Deer makes way into hotel lobby in Weyburn, crashes into window and doors
A deer made its way into a hotel lobby in Weyburn, Sask. in the early hours of Monday morning, crashing into windows and room doors as it tried to escape.
According to Deputy Chief of the Weyburn Police Service (WPS), Brent VanDeSype, officers received the call from the Ramada Hotel shortly after midnight.
“It was a hotel employee that called requesting assistance, indicating a deer had bumped into the main lobby doors and is now wandering around inside the lobby area with a bloody nose,” he explained.
While still inside, VanDeSype said the deer damaged a window at the end of a hallway as it attempted to jump through it, resulting in the glass breaking, leaving blood streaks down the doors and hall walls.
VanDeSype said two patrol officers were able to guide the deer out of the hotel to join its buddies.
He said there is often deer in the area but this type of incident is very rare. There were several deer in the area at the time.
The manager of the hotel, Cindy Swanson, said the night auditor called the local police.
“He knew he needed more than one person to chase her back out again,” she said.
“That’s what you get with automatic doors. They run towards them, it picks them up and opens and lets them in,” Swanson added.
She said there was a lot of blood splatter due to the deer’s injuries, but there was no damage other than the cracked window.
“All the people sleeping on the main floor didn’t even know she was in the hotel,” she said.
While it was a possibility the deer was hit by a vehicle before arriving at the hotel, there was no evidence other than the bloody nose, which may have been the result of the deer bumping into the lobby doors before it got in, according to VanDeSype.
Police said no charges were laid.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Spectacular aurora light show to be seen across Canada Friday night
A rare and severe solar storm is expected to bring spectacular displays of the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, across much of Canada and parts of the United States on Friday night.
Which Canadian cities have the highest and lowest grocery prices?
Where you live plays a big factor in what you pay at the grocery store. And while it's no secret the same item may have a different price depending on the store, city or province, we wanted to see just how big the differences are, and why.
McGill University seeks emergency injunction to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment
McGill University has filed a request for an injunction to have the pro-Palestinian encampment removed from its campus.
Swarm of 20,000 bees gather around woman’s car west of Toronto
A swarm of roughly 20,000 bees gathered around a woman’s car in the parking lot of Burlington Centre.
U.S. says Israel's use of U.S. arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
The Biden administration said Friday that Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.
Barron Trump declines to serve as an RNC delegate
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, has declined to serve as a delegate at this summer’s Republican National Convention, according to a senior Trump campaign adviser and a statement from Melania Trump's office.
Mother assaulted by stranger while breastfeeding baby in her car: Vancouver police
A person was arrested in East Vancouver Thursday after allegedly entering a car while a mother was breastfeeding her four-month-old boy.
'We have laws': Premier Smith says police action justified in Calgary
The actions, including the decision to use non-lethal force, to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Calgary campus were justified, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday.
'State or state-sponsored actor' believed to be behind B.C. government hacks
The head of British Columbia’s civil service has revealed that a “state or state-sponsored actor” is behind multiple cyber-security incidents against provincial government networks.