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Otago Witness, Issue 3714, 19 May 1925, Page 63

While motoring *to Blenheim from Ilillevsden one night last week, Mr S. E. Field had a startling and remarkable experience (relates tho Express). Some three miles on tne far side of tho Waihopai bridge he encountered a deer on the roadside, the animal, startled by the car’s headlights, running along tho road for some (Estar.co at the side of the car. Finally the deer—a hind—made a lean and landed rijrh on lop of the car’s radiator, whence it fell to tho ground, ono wheel of tho car passing over it. The car was within an ac> of being upset, but Mr Fipld succeeded in averting disaster, and pulled up Ono of tho deer’s legs had been broken, Mr .Field heard tho bone snap, but it endeavoured to jump tho fence and finally got away. Mr Field states that in the moon light ho saw p little herd of seven or eight other deer in the distance.