SANTA ROSA BEACH - A woman taking a morning walk at Tops'l Resort in South Walton County was seriously injured when she was trampled by deer Tuesday.
According to South Walton Fire District Deputy Chief Sean Hughes, the woman was near a wooded area near the tennis courts shortly before 8 a.m. when three deer ran out of the woods and trampled her.
Emergency crews arrived minutes later and called for AirHeart helicopter to take the woman to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola because of possible head injuries.
The woman was no identified.
According to Tops'l employee Aubrey Williams, who saw the incident, the woman, her husband and daughter had gone for a walk. The mother got too warm and turned to return to her rental unit. She was some distance away from her family when the deer came out of the brush.
"She was at the wrong place at the wrong time," said Williams.
Williams said the woman has broken ribs, back injuries and a light concussion and was in intensive care at Sacred Heart.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/woman_9630___article.html/deer_walton.html
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SoWal Insider
The man who has a house across from ours in Bunker saw Manatees swimming in Bunker Creek. I thought that was pretty cool...
Beach Fanatic
I've heard that manatees are seen from time to time and also heard of a recent sighting of them. That would be cool. Someone told me that they heard that two wright (sp?) whales were seen in Destin a few weeks ago as well as a humback off of Eastern Lake. I guess that's o.k., but it spooks me a little when animals start acting strange. Maybe its not strange though.
SWGB
The man who has a house across from ours in Bunker saw Manatees swimming in Bunker Creek. I thought that was pretty cool...
I've heard that manatees are seen from time to time and also heard of a recent sighting of them. That would be cool. Someone told me that they heard that two wright (sp?) whales were seen in Destin a few weeks ago as well as a humback off of Eastern Lake. I guess that's o.k., but it spooks me a little when animals start acting strange. Maybe its not strange though.
The manatee was seen at Grayton if I recall correctly about 2-3 weeks ago and was headed east.
The whales were about a month ago and there's video on the board somewhere showing them rolling off of Destin. There were also 2 pygmy whales that washed up on Eastern or Western lake.
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I remember when there was a dead/decomposing baby humpback that washed up at Deer Lake maybe 9 years ago. We ran down there to see it. It was pretty mutilated and gross. I think it fed a lot of creatures before washing up.
Beach Crab
a little info on her condition
The lady is being transported to Memphis (her hometown) for surgery while the remainder of the family drives home to Tennessee today. She stayed in the icu for five days in a local hospital, I assume to get in a conditon improved enough to transport.
The lady is being transported to Memphis (her hometown) for surgery while the remainder of the family drives home to Tennessee today. She stayed in the icu for five days in a local hospital, I assume to get in a conditon improved enough to transport.
Beach Fanatic
Just another reason not to pick up hitch-hikers. Ungrateful B-uck.
Wow, that's wild. Too bad. Nature is crazy. Sometimes I think that humans forget that we are all part of nature with our manicured lawns and trees- then something like this reminds us that we are part of the big picture. I'm always amazed when I just see a coyote cross the road.
On a lighter note, my wife has a story about her dad traveling in a car some hunters in Ohio. They "found" a dead deer and put it in the car with her dad. They were a few miles down the road when the deer wakes up and starts thrashing about. Somehow they manage to pull over and let the deer out. Hmmm... I don't know. Urban (rural) myth?
Beach Fanatic
The lady is being transported to Memphis (her hometown) for surgery while the remainder of the family drives home to Tennessee today. She stayed in the icu for five days in a local hospital, I assume to get in a conditon improved enough to transport.
Please send her our best! Hope she is doing well.....
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