Some piebald deer might have only a few outward ... but they are more common to come across than an albino or melanistic deer. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 ...

Iowans have spotted both albino and piebald deer in the past, including an all white doe spotted in Jasper County in 2020. Piebald deer normally have white and brown coats and colored facial features.

The animal could have been an albino deer, or what’s known as piebald deer – a deer with white patches of coat, which is more common, occurring in approximately 1 to 2% of the deer population.

It is unclear exactly what the animal was — and whether it was actually an albino deer or a piebald deer. "I actually saw it, and I thought it was like a white llama or something like that ...