Watch as a deer does an epic Olympic-level dive into the flooded Ohio River

UPDATE: Before the deer was seen jumping into the Ohio River on Monday, security footage shows the deer darting down West Broadway and leaping over a white SUV that was pulling into a Courier Journal parking lot.

(While Courier Journal cannot confirm it was the same deer, scroll down to the video and watch for yourself.)

Officials warn never to swim in flood water ... but this deer said to hell with it.

A distraught deer was caught on camera running down Fourth Street by the Galt House before taking an epic swan dive into the flooded Ohio River.

It's a multiple story drop from the overlook at the Galt House roundabout to the mighty Ohio.

Watch another video: Deer jumps over moving car before leaping into the Ohio River

Look at that form. It's a shame the summer Olympics aren't here because that was a perfect 10. Flawless. Textbook execution. Shout out to the deer for making the most of a natural disaster.

Samantha Moore said she filmed the deer's artful dive around 10:30 a.m. Monday near the Galt House hotel. The timing was perfect.

"We were taking pictures of the flood and heard my friend say 'there’s a deer!'" Moore said in a Facebook message. "I turned around and started recording."

And the deer's timing is impeccable too. The Ohio River is expected to crest, or be at its highest point, sometime between 11:00 a.m and 1 p.m.

"She swam towards the Bell of Louisville," Moore said in a message. "We were all in shock. I’m still in shock!"

Moore said she didn't know where the deer went after it swam under Interstate 64. In all seriousness, we hope that deer is OK. That's just the most interesting thing to ever happen on Fourth Street in a while.

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