This is the bizarre moment a hero paddleboarder saved a DEER from drowning after it was chased into the sea by a dog.<br /><br />Shocked witnesses watched as the helpless animal struggled to keep its head above the waves at Cleethorpes, Lincs.<br /><br />The deer was dragged further out to sea by the current until a paddleboarder came to its rescue.<br /><br />Onlooker Bruce Martin filmed the incredible scenes which unfolded on Saturday (27/4) morning.<br /><br />Bruce said: "Apparently a dog had chased the poor thing into the sea.<br /><br />"Apparently deer are good swimmers, but it was a long way out and the tide was receding.<br /><br />"The boarder just leapt into action and paddled out to the deer and got it on to his board and pulled it in. <br /><br />"He then placed it in the wooded area out of sight."<br /><br />Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue were alerted to the animal and they came and found it and say it is making a good recovery.
