Wild Deer Tears Through Martinsburg DMV, Employees Cleaning Up Reported by: Angela Bohon
Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 @07:52pm EST
MARTINSBURG, WV - Other than Charleston, the Martinsburg DMV is the busiest location in West Virginia. But Tuesday, customers were turned away.

Normally at the Department of Motor Vehicles, you have to take a number and wait in a crowded room. But that's not the case now thanks to a wild deer.

"I was actually in the office and we just heard a big crash, and it was a deer!” recalls one DMV employee.

The deer crashed through a front window, ran past a small office, and leaped over some safety rails.

"It's a pretty high jump. He took a couple of attempts,” the employee adds.

After that, it was back to a small office space, where animal control officers and sheriff's deputies were able to catch the deer.

Officers brought the deer behind the building. It’s still marked with deer hair and a trail of it going back. Officers say it was not seriously hurt and they were able to just let him go.

Fortunately, the accident happened at 5:00 in the evening, when the DMV was closed.

But, until the mess is completely cleaned up, customers are forced to either wait or go to Charles Town.

"I thought I got here early enough, because I didn't see any cars here, but now I know why there are no cars here. So, oh well... What can you do?" says Marvin Hutchinson, a customer.

The DMV asks that you be patient as the smell of bleach lingers and their employees work hard to get back to normal.

"We're cleaning off all the chairs, the counters, and everything to get the deer blood and hair off of them," explains Cheryl, a DMV employee.

Meantime, customers need to understand it's a "hairy" situation.

Employees of the d-m-v are hoping to re-open Wednesday, but they're not sure if the cleanup will be completed by then.

They advise customers to call 1-800-642-9066 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to find out, or go to the Charles Town office just off Route 9.

Well...............they wouldn't give him his drivers' lisence without a birth certificate, and they told him the hoof marks on the documentation he provided was not a legible signature. So he got mad, and wanted to see whoever was in charge. I need to take some lessons from this animal.......they never closed down the building for me when I got mad at them!

Well, I suspect they felt that "deadly" or "man-eating" was just a bit too much of a stretch, even for West Virginians.

Well...............they wouldn't give him his drivers' lisence without a birth certificate, and they told him the hoof marks on the documentation he provided was not a legible signature. So he got mad, and wanted to see whoever was in charge. I need to take some lessons from this animal.......they never closed down the building for me when I got mad at them!

Why did the deer jump through the window at the DMV on Edwin Miller Boulevard? Because he came back with the necessary paperwork that he wasn't told that he needed in the first place.

After years of attacking our cars while we're driving along just minding our own business, the deer have finally decided to try a new tactic, going after the government agency to puts us drivers on the road in the first place.

Next thing you know they'll be marching on Washington! Best keep an eye on them deer, I says... they's not as dumb as they look.

After years of attacking our cars while we're driving along just minding our own business, the deer have finally decided to try a new tactic, going after the government agency to puts us drivers on the road in the first place.

Next thing you know they'll be marching on Washington! Best keep an eye on them deer, I says... they's not as dumb as they look.

Even another example why we need to ban deer. Studies have shown that states that have banned deer have less deer violence than those that haven't.

Heather is bumping the oldies today.
Looking back on this thread, I see AnastasiaBeaverhousen & one or two other exhubiant posters who registered about the same time, are either lurking or long long gone. They came in with a bang and a lot of fervor. They went out in a whisper. Vaporized quickly after a hearty start. Whish (Wind sound)

She had some funnies on this deer thing, just looking back since it was bumped.

Glad I have not hit a deer or been in the car when one was hit. I would freak. All I hear is that it is quite a traumatic impact for both parties (deer and human).
Bummer, of all buildings, the only one the deer entered was the DMV. Poor deer, not a great sampling of human hang outs.

Beam me up, Phish.