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Maru Kitteh

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15. This is where my rationality goes to gruel. In the face of powerful experiences
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 06:48 PM
21 hrs ago

with other animals, such as your encounter. I do not consider myself superstitious at all. I am an evidence-based human, but I absolutely understand those who see another world apart in the faces of nature.
I was driving home one late afternoon on the icy highways of western Montana. Dusty indigo hills break between the snow and sky, lit in pastel apricots, lavender and muted shades of cornflower. By the road I suddenly see a black wolf with luminous golden eyes on a carcass - looking straight into me the way a person who has always known you sees you from across a crowded room, but here, in the quiet and the wild. It was a moment that felt profound.

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Maybe identical twins? I would think getting GPV 23 hrs ago #1
Unless they got the mutation from both parents, it's unlikely to occur in both. Or to your point, identical twins. paleotn 21 hrs ago #17
A story about the white deer of Argonne National Laboratory Cadfael 23 hrs ago #2
I remeber this from elementry school Lochloosa 23 hrs ago #3
Were they wearing sailor-style school uniforms? TrunKated 23 hrs ago #4
haha. johnnyfins 23 hrs ago #7
Wow 😳 MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #5
i was driving so no pics. sorry. johnnyfins 23 hrs ago #8
It's okay 👍 MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #9
There is a small herd of them in Wisconsin... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #6
Very cool photos... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #14
Wow sammythecat 13 hrs ago #24
I was on a trail in the driftless region of Illinois Stacey Grove 23 hrs ago #10
Gowing up there was an albino white tail on our farm. About 80% white. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #11
There's a herd in NY, descended from an English gift or something Easterncedar 22 hrs ago #12
White Deerskin Dance PufPuf23 22 hrs ago #13
This is where my rationality goes to gruel. In the face of powerful experiences Maru Kitteh 21 hrs ago #15
Whoa! That highly unusual. The genes expressed in both offspring. paleotn 21 hrs ago #16
I'm surprised the deer lived to reproduction age. TomSlick 21 hrs ago #18
While living in Illinois I saw the white Deer herd at Argonne Labs - absolutely stunning. Talitha 19 hrs ago #19
Sadly, they are gone. Not a happy story. LeftInTX 15 hrs ago #22
I just found this video on Facebook. Sector 001 17 hrs ago #20
Argonne National Labs near Chicago has white deer, but they're imported. LeftInTX 15 hrs ago #21
Beautiful! 🦌 💕💕 nt Raine 13 hrs ago #23
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