A wild buck in Wisconsin was captured on video fawning over meatballs.
Manager Patti Pickering told the outlet that 65 children were grabbing a meal at the fast-casual restaurant and quickly cleared out as the buck made his way around Noodles & Co.
Pickering described the deer as “pretty large” and toldFox 47that she initially thought the “really loud crash” she heard was from one of the middle schoolers in the restaurant, who “must have dropped something, tipped something over.” Then she saw the deer.
“He missed an entire pan of meatballs I had just pulled out of the oven; he could’ve had a snack,” the manager said.
While Pickering said the experience was “scary,” ultimately nobody was hurt. “When the kids started screaming, I knew it was my job to get everybody out and take care of everybody, so they got out safe,” she told Fox 47.
“The food is so good even the deer want to eat here,” she added.
Buck crashes into Wisconsin Noodles & Company during restaurant’s lunch rush.Credit: Noodles & Company
Credit: Noodles & Company
Footage from the incident shows the buck crashing through the window and darting down the middle of the location’s seating area. In the clip, a child stands on a table to point at the animal in disbelief while others rush out the restaurant’s side doors or stay to the side to avoid contact with the buck.
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The pasta spot isn’t the only odd place a deer has wound up this month. In mid-October, Alaska State Troopersrescued two stranded and tired deerfound swimming in Southeast Alaska’s Clarence Strait.
A spokesperson for the Alaska State Troopers told theAnchorage Daily Newsat the time that the deer “ran into the side of the boat with their heads, indicating they wanted on board.” The authorities drove the deer to land and later noted that the animals “trotted off into the trees” following their rescue.
source: people.com
