A deer with a single horn in the center of its head—much like the fabled, mythical unicorn—has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.

“This is fantasy becoming reality,” Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, told The Associated Press. “The unicorn has always been a mythological animal.”

The 1-year-old Roe Deer—nicknamed “Unicorn"—was born in captivity in the research center’s park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Tozzi said.

Giacomo Pizzarelli, the park ranger who had the honor of naming the fawn, has previously provided the press with monikers for other singular creatures found in and around Prato:

“Jack,” the jackalope
“Centaur,” the half-man, half-horse
“Mr. Phoenix,” the phoenix
“Charybdis,” the huge-mouthed creator of deadly whirlpools
“Chupacabra,” the affectionate but ugly puppy left in a basket on Pizzarelli’s doorstep
“Bassie,” the basilisk
“Krak-bo,” the dreaded kraken
“Baba Yaga,” the scary old woman in San Rocco, Pizzarelli’s home village
“Steve,” the sphinx

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...When porn star Milly D’Abbraccio designed her campaign posters, it was obvious she was going to show off her bottom.

Targeting her male fan base, the veteran of Italy’s adult entertainment industry has plastered images of her derriere all around the Eternal City in a bid to win a seat in Rome’s city hall.
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“I am the derriere of the Socialist party,” she concluded.

The Clinton war room.

Campaign Manager Maggie Williams: Good morning, Clintons.  I’ve been doing a little online research into the state of Italian… er, politics, and I think I have a new campaign role model.
Hillary: This better not be about Carla Bruni again.
MW: No, no.  No!  Ha ha.  No, this is about Milly D’Abbraccio.
Bill: Ooooh yeah!
Hillary, suddenly icy: I don’t know who that is, but whatever you’re planning, I won’t do it.
Bill: I’d like to hear more about this idea, Maggie.
MW: Well, she’s running for city hall in Rome, and instead of slogans or pictures of her face, her posters feature her—
Bill, sotto voce: Please say butt. Please say butt.
MW, looking nervously at Hillary —well, yeah.
Hillary:
MW: Her butt.
Hillary: I unquestionably will not do that.
Bill, beseechingly: But babe, you’ve got such a cute—
Hillary, glaring stonily:
Bill:
Interns: [awkward fidgeting]
MW: Well!  Well, actually…
Hillary, glaring anew:
MW: Actually we weren’t thinking of using you for these posters, Hillary.
Hillary: You bet you weren’t.
MW: Instead, we were actually wondering if—
Bill, suddenly without pants: I’LL DO IT.

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