'It was crazy': Deer crashes through window, enters Regina house
Cathy Botsis was at work when a neighbour phoned with some disturbing news: a deer had smashed through the front window of her Regina home and was in her house.
"It was crazy," Cathy Botsis said, when she first learned about what happened at her home Friday morning.
She later learned that no one was hurt and the animal was removed by conservation officers.
She said police were able to get inside her house and look after her dog, which had jumped into the bathtub.
"That's his safe place," she said. Her cat retreated to the basement.
She said police were also cautious about the broken window and removed remaining pieces of glass. They also found the cat and put it in the garage.
From what she encountered when she got home, Botsis pieced together what the deer did after crashing through her front window.
"He was bleeding, ran down the hall. He went into the spare room ... and walked around there a bit," she said. "Then he ended up across the hall in the master bedroom. And that's where he stayed."
Conservation officers administered a tranquillizer and removed the animal.
"The only part I saw was him wrapped up in a blanket," she said, adding that she learned that he was not yet fully grown.
While she saw a considerable amount of blood in her home, she wasn't sure how seriously the deer had been injured in the episode. She was waiting to hear from conservation officers about the animal's status.
Not much damage
"Believe it or not, nothing was damaged at all other than the window," she said, although there were blood stains to clean up. "He seemed to keep it together, I'm thinking."
She has already boarded up the front window and has a professional company engaged for the clean up. She is also working with her insurance company, but is concerned about how much is covered in her policy.
"This is going to be a fight on my hands, for sure," she said, bracing for battle with her insurance provider. "I'm just trying to get the damage repaired."
She said the police officers were amazed at what they encountered. Botsis said one of the officers thought it may have been some sort of a prank.
"They were quite shocked that it was still in the house," she said.
Botsis said she has never seen deer in the neighbourhood. She lives in Normanview, in the city's northwest.
"This is right in the city, it's pretty crazy," she said.
She added the most important thing is that no one was injured.
