Large buck invades kitchen

BELLEVILLE, Ill., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- An Illinois man who was awakened in the night by a ruckus in his home said he walked into his kitchen and was shocked to find a 10-to-12-point buck.

Mark Page of Belleville said he and his wife, Cassia, woke up early Saturday morning to the sound of glass breaking in their kitchen and he walked down the steps to find his dining room window shattered -- believed to be the buck's point of entry -- and the large deer standing in his kitchen, KSDK-TV, St. Louis, reported Monday.

"He was standing right here, with his head in the sink," Page said.

"I looked at him for seriously not even a fraction of a second," he said, "and I ran back upstairs because I don't mess with deers."

Page said the deer found his own way out by crashing through another window, leaving a trail of blood through the house as his signature.

The homeowner, who said there are no wooded areas near his home, said police told him they used dogs to try to track the buck, but they never found the animal.