# What kind of animal did I see?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 14, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-did-i-see/499712 "2009-06-14T04:15:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-did-i-see/499712/21 "2009-06-16T00:57:12Z")

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> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#):
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> I’ve heard a fawn do a very loud “eeeeeeeeeh” before. Kind of like a sheep but more of a wail. We’d just finished a trail run and my girlfriend was lying on a tarp to stretch, a momma deer passed by, but the baby was utterly terrified by the stretching-tarp-monster! :eek: It was too scared to try to catch up to momma deer.
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> Could it have been a very, very young fawn?

You nailed it. I saw the same creature again about two miles from the previous location, about 1 hour ago, only this time a doe was nearby. I’ve never seen a fawn so small, so coloured and I’ve never heard vocalization from a deer before.

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