I lean toward #3, as well. Given that a number of times I have seen "deer" from a moving car, and have heard others tell such stories, I eliminate the first theory.
The cloaking devices would also explain the "deer's" possible but faulty belief in its invulnerability to automobiles.

The Cubbies refrain: Wait 'til next year!
Heather Price | 11.18.02 - 3:12 pm | #

Good thing you weren't hunting rabbits! MCNS
Mark Sullivan | Homepage | 11.19.02 - 5:24 pm | #

I have similar theories about the elusive "redfish," rumored to inhabit the Gulf Coast waters.
C. Matt | 11.20.02 - 5:46 pm | #