Deer smashes through Beaconsfield Automotive workshop
A deer has completely ignored the doe-not-disturb sign on a suburban automotive shop, making an unscheduled pit stop un-deer the hood before smashing head first into the front door.
South East
Don't miss out on the headlines from South East . Followed categories will be added to My News.
A deer has completely ignored the doe-not-disturb sign on a suburban automotive shop, making an unscheduled pit stop un-deer the hood before smashing head first into the front door.
The unexpected visitor made several rude intrusions into Beaconsfield Autotech this week, initially entering the side of the workshop before running out the back onto the Princes Hwy.
Seemingly unimpressed with the traffic, it then returned to the mechanics, Darren Warne told the Herald Sun.
“It jumped a couple of fences and decided to come back ... that’s the footage,” Mr Warne said.
CCTV cameras caught the buck wild deer skidding along the floor of the carpark before entering the workshop.
There, a stunned worker watched it race past hoisted cars in a fawn-tastic frenzy and into the office where it made its escape by smashing head first through the glass front door.
Mr Warne said the deer was not injured and headed down to the creek in a nearby reserve, where he assumed it came from.
He said a number of people from nearby cafes ran out onto the street thinking a horse was on the loose.
Bewildered locals could not believe the shocking footage.
“Hopefully you get reimbursed with lots of publicity for your business in return,” Robinson Dang commented.
“Oh deer (sic) what can the matter be!” Andrew Rasmussen wrote.
Deer were introduced as a game animal in the mid 1880s and there are now four wild species found in the state.
The sambar is the most populous and widespread, now occurring throughout most of eastern Victoria, according to the Invasive Species Council.
The abundance of deer in Victoria has been the subject of much debate, with estimates ranging from several hundred thousand to one million deer.
A two year study by the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research found there were about 191,000 wild deer on public land, but was unable to include numbers found on private land.
And the animals are being spotted in the suburbs more and more often.
During Melbourne’s lockdowns, a rogue deer was spotted roaming the streets in Fitzroy.
Stunned motorists watched in disbelief as the deer – frightened, and later discovered to be injured – bounded along main roads, including crossing eight lanes of traffic on Hoddle St.
Animal rescue officers and vets were called in to try to help track down the adventurous animal, sparking a frantic two-hour chase began before they caught the deer.
And in 2023 in Melbourne’s inner northeast, a family had an unexpected and rattling visit during the school holidays when a wild deer managed to break into their home.
Alexander Hill received multiple missed calls and messages from concerned neighbours saying “there’s a stag in the house and blood is everywhere”.
Upon further investigation, Mr Hill found the deer had broken into his townhouse’s ground floor.
He had to wait upstairs with his children for two hours before a a ranger with a tranquillising dart arrived.
In the meantime, the deer spotted itself in a mirror and reacted poorly.