Braybrook is a heavy industrial type area with absolute no Sambar habitat what so ever. So my guess is that some one might of had him in their back yard.This is out of the local news paper for the area
Deer downed in peak-hour traffic
BY DAN O'SULLIVAN
05 May, 2010 10:24 AM
IF it had unfolded a mere 10 minutes west in the vicinity of Deer Park or Ardeer, the story of a runaway deer may have been cemented in tabloid headline folklore, but instead the animal's unfortunate demise on a busy street in Braybrook has just left a load of unanswered questions.
Authorities are at a loss to explain how the deer found its way onto Ballarat Road during peak hour on Tuesday morning before colliding with a ute travelling on the road.
The deer, described as being 'the size of a large dog', wandered onto the busy thoroughfare just after 8.30am, with witnesses reporting having seen it moving from the direction of Cranwell Park Reserve.
"A neighbour of ours ran into the place telling everyone 'I've seen a deer!'," eyewitness Tad Suski said. "He thought he was hallucinating, he thought he was back on drugs in the '70s! Then we heard a loud bang, and we ran outside to see the dead deer on the road.
"There were a few fender-benders because people were driving past seeing the deer and saying 'what the hell?' Then bang! Bang! Bang!"
It is believed one witness tried to corner the deer in the driveway of a nearby house before it panicked and wandered onto the heavy traffic on Ballarat Road.
The deer was first clipped by a car heading west then tried to backtrack before being hit by the ute travelling east.
"We were lucky it wasn't big enough to do more damage," Senior Constable Ray Pentony said. "There were no injuries. It just caved in the front of a ute."
While the collision is sure to raise the ire of even the most understanding of insurance brokers, mystery still surrounds the deer's origins. Authorities have scoured local areas near Medway golf course and surrounding paddocks that are home to livestock, but so far they have turned up no 'leads'.
"I've seen a few kangaroos coming up from the creek direction," Mr Suski said. "But a deer? Like, hello!"
Not Ideal but there is a river course...
