After scaring Rudolf to death, Danish Air Force pays Santa
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid about $5,000 in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets roared over his farm.

The animal, named Rudolf, was grazing at the farm of Olavi Nikkanoff in central Denmark when the screaming F-16 jets passed overhead at low altitude in February.

The reindeer collapsed and died, leaving Nikkanoff with the prospect of only one animal pulling his sleigh next Christmas.

He complained to the air force, which agreed to compensate him for the cost of the reindeer and veterinary expenses.

"We got a letter from Santa complaining about his reindeer's death and looked into it seriously," air force spokesman Capt. Morten Jensen said. The air force checked flight data and veterinary reports and concluded the planes had caused the animal's death.

Nikkanoff said he would use the money to buy a new reindeer before Christmas.
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*smirk*

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahah that is sooo funny

Thats sick

Deer... arn't the most calmest animals in the world. They're almost like squirrels... scare them just right and they drop over dead. It's kinda scary =\

They set themselves up to die all the time, especially with a horn honking and flood lights on, they love to stand in front of the kind of stuff.

Rudolf . . . dead?!?



Who will lead Santa's sleigh?
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That's sad . . . that deer must have been old.

Poor deer, even when we aren`t trying to harm the innocent creatures we inhabit the earth with we still manage to..........."sigh".........

At least he got his last meal?

I wonder what the jets where doing out there then. Cause if he died because of them, it means he wasn't used to the nose produced by the powerful engines...

I say he was either young or old, its heart probably couldn't take such a fright and it overhyperated and died of a critical heart attack, most likely.

Did you read the post that you posted?

LMFAO! Dude, I love fighter jets. x3

I love fighter jets as well.But not ones that kill reindeers

Have you ever had fighter jets fly low overhead?

It's enough to make anyone jump out of their skin.

It does give you quite a fright.If it was old and just chewing grass and it just flies up.That would easily kill it

That part of it dieing of heart failure was in the text high up in grey letters like the summary. So, I usualy just read the bold titles and body.

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer... Had a... Had a... WAAAAHHH!!! Rudolphs dead!!!!


Who will bring all the toys to the little children now? A fat man and a single reindeer?!?!

I WANT MY XMAS

If thats not a freak accident, I dont know what is.

lol

But only Rudolf's red nose was unique... He's not gonna be able to buy another reindeer with a glowing nose...

[/quote]But only Rudolf's red nose was unique... He's not gonna be able to buy another reindeer with a glowing nose...[quote]

Maybe he can get one off of ebay, or reindeer4sale.com
LOL!

Ehh, My Xmas is ruined

HA

RUDOLF! FETCH!

As much as this story is sad, I still can't help but laugh. ._. Its just so funny...