When the Allagash and St. John rivers finally begin moving after spending five months frozen solid, it can be a spectator sport for local residents. On Monday, many of those residents got more than they bargained for as a young deer floated past on an ice floe.
Sue Underhill Kelly was one of those who captured the scene and shared it on Facebook. As of Monday morning, more than 51,000 people had watched her video, which we’ve shared here with her permission.
Kelly said she began filming at Cross Rock on Monday afternoon, near the Allagash-St. Francis town line.
The County is pleased to feature content from our sister company, Bangor Daily News. To view the video and read the rest of “Nimble deer dodges death, floats down Maine river on ice sheet,” an article by contributing Bangor Daily News staff writer John Holyoke, please follow this link to the BDN online.
