For whatever reason, deer across America have apparently decided 2026 is the year they’ll start spending more time indoors. Preferably by crashing through a window.
From breaking into homes and businesses to getting stranded on rooftops, deer have been causing all sorts of chaos this year. And in several cases, the whole thing was caught on video.
Here are 10 of the most bizarre deer encounters of 2026.
Deer Have Been Breaking Into Homes And Businesses All Year
1. Deer destroys North Carolina laundromat: On October 27, a deer crashed into a customer outside Wishy Washy Laundry in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, smashed through a window, and proceeded to climb on washing machines and dryers before escaping.
“One in a million chance of something like this,” laundromat owner Corey Pendergrass told WXII-TV.
2. Deer breaks into Wisconsin apartment: Also this month, police in Appleton, Wisconsin, responded to an apartment after a deer entered through a window. The animal then escaped by crashing through a different window.
The Appleton Police Department said the incident “provided a good reminder that deer are on the move this time of year.”
3. Deer uses bathroom, goes swimming: Deputies in St. Johns County, Florida, encountered a buck inside someone’s bathroom in August. After being escorted outside, it jumped into the backyard swimming pool. Twice.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said, “The buck fled before deputies could issue a warning for trespassing.”
4. Deer visits Hersheypark: In July, employees at Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark discovered a fawn “acting erratically” near a busy walkway. Workers covered its head with a towel and carried it out. Apparently, it didn’t have a ticket.
5. Two deer break into neighboring businesses: On July 7, two deer simultaneously crashed through windows at a Peachtree City, Georgia, shopping center. One entered an oyster bar, while the other wound up in the bathroom of a massage business.
“Young buck, that’s Big Daddy’s Oyster Bar, not a drive-thru,” Georgia Outdoor News Magazine wrote on Facebook.
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6. Deer trashes Alabama antique store: A deer smashed through the front window of Blue Daisy Antique in Dothan, Alabama, destroying merchandise before an employee opened a door and let it escape. Luckily, no one was hurt.
According to UPI, “The store remained open for business after the incident, but customers were directed away from the front entrance.”
7. Deer gets stuck on roof: Firefighters in Astoria, Oregon, rescued a young deer that somehow ended up stranded on a home’s roof. Nobody knows how it got up there, but firefighters used a ladder truck to reunite it with its mother.
“This certainly doesn’t happen every day,” the Astoria Fire Department said.
8. Deer breaks into Florida kitchen: In Orange County, Florida, a deer crashed through a living room window and wound up struggling to stand on the kitchen’s slippery tile floor. Deputies, responding to “an unusual call,” as the Sheriff’s Office put it, eventually guided it outside.
9. Deer attempts bank robbery: Police responding to a burglary alarm at a Suffolk County, New York, bank discovered the suspect was a buck that had crashed through a window. Officers lassoed the animal and released it.
“We think the buck was looking for bucks,” the Suffolk County Police Department joked on social media.
10. Deer spends two days in a basement: A deer broke into a Grand Chute, Wisconsin, home while its owners were away and spent approximately two days trapped in the basement before being rescued.
“Okay, do you want a second unit?” the dispatcher asked during the 911 call. “Yeah, this could be interesting,” replied the officer. “Okay, just took me a minute to make sure I was reading the call correctly,” the dispatcher added.