Ghostly white stag

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/73a64fc7-c1db-4853-b93e-c4a7c79f0e57/EE3D4E1E-277A-403A-82F7-705512E95DB5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKKIM25136920080212?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&sp=true" href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKKIM25136920080212?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&sp=true" style="font-size: 11px;">uk.reuters.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKKIM25136920080212?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&sp=true"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/uk.reuters.com/img/1261DFBA-BF28-4F61-8CBB-7932061EF541" alt="Photo" /></div></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://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKKIM25136920080212?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&sp=true"><P>A mythical and ghostly creature has appeared in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands -- and has been caught on camera.<SPAN id="midArticle_byline"></SPAN></P><SPAN id="midArticle_0"></SPAN>
<P>The rare white stag, from the red deer species, is believed to be among just a tiny handful living in Britain, according to a conservation group.</P><SPAN id="midArticle_1"></SPAN>
<P>The John Muir Trust is now keeping the stag's location secret for fear of poachers.</P><SPAN id="midArticle_2"></SPAN>
<P>"To see him amongst the other stags was truly thrilling because he does look like a ghost: you do a double-take," Trust Partnership Manager Fran Lockhart, who filmed the stag, told Reuters.</P><SPAN id="midArticle_3"></SPAN>
<P>White stags are seen as a magical and powerful force in many mythologies.</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://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKKIM25136920080212?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&sp=true">The animal's ghostly glow comes from a recessive gene which causes leucism, a condition which reduces the normal brown colouring in hair and skin. They are not albinos, which have red eyes due to lack of pigment.</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://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKKIM25136920080212?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&sp=true">It is also said that for those who set eyes on the animal, a momentous moment is near.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EE3D4E1E-277A-403A-82F7-705512E95DB5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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