Large creature gets tangled in soccer net, then Maryland officer steps in. See it

Police block a road on an emergency scene
Police block a road on an emergency scene

A video shows a large buck wrestling to get free from a soccer net at a Maryland park after its antlers got tangled.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department received a report of an injured animal around 8:30 a.m. Sept. 29 in Annapolis, according to a statement.

When police arrived, they saw a large buck trying to free itself from the net.

“Easy, easy,” a corporal tells the panting deer in a video.

After the deer stopped jumping, the corporal moved toward it with a pair of shears and carefully cut the netting around the deer’s antlers, setting it free.

Police said “the buck appeared unharmed and was safely released back into the surrounding area.”

Aaron Moody is a sports and general reporter for the News & Observer. Here is a second sentence for the bio because it will probably be longer than this. Maybe even longer I don't know. Support my work with a digital subscription