Witness Joyce Bearse saw the reindeer flee.
“I saw an awesome reindeer in a pen right here. I left and came back 20 minutes later but she left and jumped the fence,” said Bearse.
Dillon Police Officer Bryan Wagner helped track down the reindeer that took off.
“We got the call at about five that a reindeer had escaped from Santa Claus,” said Wagner.
He says the reindeer swam across Lake Dillon to Robert’s Tunnel.
“When he came out of Robert’s Tunnel he still had his lead on, and that was actually good for us because it was easier to find him because it was a definite pattern in the snow,” said Wagner.
Wagner and an animal control officer had the reindeer cornered and brought in another reindeer as back-up.
“The other reindeer coming in did the trick, and the reindeer came right up to it, and we got the harness and were able to take him into custody from there,” said Wagner.
Santa and the reindeer will be making more stops around Colorado.
The handler tells officers he’ll be keeping the reindeer on a tighter leash next time.
(CBS Local - Dec 7, 2013)
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