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Deer Crashes Into Central Michigan Classroom

July 9, 2008 RSS Feed Print

A la the flick Tommy Boy, a deer crashed through a window and into a Central Michigan University first-floor classroom last Thursday, sending glass everywhere and prompting students to lunge for cover and jump out the window to safety, the CM-Life reports. One student was injured after climbing out of the window.

The doe, which school officials suspect was startled by construction nearby, leapt through the window and "was running around like it really wanted to kill somebody," said a CMU senior, who added this wasn't his first deer-in-school encounter (hint: time to move out of Michigan). Eventually, the professor was able to open the classroom door and lead the beast into the hallway, where it was ushered outside.

The window has now been boarded up and a projector screen, which the deer hid behind for some time, will be replaced because "there was a big spot of blood running down it." CMU police have stopped looking for the deer since "the evidence at the scene suggested only minor injuries."

And can't you just hear Chris Farley in your head? "I swear, I've seen a lot of stuff in my life, but that...was...awesome."

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