I heard an amazing story this week that I still cannot believe happened, but I trust the guy was telling the truth. Not sure that you could make this kind of thing up and tell the story with full sincerity.

He saw a group of deer, one looked at him and then charged. The deer lowered its head so he moved sideways and took the charge under his arm, getting the deer in a headlock. He said he thought of a move from televised wrestling, so leaned backwards plunging the deer’s head into the soft ground behind him. The deer got up, snorted the mud from its nose (wet and soft ground), then ran off. I have no explanation for this behavior, so perhaps I can have a little fun with it instead.

Trying to decide what the deer could have been thinking. Here are my considerations so far:

“Hey want to play head-butt with me?” Charges man, grabbed in headlock. “Dang, we locked horns! Pull away and turn. Wait, you are pulling too hard…aaaahhh”. Splat. “That is not how we are supposed to unlock horns. Wait a sec, I don’t have horns.”

“You can’t look at me that way! I’ll show you.” Charges man, grabbed in headlock. “I think I missed, it is on my neck.” Splat. “Ok, never mind, you can look however you want.”

“I will just scare it or run it down.” Charges man, grabbed in headlock. “Where did he go, and what has my neck?” Splat. “Ewww, a nose full of dirt.”

“Hey everyone, come look at this one. Anyone seen another like this one before? I will get a closer look.” Charges man, grabbed in headlock. “Little help here!” Splat. “Who turned out the lights?”