Oh deer! 10-to-12 point buck breaks into Ill. home

BELLEVILLE, IL Belleville resident Mark Page and his wife were sleeping Saturday when the sound of breaking glass and -- was that hooves? -- woke them up.

Page went downstairs to find a 10-to-12 point buck in the kitchen with its head in the sink.

He says he looked at the animal for "not even a fraction of a second" before turning tail and heading back upstairs. He says he doesn't mess with deer, especially big ones.

The animal also was spooked and barreled through a closed window to escape.

Page says the deer jumped through a different window to get into his home.

He says the animal was injured, but police couldn't find it.

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