Some fishing
stories are a little hard to believe,

But this guy has
pictures to prove his story...

I've heard of
salmon jumping into boats, but never anything quite like this...

Tom Satre told
the Sitka
Gazette that he was out with a charter group on his 62-foot fishing
vessel when four juvenile black-tailed deer swam directly toward his
boat.

"Once the
deer reached the boat, the four began to circle the boat, looking
directly at us. We could tell right away that the young bucks were
distressed.

I opened up my
back gate and we helped the typically skittish and absolutely wild
animals onto the boat. In all my years fishing, I've never seen
anything quite like it!

Once onboard,
they collapsed with exhaustion, shivering."

"This is a
picture I took of the rescued bucks on the back of my boat, the Alaska Quest.


We headed for Taku
Harbour. Once we
reached the dock, the first

buck that we had been pulled from the water hopped onto the dock,
looked back as if to say 'thank you' and disappeared into the forest.

After a bit of
prodding and assistance, two more followed, but the smallest deer
needed a little more help.

This is me
carrying the little guy.

My daughter,
Anna, and son, Tim, helped the last buck to its feet. We didn't know
how long they had been in the icy waters or if there had been others
who did not survive. My daughter later told me that the experience was
something that she would never forget, and I suspect the deer felt the
same way as well!"

I told you!
Awesome... huh?