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Kalamazoo, Mich. • A public safety officer checking a suspicious car parked behind a southwestern Michigan motel early Tuesday was more than a little surprised when a deer climbed out of the trunk, stumbled onto the road and bolted into nearby woods. The driver told Kalamazoo Officer David Miller he hit the deer on the road — thought he had killed it — and was taking it home for his family to eat. Lt. Stacey Geik says the collision probably just stunned the deer.