We Keep Telling People

We warned people about the new terror tactic of the Animal Uprising™, that of crazed Cervidae crashing through windows and wreaking havoc inside people's homes. We also provided thoughtful and completely rational advice on how to stop the home invasion onslaught: spring snare traps! They hardly ever catch a family member! And if this family had been paying attention, they could have averted their recent terrorization by a deadly deer of doom.

Most families living in Fleming Island know one of the benefits is being close to nature, seeing deer walking around outside and drinking from ponds. However, on Monday the Corey family got closer to nature than they ever expected.

At 8 a.m., Mitch Corey said he was experiencing the typical chaos that comes along with trying to get two kids ready for school, when he heard a loud crash.

"I'm in the kitchen and I hear this incredible noise that sounded like cabinets were falling off the walls and glass was falling everywhere," Corey said.

He said the kids were screaming and he noticed a giant hole in his dinning room window, so he ran outside, thinking someone had thrown something through his window.

Little did Corey know, the window crasher was inside of his home.

"My wife yelled at me and said, 'Get in here. There's a deer in our bedroom,'" Corey said.

Sigh. Well, we'll keep trying to warn those folks who are just not listening to our sage advice.