Doe Makes Quite an Entrance Into San Carlos Home

San Carlos resident Pam Alexander had an unexpected visitor Saturday morning.

As Alexander, aka The Cruise Director, was having her morning coffee at her family home on Devonshire Boulevard, she heard a crash near the front of the house, causing the entire house to shudder.

Here's Pam's account of the incident: "I thought that there must have been an auto accident on Devonshire. I went into the front room to look out the window and there in my living room is a young doe. Something had spooked her while she was grazing in front of my house and she jumped into the plate glass window and ended up inside."

As Alexander tells it, the startled deer took one look at the equally-startled homeowner and jumped right back out through the OTHER plate glass window.

"Of course these are (were) the original, non-tempered glass windows put in during the '50's so shards glass are everywhere," she says.

Alexander was understandably concerned for the well-being of the deer, but says the deer dashed off and disappeared up Devonshire.

"I feel so bad for the little deer, as she must be terribly injured. She ran like the wind and disappeared up Devonshire. Some people who were walking by and had witnesses this, gathered in front of the house to 'oooh' and 'aaah' and recount this weird event. It's something I've worried about over the years that could happen. But in almost 60 years this was a first."

As luck would have it, Alexander was getting ready for a long day of putting the finishing touches on the San Carlos High School reunion she was organizing for Saturday night. Fortunately a friend came over to help Alexander clean up the glass shards and board up the windows. 

As for the deer, she hasn't been seen since.