The family had a rare wildlife encounter when they returned home from their birthday dinner.
Reports say Kurt Massimira celebrated her son’s 13th birthday and then went home with her family after experiencing unusual sightings while driving along the road behind Iowa.
“We were back home at dusk on this Backroad, and all of a sudden my wife was like, ‘Albino Deer!’
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“It’s just the tone of her voice. She was like a whimsical teenager.”
It is unclear what the animal is and whether it was in fact an albino deer or a Peavard deer.
Two unusual, and perhaps “albino” deer were seen on the reverse road in Iowa by a man and his family who were returning home from a birthday dinner. (Michael Lee Simpson/SWNS)
Massimilla said the incident was extremely rare.
Seeing two of these animals together could have been one in 400 million chance, he told SWNS.
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“I actually saw it and I thought it was like a white llama or something like that,” Massimira added.
“So I put the brakes on and backed up. Yeah, just two of them hanging out,” he added.
“I actually saw it and I thought it was a white llama or something like that,” Iowa’s father said of the rare sighting of a white deer. (Michael Lee Simpson/SWNS)
According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), true albino has pink eyes and completely white hair, so “it’s aptly known as ‘Pievald deer’ rather than a true albino.
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According to the NJDEP, Piebald Deer is rare and occurs in less than 1% of the population.
Piebald Deer is also known as the Leucistic Deer.
It is unclear exactly what type of animal the Iowa family found while driving home from the event. (Michael Lee Simpson/SWNS)
According to the National Park Service, roicism is a partial loss of all kinds of pigmentation, causing white colour, white spots, spots, spots, or spots. “Leucism can also be distinguished from albinism because it does not affect pigment cells in the eye,” the service also states.
Massimira and his family recently moved from Arizona to Iowa.
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“We’re big wildlife enthusiasts, so we love seeing animals that we don’t normally see on beaten trails, so we can look at them,” as SWNS reported.
