A woman from Stow’s photos of a fawn playing in the pool go viral

Summer has arrived in full force, and last week Summit County residents flocked to swimming pools and wading pools to escape the recent heat wave that saw daytime temperatures soar above 95 degrees.

Humans aren’t the only ones trying to keep cool in last week’s heat. Animals also sought shelter from the blazing sun, as a recent Facebook post by a Stow woman shows.

Kristina Fultz posted photos on Facebook on June 20 of three baby deer splashing around in her pool under the watchful eye of their mother. The photos went viral, with over 1,000 people reacting and commenting on the post.

“One of my sons was pretty impressed with how many people were commenting,” Fultz said. “He said, ‘Mom, our deer are famous.'”

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Fultz said she was about to go outside to the pool with her 3-year-old twin sons when one of the twins pointed out the deer playing in the water.

“He came up to me and said, ‘Oh my God,’ and pointed to the back sliding door where the deer were jumping around and having fun,” Fultz said. “We watched them for a couple of minutes and I thought it was really cool. So I grabbed my phone to take some pictures because no one would believe me.”

Fultz showed the pictures to some family members and friends before posting them on Facebook because she knew it was a “sight worth seeing,” she said.

Their photos quickly became popular and users noticed how adorable the animals were.

“Three babies!!! I love it!!!” wrote one user. “Triplets are very rare.”

“The cutest thing,” posted another user, adding three heart emojis at the end of their reply.

“*Buy a folding pool immediately and set it up*,” replied a third user.

Reporter Anthony Thompson can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @athompsonABJ

This article originally appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal: A Stow woman’s pool is visited by a baby deer in a viral Facebook post