I hope this letter finds you well and your reindeer still bullet and arrow free. This year I’ve limited my wish list to five major items and, while they total a little over half a million dollars, I think we’d both agree that I’ve been exceptionally good this year.

West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot Jonathan Kimble found himself between a bear and a hard place last week after he Tweeted details of his hunting trip with the university-issued muzzleloader.

Everett Gray, 54, of Cornish, New Hampshire shot the eight point whitetail near his home last Thursday. When Everett approached the deer to finish the kill with a knife, the buck lunged forward catching the hunter in the gut and lifting him off the ground.

The video, which has garnered more than 70,000 hits in just two days, shows a giant anaconda regurgitating a heifer cow into a Brazilian jungle stream.