There I was, minding my own business in La Grande, Oregon, exploring a wye I had discovered while surfing in Google Earth. Suddenly, down the street about three houses away, this deer appeared out of nowhere. It just stood in someone's front yard for a while, then started running down the street when a truck approached from a nearby side street. When the deer passed me it was about 50 feet (15m) away. It followed a railroad track (part of the wye I was exploring) and ventured deeper into the neighborhood. It was all over within a minute or so.