{"id":1190472,"date":"2026-09-06T23:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1190472\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:44:21","slug":"deer-startles-east-texas-deputy-in-viral-dashcam-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1190472\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer startles East Texas deputy in viral dashcam video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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An East Texas sheriff\u2019s deputy got the scare of his life when a deer he thought was dead suddenly sprang to its feet, sending the startled lawman screaming back toward his cruiser in a moment caught on camera that quickly went viral<\/a> online.<\/p>\n

The wild encounter was captured on the deputy\u2019s dashcam and shared on Facebook by Trinity County Sheriff<\/a> Woody Wallace, who joked that sometimes things can “scare the heck out of a person.”<\/p>\n

Wallace had some fun with the incident, encouraging social media users to “[w]atch when he encounters what he thinks is a dead deer until it comes back to life!”<\/p>\n

The video opens with the deputy approaching what appears to be a motionless doe lying along the side of the road.<\/p>\n

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The deer appeared to be motionless on a roadside as the deputy approaches the animal. (Sheriff Woody Wallace via Storyful)<\/p>\n

As the deputy gets closer to examine the animal, the deer<\/a> suddenly springs to life.<\/p>\n

The startled deputy lets out a scream and races back toward his patrol vehicle.<\/p>\n

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The deputy left his patrol vehicle to check on the animal when it suddenly sprang up, shocking the lawman. (Sheriff Woody Wallace via Storyful)<\/p>\n

“OK, we\u2019re good,” the deputy says with a laugh after recovering from the surprise.<\/p>\n

The deer is last seen sitting up on the side of the road before the video ends.<\/p>\n

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The deer was last seen sitting up on the roadside before the video ends. Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace said the deer “made a full recovery” and escaped into nearby woods. (Sheriff Woody Wallace via Storyful)<\/p>\n

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“Instead of a citation, the \u2018suspect\u2019 made a four-legged getaway and vanished into the East Texas<\/a> woods,” Wallace wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n

“Just another night shift where anything can happen,” the sheriff added.<\/p>\n

Wallace later assured viewers that the doe was unharmed and “made a full recovery.”<\/p>\n

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The unexpected roadside encounter<\/a> quickly found an audience online, with Wallace saying the video has been viewed more than 10 million times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An East Texas sheriff\u2019s deputy got the scare of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1190473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3847],"tags":[185104,138279,70,369,16,15,978,31204,1717],"class_list":["post-1190472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-odd-news","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-science","tag-texas","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-us","tag-viral-videos","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117226759503369107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1190473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}