Rare 'Ghost-like' White Stag Spotted


	Rare 'Ghost-like' White Stag Spotted

thisnamecantbetaken

2-11-2008 7:43 AM

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thisnamecantbetaken says:

They are closely identified with unicorns and their appearance is said to herald some profound change in the lives of those who encounter them.

Can this clip be considered an encounter?

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2-11-2008 11:35 AM

tidbit2

maybe if there was a webcam it could be a closer encounter

2-11-2008 12:51 PM

thisnamecantbetaken

Can't just looking at the pic in the clip do it, you reckon? By proxy? Please? I have this lottery ticket, you see... *LOL*

2-11-2008 10:51 PM

debbyski

Awesome TN! I believe in signs

2-12-2008 3:51 AM

Deepti

I thought it must be an albino too....man, the things you get to learn on CM

2-12-2008 4:57 AM

swampfoxz

lottery ticket???
You could be my new best friend!!!

2-15-2008 12:29 PM

quickstar

@ Deepti

I could not agree with you more! I can't believe I let a slow-as-molasses internet connection keep me away for so long!

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</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm"><FONT size="2">Fran Lockhart, partnership manager for the trust, caught the young Highland deer on camera. She described it as "ghost-like".
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm"><FONT size="2">The trust said white deer were potent figures in the mythology of many cultures. 
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<FONT size="2">They are closely identified with unicorns and their appearance is said to herald some profound change in the lives of those who encounter them.
</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm"><FONT size="2">White deer are often mistakenly thought to be albinos. 
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm"><FONT size="2">The trust said their unusual appearance was caused by leucism, a rare genetic pattern that causes a reduction in the pigment in the animal's hair and skin.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm"><FONT size="2">Unlike albinos who characteristically have red eyes, deer with leucism have normal colouring in their eyes.   
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