The Frontman of The Who Saved a Deer with the Soul of a Deceased Friend (3 photos)

Pete Townshend, 79, has shared the story of how he saved a deer. The rock musician is sure that the animal was actually his late friend.





Pete freed the animal from a barbed wire garden fence near his London home. That's when he spoke to his late friend, guitarist Alan Rogan, who died of cancer in July 2019.

Pete told the Rockonteurs podcast: "We have a lot of deer in our area. And I noticed one in the barbed wire. I stopped the car, went over to it and started helping it, but it was dead. I was going to pull it out and bury it. And as soon as I put it down, it came back to life and ran away."

That day, the musician told his wife Rachel: "I just had a conversation with Alan Rogan."



Pete added: "I saw Rachel talking to a horse, she's psychic, and I have certain abilities. Horrible things happened to a few people I cursed, so I had to stop doing it."

Townsend is used to people making fun of his paranormal abilities.

"It's very easy to be an unbeliever, an atheist. You just laugh at anyone who believes in anything and you just say, 'Well, I'm ready to turn to dust.' But what's harder is trying to rationalize what you instinctively feel," the Briton is sure.



The Who paid tribute to Rogan, who also worked with legends such as Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and George Harrison.

A statement on the band's website reads: "Although Alan remained behind the scenes, he was as brilliant a star as anyone he worked with."