Hitting Critters
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From: So Cal
My kid brother puts kill stencils on his door, like aircraft fighters. Least that is what I tell my kids. He even once crossed 4 lanes of highway out in the dessert to run over a squirrel.
Best kill was one we actually tried not to do. Late one night driving home thru mountain roads, we spotted a coyote ahead. My brother swerved left to avoid it, but the coyote ran left too and right under the truck. Thump thump, yelp, end of coyote. We both felt bad about that one.
My best kill is possibly also the largest number of kills in one event. Late one night I was driving thru the Mohave desert on route 14 in Calif. The road was deserted as usual, except for must be millions of little white mice all over the road for probably 50 miles or more. There were so many it was impossible to avoid them. So pop pop squish pop, splat for miles and miles. My youngest brother, the squirrel killer was in the truck at the time. So I am guessing the trauma is what caused him to take up critter killing with his cars ever since.
Course there are the usual big hits, the exploding big lizard in Kingman etc. But these are my most memorable.
Jim Henderson
Best kill was one we actually tried not to do. Late one night driving home thru mountain roads, we spotted a coyote ahead. My brother swerved left to avoid it, but the coyote ran left too and right under the truck. Thump thump, yelp, end of coyote. We both felt bad about that one.
My best kill is possibly also the largest number of kills in one event. Late one night I was driving thru the Mohave desert on route 14 in Calif. The road was deserted as usual, except for must be millions of little white mice all over the road for probably 50 miles or more. There were so many it was impossible to avoid them. So pop pop squish pop, splat for miles and miles. My youngest brother, the squirrel killer was in the truck at the time. So I am guessing the trauma is what caused him to take up critter killing with his cars ever since.
Course there are the usual big hits, the exploding big lizard in Kingman etc. But these are my most memorable.
Jim Henderson
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From: Ventura CA
I was on my way to work one morning. The section of road I was on was slightly down hill and there were cars parked along the curb. A kid, about 10, ran out from between the parked cars in front of me. He would have been OK if he had just stopped, but he didn't. He ran back in front of me. I slammed on my brakes but couldn't stop in time. I caught him on one side of my bicycle's handlebars. That turned my front wheel to the side and I went flying. The kid went flying, too. We both landed pretty hard. I seperated my shoulder and my front wheel was toast. I bet the kid looked both ways before crossing from then on.
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From: Howell
I was on my way to work one morning. The section of road I was on was slightly down hill and there were cars parked along the curb. A kid, about 10, ran out from between the parked cars in front of me. He would have been OK if he had just stopped, but he didn't. He ran back in front of me. I slammed on my brakes but couldn't stop in time. I caught him on one side of my bicycle's handlebars. That turned my front wheel to the side and I went flying. The kid went flying, too. We both landed pretty hard. I seperated my shoulder and my front wheel was toast. I bet the kid looked both ways before crossing from then on.
hahahahahaha. that is both horrible and hilarious.
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From: Lancaster County PA
Travelling on I-80 across Pa, especially in the central to western end of the state, you'll see deer that were hit by semi's that were probably going 75-80 mph.
The dang things just explode. I mean EXPLODE! You see bits and pieces all over the place, but not a large carcass anywhere. Just a big splash of blood on the road.
I always wonder what kind of damage that does to the truck that hit it, but I haven't ever seen the aftermath on the vehicle.
A cow, now that there would be a real mess.
I have read that up in Maine, people die somewhat regularly from hitting a 1100 lb moose. A big deer in the mountains of PA might go 150 -160 lbs.
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Here is a care that just sucked up a deer
Deer under hood (GRUESOME) - snopes.com
I went bowling for armadillos in my corvette. I did not know what I hit and had to back up and see, then count. Four at one time with flesh left hanging under my car. I had to swerve real hard to get them centered. My wife asked what I was doing, I just told her bowling.
Ron
Deer under hood (GRUESOME) - snopes.com
I went bowling for armadillos in my corvette. I did not know what I hit and had to back up and see, then count. Four at one time with flesh left hanging under my car. I had to swerve real hard to get them centered. My wife asked what I was doing, I just told her bowling.
Ron
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Not an animal story, but good. Coming home from work on the Interstate a guy was driving a Home Depot rental truck with a large upright box in the bed. Pretty soon the box rocked and fell onto the Interstate. It was laid on the side, and we all avoided it. Except for a guy in a semi who thought it was an empty box. He hit it at about 70 mph head on. Inside the box was a freezer! Ruined the semi, but no accident. The guy in the Home Depot box said " I didn't think I'd have to tie it down due to the weight. " Luckily no one was hurt, but the guy in the semi wanted to kill the driver.........
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I was going accros US82 in Mississppi in the dark. Driving a semi flatbed I got both Momma & Bambi big time! Momma went into ditch, And Bambi went into the median. Well I pulled off to a truckstop to call and let dispatch know of the deer strike. I got in touch with Ms.Rhonda,,, Who at the time had her Grand Daughter Wendy with her. Told her that I hit the deer, Wendy screamed that I killed Bambi! A few days later, I got back to the yard, Walked into the dispatch office and said Hi to Rhonda. Out from behind her desk was Wendy, She jumped up and smacked me in the leg, yelling that I killed Bambi. Leg hurt just a little. All I did to the truck was bend the chrome steel bumper on both ends. I pulled them out straight with a chain.
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From: Bonita Springs FL
Once I was riding home from a concert in Albany with a friend back to his place in Binghamton. About an hour outside of Albany, on I-88, at 75 MPH, a deer jumped out in front of my buddy's Jeep cherokee. I don't even think he had time to take his foot off the gas, that deer was on a mission. The deer hit the left front corner, and we went into a sideways skid down the road for what seemed like FOREVER. We finally stopped, and as soon as I opened the door I caught a strong whiff of anti-freeze and I knew we weren't going anywhere for a while. We had the state trooper come out and file a report and eventually they found us and a tow truck showed up. The state police dispatcher called another friend of ours in Binghamtom - according to our buddy, he wouldn't admit to the dispatcher that he knew us until he found out what trouble we were in - which was two hours away to come pick us up somewhere. We waited for three hours until about 5am at the nearest Dunkin' Donuts until he finally showed up. We sat there, drank coffee, and ate donuts and then laughed about it the whole way home.
It cost the insurance company about $5k to fix that POS, if I remember right.
It cost the insurance company about $5k to fix that POS, if I remember right.
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From: Howell
i was driving my mom's 2002 ford focus and hit a deer doing sixty. the sucker flew on top of the car and came through the sun roof. so it was going though its death spasm right in in my girlfriends face. i got a bunch of cuts from glass but my brother got the short end of that deal and cracked a vertebrae. they told me if i would have been going any slower the deer would have gone through the windshield and i would have been screwed. that was the worst one. needless to say me and that girl parted ways soon after. haha. it was a great valentines day.
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On a serious note, my buddy's daughter was involved in an accident where the driver swerved to avoid a tumbleweed. She hit the brakes with the two left wheels on the dirt and turned the vehicle upside down in a ditch. The driver died. Needless to say, I educate my wife and daughter quite often on how to handle a situation in which the car gets two wheels off the edge of the road. I also tell them to pretty much flat run over anything other than a horse or cow. Even then, they should try to stop straight instead of swerving the car.
When I lived in Saudi Arabia we had serious issues with camels. One night we came upon a bus that hit three or four camels. Looked like a slaughter house. I believe the driver was killed. The camels are so tall, they are coming through the windshield.
When I lived in Saudi Arabia we had serious issues with camels. One night we came upon a bus that hit three or four camels. Looked like a slaughter house. I believe the driver was killed. The camels are so tall, they are coming through the windshield.
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