OVERLAND, Mo. — Overland police officers successfully deescalated a "deersturbance" recently at a local nail salon when a four-point buck entered, and became trapped in, the establishment.
The Overland Police Department on Friday posted a video of the encounter from last week on Facebook, showing three officers very cautiously trying to guide the deer out of the salon. The young buck reportedly jumped through the storefront's window and trapped itself in the bathroom.
Two officers were "bravely" standing on the salon's counter behind a partition filming the encounter while another officer named Thompson was in charge of opening the door, the department said on the post. Thompson reportedly tried opening the door multiple times beforehand only for the deer to kick it back shut.
"Since when did we become deer wranglers," one officer can be heard saying in the video.
Eventually, the deer accepted Thompson's invitation to leave the bathroom and, with a little bit of slipping and sliding, was able to exit the salon.
Watch the entire video of the encounter here:
Missouri residents will see deer a lot more frequently soon as the animals' mating season peaks in November, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT).
The animals pose a significant threat to drivers, especially those traveling between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. If a deer is hit, MoDOT warns drivers to not attempt to move the animal off the roadway and, instead, call the department.
