Officers Stop Deer on Bay Bridge
for ‘Toll Evasion’
The California Highway Patrol took this photo of a deer on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge standing in the middle of an on-ramp early Tuesday morning. (Courtesy of CHP Facebook)
California highway officers say they stopped a
young deer on the east span of the Bay Bridge
“for toll evasion.”
young deer on the east span of the Bay Bridge
“for toll evasion.”
A photo published Tuesday by the California
Highway Patrol shows the deer on the bridge
standing in the middle of an on-ramp with a
deer-in-the-headlights look.
Highway Patrol shows the deer on the bridge
standing in the middle of an on-ramp with a
deer-in-the-headlights look.
The officer joked in a Twitter post that the
doe usually pays the toll but “today she was
a buck short.”
doe usually pays the toll but “today she was
a buck short.”
It looks to us like that “doe” is really a young
spike buck — if you look closely, you’ll notice
two small thin antlers. “She” may have had that
buck after all.
spike buck — if you look closely, you’ll notice
two small thin antlers. “She” may have had that
buck after all.
CHP Officer Matthew Hamer says two officers
were on patrol on the bridge early Tuesday when
the deer came out of the woods on Treasure
Island and walked in front of their car.
were on patrol on the bridge early Tuesday when
the deer came out of the woods on Treasure
Island and walked in front of their car.
He says after staring at them for a couple of
minutes — long enough for the officers to
snap a photograph — the deer went back
into the woods.
minutes — long enough for the officers to
snap a photograph — the deer went back
into the woods.
