strangest things youve hit while drivin
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From: Tuson, Az
I hit a skunk once. Actually it was crossing the road and ran under the old VW bug I was driving. Thank God the bottom of the car was fairly smooth. I felt it go bump and looked in the mirror and saw it bounce out and get stuck in the grill of the car behind me.
I kept going of course (as fast as I could) but the car behind me sure pulled over fast. We worked at the same construction job and I was sure praying he didn't recognize my car (He didn't).
Another time when we were young my buddy and I were driving a grain truck to the elevator and swerved to hit two phesant. We know we hit them but when we stopped we couldn't find them anywhere. When we were dumping the load the operator found them in the grain and said "thank you boys".
I kept going of course (as fast as I could) but the car behind me sure pulled over fast. We worked at the same construction job and I was sure praying he didn't recognize my car (He didn't).
Another time when we were young my buddy and I were driving a grain truck to the elevator and swerved to hit two phesant. We know we hit them but when we stopped we couldn't find them anywhere. When we were dumping the load the operator found them in the grain and said "thank you boys".
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From: Maple Ridge B.C. Canada
last july my 69 year old dad and i rode our motorcycles from Victoria B.C. Canada, down the coast of Washington, and down the Oregon coast to just about California. on the floating bridge between Washington state ,and Astoria Oregon, a big Canada goose tried to kill me.the bird decided to hit me in the leg as it flew straight at me.i swerved to the left just enough to try to now get hit totally in the torso. i thought ,im a Canadian between Washington state,and Oregon state and a freakin' Canadian goose is going to kill me.what are the odds?
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From: Wisconsin
[quote=c.l.nye;6358585]well i have hit quite a few critters, the worst is a tie between a smalish bear,yes a bear late night running the roads when i was younger. nope i dident get out and check on it. the other was when i was driving my 77 f150 on 36" swampers from nc back home to vt when in ny i was running 75mph plus with a semi beside me and one behind me. I crested a small hill and right in the passing lane,my lane when i see a white swan. There were people in the brake down lane trying to shue it out of the road, It dident work when i hit it looked like i hit a feather pillow. POOF feathers every where.[/quote
Lmao , u didnt check on that poor little ol' bear? smart man.
Mitch
Lmao , u didnt check on that poor little ol' bear? smart man.
Mitch
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From: Rock Island, Illinois
As I was passing over a local interstate bridge, traffic was backing up badly durring rush hour. The bridge is an out dated 2 lane which spans the Mississippi. After s l o w l y inching along for 15 minutes, I came upon this guy pushing his 80's Chevy and he was the definate cause of the tie up. I got behind him, and motioned for him to get into his truck, both he and I knew without saying, I was offering a "push assist" across the bridge. As soon as the bumpers came together, I nailed it to get up to speed, and before I knew it, I was shoveing this guy along at 65mph. All of a sudden, he decided to brake, which didn't slow us down a bit, but it did cause his truck to goose hard to the left, and he darn near spun out. As I let off the gas and bumped my own brake at the off ramp where he exited, I glanced over to see if there was a wave or nod of appreciation, but I guess I must of scared the stuffing out of him, because he was flipping me the bird, and shouting something or other.
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As I was passing over a local interstate bridge, traffic was backing up badly durring rush hour. The bridge is an out dated 2 lane which spans the Mississippi. After s l o w l y inching along for 15 minutes, I came upon this guy pushing his 80's Chevy and he was the definate cause of the tie up. I got behind him, and motioned for him to get into his truck, both he and I knew without saying, I was offering a "push assist" across the bridge. As soon as the bumpers came together, I nailed it to get up to speed, and before I knew it, I was shoveing this guy along at 65mph. All of a sudden, he decided to brake, which didn't slow us down a bit, but it did cause his truck to goose hard to the left, and he darn near spun out. As I let off the gas and bumped my own brake at the off ramp where he exited, I glanced over to see if there was a wave or nod of appreciation, but I guess I must of scared the stuffing out of him, because he was flipping me the bird, and shouting something or other.
I think you're full of crap. No intelligent person would even attempt that; it also wouldn't work worth a damn; and you say he had a chevy. If you had said anything BUT a chevy, I might have believed you.
More Turbo
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What the hell!? Flooring it when you're pushing someone's truck?
I think you're full of crap. No intelligent person would even attempt that; it also wouldn't work worth a damn; and you say he had a chevy. If you had said anything BUT a chevy, I might have believed you.
I think you're full of crap. No intelligent person would even attempt that; it also wouldn't work worth a damn; and you say he had a chevy. If you had said anything BUT a chevy, I might have believed you.
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I figure the birds are dumber in Baghdad then anywhere else. Everytime we ran missions down in that area, I either got hit or dodged several attempts of suicide birds. I was a 50cal gunner, and while moving about 65 mph, my head gets rocked to the right. I ducked down into the truck, and asked my guys if I was alright, they busted out laughing because I had some feathers stuck in my kevlar band. I had a few birds fly into the barrel. After a few missions to Baghdad, I started trying to catch the birds and thro them into the truck. I finally swated at a bird and it fell inside the turret, needless to say my guys inside werent happy with me. I thought it was funny though.
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From: darrington wash
a road cone is about all ive ever hit...
and a sign saying the road was closed......i didnt belive the sign.... i was in a 1990 check 2500 extended cab short bed 4x4 with a 3inch body lift and some 36inch supper swampers...there was some water on the road in low spots... and we wanted to go out to a fishin hole or wanted to go shoot ****... so we plowed threw the sign and threw all the little tinny mud puddles....
also did it a few days latter in a s-10.... but luckly... a friend was driving back from where we was going when the s10 died on us[he had moved the signs first.... then drove threw sort of slow.... we didnt bother with the signs and drove threw sort of fast... and splashed water into the carb and killed the truck just after a puddle...]
and a sign saying the road was closed......i didnt belive the sign.... i was in a 1990 check 2500 extended cab short bed 4x4 with a 3inch body lift and some 36inch supper swampers...there was some water on the road in low spots... and we wanted to go out to a fishin hole or wanted to go shoot ****... so we plowed threw the sign and threw all the little tinny mud puddles....
also did it a few days latter in a s-10.... but luckly... a friend was driving back from where we was going when the s10 died on us[he had moved the signs first.... then drove threw sort of slow.... we didnt bother with the signs and drove threw sort of fast... and splashed water into the carb and killed the truck just after a puddle...]
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From: The Big, Oregon
I hit a parrot in FL- Going down the road about 45, see this green streak come flying out of the side of the road and smack right in the middle of my windshield. The best part was when this riced- out Camaro that was behind me picked it up with the chin scoop. Green feathers everywhere.
I did have an interesting encounter with a seagull once as well. Driving down the bridge into Niantic, CT about 25mph in traffic, and there's this seagull just kinda hanging over the road gliding. I was driving my uncle's Previa, and the bird hit right along the lower edge of the windshield. Now I was doing 25, and the bird was doing about 24.5 in the same direction, so it just kinda bumped and squawked and crapped the whole way up the windshield. Luckily there was a gas station just off the bridge that I could clean it off at.
I did have an interesting encounter with a seagull once as well. Driving down the bridge into Niantic, CT about 25mph in traffic, and there's this seagull just kinda hanging over the road gliding. I was driving my uncle's Previa, and the bird hit right along the lower edge of the windshield. Now I was doing 25, and the bird was doing about 24.5 in the same direction, so it just kinda bumped and squawked and crapped the whole way up the windshield. Luckily there was a gas station just off the bridge that I could clean it off at.
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From: iowa
well I was just going to say I have hit 4 owls at different times but I see others have also hit owls, but I bet I can top ya on WHERE i hit things. I once got a rabbit with the spot mirror on my fender on the semi....
True story and as Paul Harvey would say And now for the REST of the story. was driving along US-34 in iowa about 3am (thats my normal time on my normal route) when I saw something to my left, well it was an owl diving for a rabbit on the shoulder which he grabbed and started to fly off with except he flew straight in front of me and was unable to get enough altitude, said rabbit hit's my spot mirror and the owl hit the big mirror on the passengers door.
True story and as Paul Harvey would say And now for the REST of the story. was driving along US-34 in iowa about 3am (thats my normal time on my normal route) when I saw something to my left, well it was an owl diving for a rabbit on the shoulder which he grabbed and started to fly off with except he flew straight in front of me and was unable to get enough altitude, said rabbit hit's my spot mirror and the owl hit the big mirror on the passengers door.
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From: Chicago Area, Illinois
once comming home from my buddy's house out in the country, i was going down a dark winding road that goes through the woods at about 3 am. so im goin along at 55-60 mph and i see a deer in the opposite lane just standin there not even lookin at me. it started to walk off into the woods away from me and as soon as i was about to pass it it darts right into the side of my truck hits the wheel and bounces right off of it and spins into the ditch. i got out and checked the truck. no damage just some fur stuck in the wheel well!