12 deer carcasses pulled from river

GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Workers pulled a dozen deer carcasses from the Little Shenango River about 2 miles north of the borough Friday but the mystery of how they got there continues.
Bill Brady, superintendent of Greenville Municipal Authority, said the dead animals posed no threat to the borough's water supply, which is drawn from the Shenango River downstream from the site.
He advised people who live in the immediate area, however, to have their well water tested.
There were unsubstantiated reports of as many as 28 deer in the river at one point, but Brady said workers checked the water and banks for more than a mile and found just 12 carcasses.
Game commission: All were lifted from the river using a ladder firetruck and placed into a dump truck supplied by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Brady said.
The deer had been in the river about a month.
Brady said one animal that washed ashore earlier was headless.
All 12 deer pulled out Friday had their heads and all were does, he said.
It appeared that one of the animals had been shot in the back of the head, he added, speculating that the deer may have been killed and dumped into the river from a nearby bridge.