A 77-year-old woman was attacked in her home by a deer in Woodland Park.
The woman brought in groceries from her car Tuesday afternoon when a mature doe followed her in through her propped door. The surprise left the person with scratches, cuts and bruises to her back.
by neighbors and had lost its natural fear of humans.
The woman turned around, surprised to see herself face-to-face with the large deer that was quite comfortable inside the home. The deer even started eating food in her kitchen as the woman tried to get it back outside.
The victim threw objects at the deer’s hooves to scare it out, but it wouldn’t retreat. When she momentarily turned around, the deer reared up and began thrashing her back with its hooves.
The woman then grabbed a mop and used it to push the deer back outside, and closed the door.
A CPW officer responded to the scene, but the deer was gone. The victim told him the deer would return in the morning because her neighbors feed the deer, which violates state law. When the officer returned Wednesday morning, the doe was in the victim’s yard and the officer humanely euthanized it.
“This is why it is illegal to feed deer and why we urge people to make them feel uncomfortable in neighborhoods,” CPW assistant area wildlife manager for the Pikes Peak region Cody Wigner said. “The issue is far more serious than ruined landscaping or even the car wrecks deer cause on a daily basis on our roads.”
Wegener said the woman was lucky not to be further injured.
