BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 19, 2025
Brian Fogg was on his way to work Tuesday when he spotted a deer struggling to cross a frozen tributary of the Passagassawakeag River off Head of the Tide Road in Belfast. The deer kept trying to get up, but fell through each time. “Then it got to the point where it was exhausted,” Fogg said. Fogg walked up to the doe, which was so tired it didn’t seem to mind his presence. He broke the ice with his boots until the water reached his waist, then shed some layers so he wouldn’t get soaked. Fogg, a hunter, always tries to help wildlife he sees in need, but he would not recommend others take the same approach. He said people can sometimes do more harm than good.