Stag gored man with antlers in attack which went on ‘for eternity’

A antheral was near fearing for his beingness aft a stag plunged its antlers into his thigh successful agrarian Scotland.

Glen Wilkinson, 56, had fto his dogs retired to a play successful his seven-acre plot successful Kishorn, northwest Scotland, astir 9:30am connected November 14.

As soon arsenic the dogs ran out, they gathered successful 1 country – wherever Glen spotted a highland stag tangled successful his fencing.

Glen walked implicit to effort to assistance escaped the stag to forestall it being injured – but the subordinate charged astatine him and plunged his antler into Glen’s thigh.

Glen was knocked to the crushed by the six-foot animal, and had to drawback some its antlers and clasp them dependable to forestall different blow.

The dad-of-two feared for his beingness – until his friend, Martin Whitehead, 56, ran implicit to chopped the ligament fencing and escaped the animal, which past ran away.

Glen, near successful a excavation of his ain blood, was taken to the nearest hospital, Broadford, connected the Isle of Skye.

He needed 10 stitches to adjacent the seven-centimetre gash connected his limb and stem the bleeding, arsenic good arsenic a tetanus injection.

Glen, a builder, said: ‘The stags travel into my plot each the clip and they’re usually bully arsenic golden – I’ve ne'er had issues before. But this 1 had got its antlers caught connected the fencing – helium was thrashing astir and I thought he’d extremity up injuring himself.

‘He went inactive and I thought he’d bushed himself retired – but past helium charged maine and took maine disconnected my feet. I was frightened for my beingness – whenever I fto spell of his antlers to effort and untangle him he’d effort to spell for maine again.’

Glen said the onslaught felt similar it went connected for ‘eternity’, and helium lone realised aft helium stood up that helium had a spread successful his leg.

The 2nd the stag had been freed from the fencing, it ran off, which is erstwhile Glen and Martin realised the grade of Glen’s injuries.

He said: ‘By then, the adrenaline was opening to deterioration disconnected and my limb was aching a lot. Before then, I was excessively intent connected holding its antlers to consciousness the pain.’

Now backmost connected his feet, Glen said he’s bruised but healing.

‘I’ve since recovered retired you’re not expected to assistance a stag erstwhile it’s tangled for this reason,’ helium said.

‘I don’t blasted the stag – helium was astir apt arsenic frightened arsenic I was. He didn’t cognize I was trying to assistance him. Now I know, I won’t beryllium doing it again.’

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