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Oh Deer! Caught Red-Hoofed 2 deer trash room in school

By  TED GREENBERG

Updated 7:27 PM EDT, Tue, Jan 6, 2009

Mike Woods

One of the culprits is caught "red-hoofed" at the scene of the crime.

 

With a violent crash, math class went wild. Literally.
 
“I was just like petrified,” said 10-year-old Myles McIntyre, a day after a pair of deer jumped through the window of the room he was in at Faith Christian School in Hamilton Township, Mercer County.

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Two deer leaped through a window of Faith Baptist School in Hamilton Township.

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the deer jumped into a teacher's supply room, startling three students and a teacher who were working on a lesson.

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A pair of deer startled a New Jersey classroom after crashing through a window.


 
“The deer were running around. They looked surprised and I was surprised,” said the fifth grader.
 
McIntyre, two classmates and a teacher, who were also in the room Monday morning, managed to stay away from the thrashing deer before escaping into a hallway.
 
The creatures continued to trash the room until animal control officers arrived and tranquilized them. They may have run into the glass after seeing their reflections and thinking they were looking at other deer, said Gary Hill of Hamilton Township’s Animal Cruelty and Control.
 
“I’m proud that the teacher acted swiftly and immediately just to get the children out,” said Hill.
 
The smashed window at the religious school was boarded up Tuesday, following the shocking visit from two of God’s creatures.
 
“We all came in today extremely thankful for the Lord’s protection. So many other things could have happened,” said school principal Sharon Wilbur.
 
The deer got scraped up a bit, but authorities were still able to return them to the woods at a nearby park. That’s where they likely came from, Hill said.
 
Young Myles thinks he and the others were guarded by a higher power during that wild day at school.
 
“God helped everybody escape without getting hurt,” he said. “Even the deer.”

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  • Anonymous Wednesday, Jan 7 at 11:13 AM FLAG COMMENT men that hunt have small twigs and berries.
  • Sandi Wednesday, Jan 7 at 1:38 AM FLAG COMMENT Sorry--clicked on "flag comment" in error.
  • Katie Tuesday, Jan 6 at 10:31 PM FLAG COMMENT God didn't help everyone escape, the Hamilton Township’s Animal Cruelty and Control did! They were the one's who tranquilized the deer to removed them from the property, God had no part in that! Those children probably were half asleep until the deer bust in anyway.
  • jersey boy Tuesday, Jan 6 at 5:23 PM FLAG COMMENT i got hit by a deer when i was riding my scooter when i was a kid weirdest thing ever. funny thing i grew up right by that school
  • Birds Tuesday, Jan 6 at 4:07 PM FLAG COMMENT I had birds crash into my windows, but never a deer. That would be a bummer. Beverly - are you saying you will be tearing down your own crappy house to return the land to nature? You are a very sensitive and eco-minded person. Good luck being homeless.

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