Good Samaritans, Cohasset Police come to the call of distressed deer

“The Cohasset Police Department were called to the Parker Avenue Boat Ramp for a rather peculiar call for service, a deer on a boat.

Two young men were out enjoying the calm waters near Minot Light around 1:30PM when they saw something frantically splashing in the water. The men investigated and found an antlerless deer in distress. The men captured the deer from the water, put it on their boat and notified CPD for assistance.

Cohasset Police Department photo.

Upon arrival of the boat to the ramp, Natural Resource Officer Kimball took the deer off of the boat and put it in his cruiser. The deer was examined and allowed to rest. It was not injured, just exhausted from the afternoon swim. The deer was transported to The Glades, where it likely came from.

With the help of Scituate Natural Resource Officer Keefe, the deer was monitored for a short time until it took off abruptly into the woods.”-Cohasset Police Department.