A deer walks into a bar and suddenly Bluffton, Ohio, is a date line across the globe

The now famous "deer walks into a bar" story with a Bluffton, Ohio, date line - yes, you saw it first on The Bluffton Icon - has captured worldwide fame.

Steve Harnish provided The Icon with the following links. This demonstrates how quickly a local story travels in the digital era. It all started on The Icon on Friday, Nov. 5, at 3:30 p.m. Here's how the story traveled in seven days.

Icon:

http://www.blufftonicon.com/image-gallery/2010-icon-photos/deer-lukes

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14xq7cxOt04 (~73,000 hits)

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/11/10/dnt.deer.into.bar.wtvg?ir...

Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/11/deer-in-bar-causes-damage_n_782...

International:

Daily Mail: (UK)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328767/Thats-going-cost-bucks-R...

Herald Sun (Victoria, Australia)
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/deer-crashes-thro...

Other languages:
http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article3025180.ece (Oslo, Norway)

http://www.expressomt.com.br/noticiaBusca.asp?cod=101863&codDep=3 (Mato Grosso, Brasil)

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