Whistling Deer Spark Bogus Rescues
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team called out by tuneful stags.
Posted: 14 July 2009
by Jon
Just in case you've missed it, whistling
deer in the Highlands have been making national news
headlines after triggering bogus
mountain rescue searches.
Anything
you need, just whistle... - Graeme R (Gallery)
The deer, thought to be sika stags, apparently make the whistling noise
during the mating season, which in turn seems to have been mistaken for
the sound of walkers in distress sounding emergency whistles.
As a result, Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team has now been called out
twice on false alarms spending a total of around eight hours searching
for the non-existent walkers. Apparently the same deer are also 'known
to make raspberry noises', though as yet that hasn't triggered any
rescue efforts that we're aware of...
Full story at news.bbc.co.uk
and anywhere else you care to look... More about Lochaber Mountain
Rescue team at www.lochabermrt.co.uk.
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