Eagle Lugging a Deer Head Causes Outage

[Sequoia]

About 10,000 Juneau residents briefly lost power after a bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into transmission lines.

"You have to live in Alaska to have this kind of outage scenario," said Gayle Wood, an Alaska Electric Light & Power spokeswoman. "This is the story of the overly ambitious eagle who evidently found a deer head in the landfill."

The bird, weighed down by the deer head, apparently failed to clear the transmission lines, she said. A repair crew found the eagle dead, the deer head nearby.

The power was out for less than 45 minutes Sunday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2007/01/29/national/a140317S79.DTL

[Little Wing]

1. Don't worry Mr. Deer, I'll take you to Heave...*ZAP* n

[wildhorses]

2. i wish northern exposure was still on tv -- that would make a

great segment

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. I read that as "outrage."

Thought it had something to do with animal activists.

:rofl:

[Critters2]

4. I did too. Thought "Eagles drag deer heads when they get the chance."

Get over it.


I'm a moran.

[Sequoia]

5. Me too at first!

Poor eagle.

[pitohui]

6. you go, eagle!

an eagle's reach must exceed her grasp or what's a heaven for?

[Kali]

7. yep sounds like Alaska

My favorite Alaska story happened in the 70's crime section of the paper. Guy shoots another guy - gets off with probation. Motorist hits and kills a moose on the highway. Gets big fine and jail time. :rofl:

[Redneck Socialist]

8. Moose in the power lines

That's almost as good as the moose strung up in the powerlines.



Snopes says it's true: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/poormoose.asp

[bif]

9. "Oh Deer!"