Animals and Wildlife

Video captures deer bodysurfing at Santa Cruz County beach

A group of elementary school students on a field trip got a surprise show from a deer at Seacliff State Beach.

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A deer was seen on video this week bodysurfing at a Santa Cruz County beach, according to a report from KSBW-TV.

Students on a field trip at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos witnessed the deer frolicking in the surf Tuesday, and a parent captured it on video.

A teacher told KSBW that the deer came out of the forest, caught a wave, wiped out, then came back up and tried catching another wave but changed its mind.

The deer eventually returned to the forest.

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