Deer Departed

According to the North Carolina News & Observer:

A man reported missing from a Florida hospital was found in North Carolina dressed like a doctor and driving a stolen ambulance with a dead deer wedged in the back, authorities said.

Leon Holliman Jr., 37, was reported missing from a River Region Human Services facility in Jacksonville last month.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol found him driving the ambulance with the deer on Sunday.

"I don't know how the man got it up in there," said Sgt. Robert Pearson. "It was a six point buck."

H/t Boing Boing

Comments

[JWebb]

Drudge linked to a story that said the guy had an IV hooked up to the deer. Like this story needs any embellishment.

[Julie]

Anything to make a buck. People just never seem to have enough doe.

[gail]

Boing Boing also said the police had to shoot the tires out to stop the ambulance, but I decided to stick with the original newspaper report.

[prairie biker]

I stopped and got my archery tags today. hmmmm.