Statistics

• Classification:Legend (so far)
• Credibility:6(of 10)
• Scare Factor:10(of 10)- Really scary!
• Number Appearing:Unique
• Hit Dice122 Hit Points
• Location:Delaware county, New York State

Beginnings...

"...they were hanging there from the tree by the front porch...swaying lightly in the stillness of the clearing. I couldn't recognize them with their skin all gone like that. I can say one thing
for sure; them crows in the tree? They sure liked them eyeballs..."_{W. Bunty}

In the the spring of 1982, two boys were out for a ride on their motorcycles near the small
hamlet of French Woods, New York. It was getting near dusk, and they were getting hungry,
but they decided to make one last trip down the old dirt road leading to the hunting camp a
mile or so away. The road was cut through a thick pine forest and the trees on either
side had been planted decades before in straight lines so that the riders could see deep in
the forest without leaving the road. It was not uncommon to see wildlife, frightened by the
sound of the motorcycles, scurrying through the woods to get as far from the roaring bikes
as possible. So when the older of the two boys saw the antlers of a buck moving parallel
with them in the deepest visible part of the forest, he never gave it a second thought...that is
until the buck started toward the road. "Hold up!" , he yelled to his friend. "There's a buck
headed this way."
Both bikes came to a halt and the older boy stopped his engine and motioned
for the other to do the same. The buck's head could now be seen, slowly moving through the thick
pines, headed directly for the riders. The younger boy put the kickstand down and stepped off the bike.
He reached down, picked up a rock, and heaved it through the woods toward the approaching deer.
Suddenly, there was a great flurry of movement from the woods and the buck was upon him...only it
wasn't a buck at all! It was a man with a deer-head! A Deerman! Deerman lunged his antlers toward
the younger boy and managed to skewer him through the liver. A quick lift of his head sent the boy
reeling though the air. By now, the older boy had restarted his engine and was moving
quickly down the road toward the hunting camp. He chanced a look back and saw to his horror that
Deerman was right behind him, blood caked on his antler, smoke coming from his nose. "If I survive
this," he thought, "I'll never eat venison again!"

Scientific Evidence

• DEER:Odocoileus virginianus
• MAN:Homo Sapien
• Put It All Together:Homovirginanus Coileus Sapien

Other Sightings

William F. Bunty was out bow hunting in the fall of 1988. He'd been out for most of the morning and was getting ready to call it a day, when something caught his eye.

"...I was deep in the pines. It was tough moving with all pine branches poking in every direction. Suddenly I was at the edge of a clearing. I didn't remember ever seeing a clearing in the woods before, so I decided to investigate. I dunno if you've ever been in a pine clearing, but it's dark and quiet...almost kinda magical. Well, this was the biggest damn clearing I've ever come across! The trees overhead bent inwards keeping much of the sunlight out and there wasn't a sound nowhere. Right away I noticed the shack. It wasn't very big place- it had tin walls and a tarp on the roof. Well, I decided to walk around to the front to see what was inside. When I rounded the corner I stopped dead in my tracks. There, hanging near the front porch, was three skinned hunters. I could tell they were hunters because their skins and clothes lie right there beneath them...right along with their guns. Well I turned ran as fast as I could go. I heard a holler and turned to see this half-man, half-deer thing come out of the shack...he had a frying pan in his evil hoof-hand! He was making man-steaks!"