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Deer jumps into Hudson at Exchange Place, swims to Governor’s Island

A wayward buck, deciding the wild was safer than downtown Jersey City, leaped into the Hudson and swam to Governor’s Island before police finally caught up and tranquilized him.

Photo Credit: Cliffview Pilot

 

Calls began coming in at lunchtime of the wayward deer roaming around downtown before taking the plunge near Exchange Place, a police spokesman said. He wouldn’t say where authorities plan to take the deer.

 

 

Photo illustration: Jerry DeMarco for CLIFFVIEWPILOT.COM

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