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Michigan man leads rescue of deer trapped in deep mud

By Ben Hooper
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Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A Michigan man gathered some friends to help rescue a deer that had nearly its entire body trapped in a muddy pond.

Robert Langewicz told WOOD-TV he was driving Thursday in Kentwood when he spotted a deer stuck in the mud off 44th Street. He said the mud was so deep that it nearly reached the top of the animal's back.

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Langewicz said authorities told him the trapped deer wasn't a priority and a private group dedicated to performing such rescues told him help would not be able to arrive very quickly.

The man gathered some friends and used a tow strap to pull the deer out of the mud. He said the animal rested for a while before hopping away into the woods.

A deer was found in a similarly sticky situation last year when a Washington state construction worker ended up using an excavator to scoop the fawn out of deep mud. Bill Davis, the man who shared the video, said a second deer was rescued the same way, but it wasn't caught on camera.

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