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Fearless Deer Knocks Biker Off His Motorcycle, Merrily Prances Away

Talk about a hit-and-run you don’t get to see every day. A deer not only came out of the forest to cross a highly circulated highway but actually did so at full speed – and knocked down a biker in the process.
Biker knocked off his motorcycle by prancing deer in Poland 10 photos
Photo: YouTube / Riza Bozkan
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The incident happened in Wroclaw, Poland, and was captured on the dashcam of one of the cars passing by in the area. You can also see the footage at the bottom of the page, just skip to the 40-second mark for all the (blurry) action.

The poor biker didn’t even have time to take some kind of evasive action. The deer came out of nowhere, crossed the road and smashed into the biker on his motorcycle, but still went on its merry way. You can actually see it prancing on the sidewalk, as the driver of the car with the dashcam pulls over to check on the fallen biker.

More cars soon come to the scene, with the drivers either looking at the victim with concern or taking out their cellphones to call for an ambulance. TVN24 says that, even though the crash comes across as horrible on camera, it was actually nothing serious: the biker lost consciousness but recovered almost immediately and was sent home without needing to be hospitalized.

Police also say that the incident ended without serious injury, while admitting that it was a very rare occurrence. One of the drivers who pulled over was also in the medical profession, so he was able to look after the victim until first responders arrived on the scene.

All jokes aside, an incident like this could have ended tragically, both for the biker and the deer. Similar cases didn’t have a happy ending, as the force of the impact is multiplied by the speed of the vehicle and of the moving animal.

Here’s the lucky biker and the badass but very reckless deer.

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About the author: Elena Gorgan
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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends.
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