I think that truck is carrying a machine to groom ski slopes. Maybe they use Reindeer to keep the slopes from overgrowing in the off season. :confused:

Is the picture photoshopped? Well there is a photographer behind that camera and he is not running for his life.

LOL!

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dang! I saw this somewhere! Actually, I thought I'd seen it on IOTD a few days ago, but apparently not. I must have seen it in meatspace, in a local newspaper, but I can't seem to find it. Anyway, the story is that the reindeer just happened to get in the way of the truck, which is carrying snow grading equipment. (Being a Canuck I can tell you they'd probably just use that equipment on roads, not ski hills.)

I doubt if any equipment big enough to clear roads, would fit in that dump truck and be light enough to load/unload. Maybe parking lots. ;)

Pretty healthy looking reindeer compared with real working stock, like Manny, Moe and Jack.

The photo with the truck was taken with a long telephoto lens which is why the truck and reindeer seem so close to the photographer as well as to each other. In reality, there was more than likely at least half a mile separating them.

Welcome to the Cellar, steppana. :D
Yes, it had to be a long less. If the photographer was as close as it first appears, the Reindeer would be veering off to the left or right.

You're probably right, xxoxoBruce. I've seen those little tractors being rented for Wal-Mart parking lots. The graders they use on the streets are these huge monsters that are about as big as the the truck in the photo. And their buckets are full of sand.

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