CNN Breaking News
4 December 2013

Deer Hitch Ride on Hovercraft

Note: After James and Doug Kenison of MedCity Hovercraft in Rochester, Minnesota used their Neoteric hovercraft to rescue three exhausted deer, stranded for days on Albert Lea Lake, their video of the rescue quickly went viral.

James Kenison reports, “Our Neoteric craft performed very well. Its reverse thrusters gave us the ability to quickly maneuver on the slippery ice. Without them the rescue would have taken longer just to get the craft in the right position. And the hovercraft was the best option, due to the ice being thin in some places.”

The CNN newscasters quickly realized this: “Hovercraft are kind of a genius idea here … if you go out there with a snowmobile, you’re in trouble – it doesn’t hover, it’s just a craft.”