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JEFF FEESE: A more reliable account of the deer in the annex basement

Jeff Feese was eyewitness to the frantic 8 (make that 9, he says) point buck in Annex basement stairwell; he modifies previous perception of the Terry Moore/Old Badrack confrontation; he explains the deer's erratic behavior
By Ed Waggener
ed@columbiamagazine.com
Jeff Feese, an eyewitness to the deer in the Courthouse Annex basement on Friday morning at around 9:30, has given an account we feel is totally reliable.

"I was in the Annex parking lot when the deer came between Barger Insurance Agency and the Annex Building," Jeff said.


"The deer looked confused. He went down the steps to the Annex basement. When I went over to look the deer, Jeff said, "He was doing circles, going around and around. Terry (Terry Moore) was coming out the doors. The deer just ran by me, it didn't get close." He said the deer bolted up the steps and retraced its path back to the Square, back between Barger Insurance Agency and the Annex building. He didn't see anything of the deer after that.

Jeff said that the deer never got closer than 15 feet to him, but he did see the crooked rack. And he counted nine points--five on one side and four on the other. That's one more than other accounts.

"He was rutting. He was looking for a doe," Jeff Feese said. "It was easy to smell that."

He said that Stephen Compton may have seen the incident, too, from his workplace, Printing Creations, and he'd be a good person to ask for any new details.

As for Terry Moore frightening the deer, he thinks it may have been the other way around. "Terry's eyes got pretty large when he came through the basement door and saw the deer."

Three of the original notions about the deer were cleared up:
  1. The deer did not get into the Annex Basement, just into the stair well

  2. Terry Moore did not frighten the deer; the deer startled Terry

  3. The deer has nine points, not eight.
And now we know that the deer known to Dale Hayes as "Old Badrack" is probably not a menace, just in love. (Although some males in love may be a little menacing.)

He may not be looking to harm anything.

He may just want a wife for the season.
Click here for the main story on the deer on the Square


This story was posted on 2005-12-10 19:13:36
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