NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts man fighting a speeding ticket in court had a unique explanation - the officer's radar gun may have picked up a deer.

The Newburyport Daily News (http://bit.ly/2jmJV53 ) reports that Dennis Sayers, of Haverhill (HAY'-vruhl), was clocked going 40 mph in 30 mph zone in West Newbury in November.He got a $105 ticket.He appealed in court on Thursday, asking Officer Royster Johnson if he was 100 percent sure his radar captured Sayers' speed or the speed of a deer that could have been in the vicinity.When confronted by the skeptical judge, Sayers replied that anything was possible.The fine was upheld.Deer, by the way, can run approximately 30 mph.---Information from: The Daily News of Newburyport (Mass.),

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