Sunday, September 7, 2014

Oh deer rush hour, Golden Gate Bridge


Time Newsfeed/Denver Nicks, 9/6/24, includes 30 second video. "Watch these 2 deer casually prance across the Golden Gate Bridge."

SF Peninsula to Marin,
here we come
Bridge Deer
Rush hour, yet so empty,
humans got out of the way
"A couple of Bay Area deer were briefly caught in a traffic snarl as they crossed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge at rush hour Friday evening. The two deer, whose names have not been released but might just as easily be named Prancer and Dancer for their exceptional galavanting abilities, were commuting to their destination somewhere in Marin at the end of the long work week Friday evening (9/5/14).

The deer briefly caused a traffic hold up across the iconic bridge but—like many of us on any given day at quitting time—appear unmoved by the humans gawking at them. According to the news agency Storyful, which posted the video of the deer on their commute off the San Francisco peninsula, the California Highway Patrol was called to the scene but by the time they arrived the deer were off the bridge and off on their merry way. No evidence has emerged to suggest that the deer did not make it home in time for dinner."
 
Related articles and photographs, running deer from NBC Bay Area, 9/6/14, includes 8 slides. Broader bridge view by Rydalia via Twitter from the Los Angeles Times.

Posted by Kathy Meeh

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A couple years ago a coyote was spotted walking across the bridge.

Anonymous said...

That stuff always has an eerie feel. Makes me think of those scenes in movies about a post-apocalyptic world with empty streets and the flora and fauna taking over.

Anonymous said...

And now, I wasn't describing Pacifica.

Anonymous said...

Next is planet of the Apes saga!
Lots of film, monkeys on the bridge.