A railroad construction camp near Greystone, Connecticut, was thrown into chaos when a buck burst from the woods and charged straight at the workers.
The men shouted and threw tin plates, but the deer kept coming. It scattered nearly 100 laborers, knocked over the camp kettles, and even drove the foreman up a tree before disappearing back into the woods.
The strange attack came at a time when Connecticut farmers were already arguing over protected deer, and this buck’s wild behavior only added to the alarm. Some believed the animal may have been bitten by a rabid dog, turning an ordinary workday into a scene of panic, flying dishes, and one very startled foreman.
Buck Charged a Camp
WATERBURY, Connecticut. — One of the protected deer which the Connecticut farmers have been fighting in the General Assembly charges a railroad construction camp, dispersing 100 laborers, near Greystone, where the railroad is building a siding.
The buck dashed out of the woods and made for the camp.
The workmen yelled and hurled tin plates at him, but the buck entered the camp, upset the kettles, treed the foreman and returned to the woods.
It is thought that the deer had been bitten by a rabid dog, many of which infest the section.
Source: The Citizen. Frederick City, Md. November 16, 1906.
