A Deer Ate My Pretzels!
by Tim Little
(Hudson, FL)
I reside in the Tampa bay area of Florida, but I grew up on Long Island's south shore in Patchogue. I spent many days of my childhood summers taking the Davis park ferry over to explore Fire Island.
The wildlife always thrilled me, particularly the deer. Last summer I took my own children to Davis Park during a visit to see family in Patchogue. I was dozing on the beach and awoke to find myself surrounded by people with cameras. I was about to ask them what they were doing, when I noticed a rather large deer next to me munching on my pretzels.
He was less than shy and took some convincing before he moved along. The people told me they had been watching him help himself for several minutes while I dozed 2 feet away. You would be hard pressed to have such an encounter at any other beach I can think of.
It’s little things like this that makes Long Island, and particularly Fire Island special to me.
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