He got a lot of bang for his buck — and not in a good way.
A tourist’s attempt to photograph a deer ended painfully after the critter rammed him and broke his ribs, as seen in a wince-worthy video blowing up online.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Gian Carlo Triacca, 42, told Caters News Service of the attack, which occurred while he and his wife, Erika, 40 were vacationing in Greece.
The couple, who hail from Cancun, Mexico, had reportedly been entranced by a menagerie of beasts where they were.
Accompanying footage shows Gian Carlo and Erica getting approached a la peacocks, deer and other seemingly tame, enchanted animals.
Things go south, however, when the sightseer tries to snap a pic of a deer. Like a distrusting local, the deer appeared to not take kindly to having its photo taken.
“I was taking a picture of a small deer that was stood in front of me, when suddenly a big male deer attacked me in the back,” Gian Carlo recalled.
In the footage, shot by Erica, the shirtless tourist is seen snapping the wildlife while a massive 12-point buck eyes him from several feet away.
All of a sudden, the animal rams him with its massive antler rack.
“I was in so much shock and pain after it happened,” recalled the vacationer, who claimed that he sustained several broken ribs in the attack.
Despite being in a “huge amount of pain for several days,” Gian Carlo claimed he was lucky his injuries “weren’t worse.”
“I didn’t go to the hospital, I just recovered by myself with lots of medication and ice,” the Mexico resident recounted.
The exact whereabouts of the attack were not specified however, the Island of Moni is known for being a sanctuary of surprisingly docile deer, Cretan Ibexes, and other wildlife, which are the local’s only permanent residents.
Tourists often flock to idyllic isles from all over the world to see and even feed the beasts.
In general, animal advocates advise people to keep their distance when viewing wild animals.
“The best way to stay safe when watching wildlife is to give animals room to move,” The Humane Society Of The United States writes. “Many parks require you to stay a minimum distance of 25 yards from most wildlife and 100 yards from predators like bears and wolves.”
This isn’t the first time Bambi has gone on a rampage.
In 2020, an officer in Utah untangled a buck from a hammock, only for the beast to turn around and charge him, effectively ramming the hand that freed it.