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17-year-old Kelvin Peña from Pennsylvania looks like your average teen except he isn’t – this guy belongs to a deer squad! That’s right, Kelvin has recently befriended one curious deer by giving him food and has been spending some quality time with a whole family of deer ever since.

“I saw Money [the deer] in my backyard, walked up to him, and noticed he didn’t run away, so I felt we had a connection,” he told BuzzFeed. “I went inside and grabbed him an apple, and he ate it. I expected him to leave but he kept following me, so that’s when I grabbed some Club Crackers and started feeding him. His name is Money ‘cause I feel like he deserves that name – money makes me happy and he did too, so I felt like we had a friendship.

“Every day since, he comes to my house and brings his lil’ family, which I all gave names too – they’re my deer squad,” Kelvin added. Kelvin even plays basketball with Money and has started selling deer-themed t-shirts hoping that “money and his deer family can have some nice, tasty, healthy snacks.”

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    Meet 17-year-old Kelvin Peña and his best friend Money, the deer

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    “I saw Money in my backyard, walked up to him, and noticed he didn’t run away, so I felt we had a connection,” said Kelvin

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    Kelvin fed the deer and soon he brought his whole gang to meet him

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    “I expected him to leave but he kept following me, so that’s when I grabbed some Club Crackers and started feeding him”

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    “Every day since, he comes to my house and brings his lil’ family, which I all gave names too – they’re my deer squad”

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    “His name is Money ‘cause I feel like he deserves that name – money makes me happy and he did too, so I felt like we had a friendship”

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    The two even play basketball together!

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    Kelvin has also started selling deer-themed t-shirts hoping that “money and his deer family can have some nice, tasty, healthy snacks”

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