A Cambridge academic has been seriously injured on holiday after being gored by a stag in a "bizarre and horrific" attack.
Dr Kate Stone is said to be fighting for her life after being wounded by the animal near Fort William in the Highlands.
She had to be airlifted to hospital in Glasgow and is understood to be in intensive care, with injuries to her neck and spine caused by the stag's antlers.
The attack happened in the early hours of Monday, December 30, when Dr Stone and a group of friends were standing outside a private home in Lochailort.
The Press and Journal newspaper reports that the animal appeared to single out Dr Stone, who at six foot was the tallest of the group.
The research engineer had been on a short break. Pic: Kate Stone/Facebook Her friends initially thought she had just been knocked over in the attack, but it soon became apparent she had been badly hurt.
Dr Stone, who was born a man but changed gender in 2007, studied at Cambridge for a PhD in physics and microelectronics, and is now a research engineer at the university's institute of manufacturing.
She also established her own successful start-up company, Novalia, which looks "at making anything that's printed interactive".
She was among a group on a short break in the Highlands, and had been at a ceilidh in Lochailort Inn.
They were staying at the nearby Mo-Dhachaidh B&B owned by Gary Burton.
Mr Burton said he heard about the attack when one of Dr Stone's friends returned at around 2.30am.
"I think what happened was that the stag panicked. It was trapped in a fenced garden having got through a gate. I don't think there was anywhere else to go and it charged out of the gate," he said.
"It's very bizarre and very horrific."
The group was left shocked by the attack but managed to help Dr Stone and contact the emergency services, Mr Burton said.
"The last I heard was late last night that Kate is still in intensive care," said Mr Burton, who explained the community had never experience a stag attack like this before.
He said: "This is a one-in-a-million event which has shocked the whole community. We are at one with nature in Lochailort, and we have deer all around us.
"We are all hoping and praying that Kate pulls through.
"I don't pry into our guests' personal lives but I had a conversation with Kate and I know she is a very outdoors person, and loves camping and walking.
"It would be a tragedy if she couldn't do that any more."
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