This is the moment patrons of a West Tennessee restaurant were left terrified when a deer destroyed their dinner by jumping through a front window.
Alicia Owens was eating with her daughter Ava and the Hayes family after a school basketball game Monday night when the deer jumped through the window of the Grind Restaurant in Martin, Tennessee.
“I hear a crash and a deer comes through the window,” Alicia told The Tennessean.
Alicia, from Medina, Tennessee, recalled the surprising moment when the animal came out of nowhere and suddenly found itself in the restaurant.
“It got up and went crazy!” I couldn’t believe what I saw! “It was so bizarre,” she said.
A security camera captured the moment the deer jumped through the window behind Ruby, who fell to the ground as shattered glass surrounded her.
A deer jumped through the window of a restaurant in Martin, Tennessee, and nearly landed on a table, scaring two families and injuring a 13-year-old girl
Ruby Hayes (right), 13, was having dinner with her family and friend Ava Owens (left) after a school basketball game when the deer crashed through the front window of the Grind Restaurant
Ruby’s shoulder was torn open by the deer’s hind hoof, Alicia said. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she received 11 stitches.
The unexpected incident left everyone in a state of shock, causing them to quickly stand up and huddle in the corner.
“It’s slipping on the glass, it can’t get a grip.” “It’s desperately trying to get up,” said Alicia.
“I couldn’t understand that it was actually a deer.” We’re in the middle of town, across from the University of Tennessee Martin. It’s like, “What the fuck?”
Ruby and Ava played on opposite sides of a middle school basketball game Monday afternoon.
Security camera footage shows Ruby sitting at the table with her parents Bryan and Jennifer Hayes, Ava and Ava’s mother Alicia, eating casually and talking.
When the deer unexpectedly burst through the window, both families were frightened and quickly gathered in the corner.
The mothers formed a barrier around two children, protecting them from the deer amid the chaos, while Bryan raised his arms to protect others and tried to scare the deer away.
A security camera captured the moment the deer jumped through the window behind Ruby, who fell to the ground as shattered glass surrounded her
The mothers formed a barrier around two children, protecting them from the deer amid the chaos, while Bryan raised his arms to protect others and tried to scare the deer away
Ruby soon got up from the ground and put her hands on her head. She was shaking a lot, Alicia said.
She told the Tennessean that the girl repeatedly asked, “Am I bleeding?” before discovering the gash in her shoulder.
“Ruby was shaking a lot. But she never cried. “She just didn’t know what hit her,” Alicia recalled.
You can see how the deer nimbly jumps through the restaurant and evades any attempts to control it.
Another security camera captured the moment she jumped to the back of the restaurant and onto the patio, leaving both patrons and staff in disbelief.
The deer was ultimately shot outside the restaurant by a customer with a pistol, Alicia said.
She applied pressure to Ruby’s wound as Bryan drove her to West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital.
Alicia said Ruby was smiling and laughing with her family as she left the hospital, despite being in significant pain from her injury and having just received 11 stitches.
Alan Laderman, owner of Grind Mac and Cheese Bar, told NWTM Today that he contacted the family to check on Ruby.
The restaurant owner said the deer was hit by a vehicle just before it jumped through the window. It left the restaurant through the back door and was left by a customer.
Another security camera captured the moment she jumped to the back of the restaurant and onto the patio, leaving both patrons and staff in disbelief
You can see how the deer nimbly jumps through the restaurant and evades any attempts to control it
“According to a man who was walking by, he said, ‘This deer just got hit by a guy,’ and then it ran through here,” Laderman said.
“We’re sending the family some flowers today, get well balloons, and a few gift cards to The Grind and Sammie’s with the slogan, ‘Sorry we got a little mixed up at the Grind last night.'”
After the incident, Alicia and Bradley Owens reposted the viral video on their social media and wrote, “Please pray for Ruby as she had a severe cut on her shoulder.”
The restaurant, known locally for its milkshakes, donut burgers and mac ‘n’ cheese, remained open the next day.
“Hey guys, we are open today despite the crazy circumstances of last night.” “Most of all, we are very grateful that Ruby and her family are doing well,” the restaurant wrote on social media the day after the incident.
“I guess you could say things got a little wild at the Grind last night!”