apparently for the deer, a bond was formed — an extremely strong bond. When Cox tried to leave the animal, the deer would have nothing of it.
The following photographs show the deer pursuing Cox and later standing on its hind legs with its mouth on the back of the boy’s head.

Kevin Cox, a seventh-grader at Cascade Middle School in Bend , Ore. Pets a deer that wandered

Into the area where a cross-country meet was being held! The deer let others pet it as well,

But seemed to take a special liking to Cox..

Cox runs with the deer as the meet goes on around them.

Cox said that he tried to walk away when the deer started licki ng him, but the deer gave chase.

Cox on the run with the deer in pursuit..

Cox said the deer chased him for about seven minutes..
Cox said the chase turned from funny to scary after a few minutes.

Cox said that the chase gave him a good warmup.

The deer closes in on Cox.

The deer caught Cox and started to lick him again. Cox said that his coaches said the

Deer was attracted to the salt in his sweat.

Despite the unwanted attention and unexpected warmup, Cox was unhurt and ran his race as scheduled.

Coaches had to intervene to get the deer to leave Cox alone

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