Rare albino deer keep showing up at home in Missouri, perplexing homeowner

A woman in Missouri has had some unexpected visitors this summer — a pair of adorable albino deer.

Christie Schoen first posted video of an albino fawn frolicking in her Cape Girardeau yard on June 17, with a second white fawn showing up the next day.

Since then, the fawns — along with a larger brown deer Schoen refers to as the duo’s mom — appear to have visited the yard multiple times.

“This has been going on for about three months,” Schoen told Storyful.

Schoen named the albino fawns Christian and Louboutin and told Storyful that Christian sometimes responds when she calls its name.

“Louboutin is the exact opposite,” she said, according to Storyful. “He stays very close to Christian at all times and is more skittish toward me. But they will both play with the rabbits, squirrels, and groundhogs in the yard.”

Video of the deer shows them nibbling on grass and frolicking through Schoen’s lush open yard. One video shows the two albino fawns sitting together near Schoen’s home.

“HOW can I be expected to go to work when I have a live action Disney movie happening in my yard....?!?!” she wrote.

Albinism is a genetic mutation that prevents an animal’s cells from producing melanin, which affects the color of the skin, fur and eyes, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Animals that are albino will often have white fur and pink eyes.

Deer that are truly albino are rare — about 1 in 30,000, according to the department.

But not all deer that are white are albino. Some may have leucism, which causes white coloration, patches or spots but does not affect eye pigmentation, according to the National Parks Service. These deer are also referred to as “piebald.”

Schoen said she believes the white fawns are, indeed, albino due to their eye coloring, WTVT reported