{"id":1239,"date":"2025-12-30T03:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2025-12-30T03:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:37:33","slug":"thousands-of-deer-caused-a-holiday-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Of Deer Caused A Holiday Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"234\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"19\">A Holiday Sight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"234\">On Christmas Eve along Highway 101 in the Cascade Mountains,<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"234\">drivers stopped as thousands of deer flooded the road.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"234\">Snow fell softly, cameras came out, and a child marveled,<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"234\">\u201cIt\u2019s like we\u2019re in a Christmas card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"408\"><strong data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"259\">Wonder Turns Uneasy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"408\">The animals kept coming\u2014fast and frightened.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"408\">One driver realized, \u201cThese deer are running for their lives,\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"408\">as hooves thundered past stalled cars.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"647\"><strong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"425\">The Warning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"647\">Phones soon lit up with an alert: \u201cEXTREME RISK \u2014 AVOID MOUNTAIN AREAS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"647\">A massive avalanche was racing down the mountain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"647\">The deer had sensed the danger first, unknowingly guiding motorists to flee toward safer ground.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"885\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"674\">Aftermath and Meaning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"885\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Survivors escaped before the highway was buried.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"885\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Each year, they honor the animals who saved them,<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"885\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">remembering that \u201csometimes, the greatest miracles are not what we expect,\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"885\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">but warnings we choose to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Holiday Sight On Christmas Eve along Highway 101 in the Cascade Mountains, drivers stopped as thousands of deer flooded the road. Snow fell softly, cameras came out, and a child marveled, \u201cIt\u2019s like we\u2019re in a Christmas card.\u201d Wonder Turns Uneasy The animals kept coming\u2014fast and frightened. 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