This story has been around a while but it merits a mention nonetheless. Not only is it a cautionary tale, it's a fitting, obligatory pre-Thanksgiving warning of the perils of mixing deer and football. Even if by accident. Last month, seven-year-old Brandon Hiles of Wintersville, OH, was playing football in his backyard when, in his words,"The deer started charging at me and then it hit me in the back of the leg and then I flipped over."
Thanks to Brandon's quick-thinking friend the deer was only credited with a tackle.
"I saw that the deer was attacking him so I hurried up, grabbed a stick and started beating it hard as I could," Wyatt Pugh, 9, said.
Wyatt added, "I was swinging like I had a sword in my hand."
Consider this your friendly reminder: if you're playing football this holiday season, be wary of deer. And to be safe, keep a real sword close by. Because you never know.
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