Feb. 12 (UPI) — Workers at a wastewater treatment plant in Kentucky sprang into action to rescue a deer that went for a late-night swim in a clarifying tank.
Matthew Chancellor, chief operations manager at the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jessamine County, said he arrived for work at the facility Feb. 4 and spotted a deer swimming in the tank, which is about 12 feet deep.
“I wasn’t sure what it was. I thought maybe it was a waterfowl, but then I got out and saw that, and then called people to let them know we had a deer swimming in the tank,” Chancellor told WKYT-TV.
He said the deer appeared to have been swimming in the tank for some time amid frigid temperatures…