Unsuspecting Walmart customer takes down startled deer – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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Unsuspecting Walmart customer takes down startled deer By The Associated Press May 18, 2017 12:00 AM A A WADENA, Minn. — A confused white-tailed deer that wandered into a Walmart store in Minnesota ran into a startled customer who tackled the animal to the ground. Shoppers at the store in Wadena, 150 miles northwest of Minneapolis, speculated that the young animal was searching for a snack Tuesday when it entered the store through the garden center doors. Tom Grasswick, who happens to live in Deer Creek, told WDAY-TV that he felt like someone had slugged him when the deer slammed into him. Grasswick says his first instinct was to tackle the animal, bringing it down on a pallet of dog food. Grasswick covered the deer's eyes to calm it down, and he and others took the animal outside and set it free.