Clerk visited a farm to check equipment covered by a bank loan but stag pouced and killed him on the spot.
'I do not know what one needs to do to make the stag to rush to the people.' Picture: Vera Salnitskaya
Police later shot the animals and took away its antlers as a 'murder weapon' for forensic tests.
The 24 year man - who has not been named - was suddenly attacked after entering an enclosure at the farm in Vargater, Tomsk region, to take pictures of farm equipment linked to a bank loan. The stag immediately attacked an killed him.
'The young man entered the fenced area, where the equipment was along with a few Siberian stags,' said the Investigative Committee, in charge of serious cases.
The 24 year man - who has not been named - was suddenly attacked after entering an enclosure at the farm in Vargater, Tomsk region. Pictures: The Siberian Times
'One of the stags attacked the young man, striking him with antlers. The young man died on the spot.'
The farmer - who was not present - denies he gave the banker permission to enter the enclosure in his absence.
Roman Ushakov said: 'This stag never showed any aggression to people. When they are mating they sometimes lift up the head, walk in circles ... but I do not know what one needs to do to make the stag to rush to the people.
Roman Ushakov: 'If he had spoken to me, I would have warned him that he should not go there.' Picture: Government of Tomsk region
'Maybe he (bank employee) angered or teased the stag somehow, or I do not know...'
'The bank did not even call me, I did not know that they will come,' he said. 'If he had spoken to me, I would have warned him that he should not go there.
'He was unaccompanied. He came with a driver. The driver drove him to a certain place, and stayed in the car. Of course, no one expected this.'
Police later shot the animals and took away its antlers as a 'murder weapon'. Picture: Vera Salnitskaya
The stag was shot soon after the attack. Law enforcement officials 'demanded to 'withdraw' the antlers as a murder weapon.
'And how can you withdraw them? It was decided to shoot the animal, chop off the antlers, and they were taken as a murder weapon.'
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