Uninvited Guest: Deer Jumps Through Window in NJ Home (Watch Video)

Deer crashes through the window of a home

Uninvited Guest: Deer Jumps Through Window in NJ Home

Around six in the morning on Monday, Brian Carns awoke to the sound of glass shattering in his home in Medford, New Jersey.

"I believed someone had thrown a brick through my window, and now they entered," he remarked.

Okay, there was an invader.

He continued, "Nobody's going to believe this, so I went and grabbed my phone."

Brian's cell phone video captures a young buck that crashed through the glass of his living room.

According to Brian, "He was laying near the door, and he gets up and he starts to run around,"

Growing up surrounded by farm animals, Brian begins to consider how he can get this stumbling, gasping deer out of his house.

"We have a goat with a horn, and if it mistreats me, I just grab his horn and it's game over," he stated. "I reasoned that I should take him by the antler, drag him out my back door, and then release him into the backyard."

The buck was then set free.

Although deer home invasions are not frequently reported to us, a wildlife expert told us that such incidents are fairly frequent.

Professor Gerald Hough of Rowan University stated, "They perceive a window or a screen door as a potential means of escape from whatever it is that they're being pursued by."

According to the wildlife biologist, deer may mistake darkness on the opposite side of the glass for an entrance and become imprisoned, as they did in this instance.

Hough stated, "The best thing you can generally do is call your local wildlife control because it's probably quite surprised and not used to being in a domestic property."

He advises you can try to guide the animal to an open door, just like Brian did, without necessarily grabbing it by the antlers.

When Brian last saw the deer, it crossed the street into a forested area and appeared to be unharmed. He hopes it remains there for a long time.