{"id":138244,"date":"2017-12-11T22:05:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T03:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=138244"},"modified":"2025-01-18T01:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T06:33:51","slug":"red-suited-man-on-a-sled-rescues-a-deer-on-frozen-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/11\/red-suited-man-on-a-sled-rescues-a-deer-on-frozen-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Red suited man on a sled rescues a deer on frozen pond"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Try as it might, it couldn’t get all its legs underneath him. It skidded and slithered, and its legs buckled. (Pixabay photo)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SALEM, Ore.\u2014 Reindeer are supposed to pull Santa Claus’ sleigh, but in Oregon recently, a red-suited man on a sled wound up pushing a deer.<\/p>\n

The reverse-reality Christmas-season tale played out when a deer wandered onto a frozen golf course pond in Sunriver, Oregon, on Friday and then lost its footing.<\/p>\n

Try as it might, it couldn’t get all its legs underneath him. It skidded and slithered, and its legs buckled.<\/p>\n

Along came firefighter Jeff \u201cJJ\u201d Johnston, astride a new ice-rescue sled that was as bright red as the suit he wore, and as the nose on Rudolph the reindeer, which guided Santa’s sleigh one foggy Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

Benjamin O’Keefe, a captain in the fire department of the resort and residential community, had his camera rolling. His video has become a sensation, garnering millions of views and picked up by broadcasters in the United States and overseas.<\/p>\n

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The young deer’s hind legs began pumping, but it couldn’t get up on its front legs. It was on an icy treadmill, going nowhere.<\/p>\n

Johnston got close, spoke calming words to the deer and _ slipping a bit himself as a tried to gain traction gently pushed it with the front of the sled to the edge of the pond.<\/p>\n

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Even then, the deer needed some coaxing. It seemed to have enjoyed the slippery ride.<\/p>\n

Johnston tapped it on the head with the back of his gloved hand, then scratched the top of its head and ears, like you’d pet a dog.<\/p>\n

The deer tried to get onto the sled before it turned around. Pushed once more to the snowy ground, it gained solid footing and, with a wave from Johnston, scampered off, presumably to join its mates in some deer games.<\/p>\n

\u201cJJ was talking to it the whole time,\u201d said Tammie Waters, office manager for the Sunriver Fire Department. \u201cThe deer played along pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the inaugural rescue mission for the sled, which was purchased with a grant from Firehouse Subs, a sandwich restaurant chain, she said. She hopes it never happens, but when someone falls through the ice or is stuck on thin ice, the sled will be put to use.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was a great way to get training, and rescue a deer,\u201d Waters said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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