Mall walkers got a jump in their step early Wednesday morning when a deer tried to trot into College Square Mall.
The deer smashed through a door to the mall between 7 and 8 a.m., but it got stuck in the vestibule for about 20 minutes before finding its way out and scurried away.
"We were alerted by one of the mall walkers," said Ira Fratrik, the mall's general manager. "We called police for assistance, but by the time they got here, the deer had gotten out."
Fratrik said it was the first time in his experience something like this had happened.
Surprising start to the day?
"Yah, to say the least," he said.
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