In my area we have a prion disease called CWD in the whitetail deer population. There's basically no way to destroy them in the wild. You have to bleach or burn

In my area we have a prion disease called CWD in the whitetail deer population. There's basically no way to destroy them in the wild. You have to bleach or burn the wilderness. They've had some suspicions that the prion has infected humans, although I haven't read any updates to that in a couple of years. Many locals still don't get their kills checked, even though it's free. They just eat them. A lot of the logic is that it's been here a long time and they've probably already eaten it. Anyway, prions are the scariest thing I've heard of in a long time, because they don't even have an agenda.