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So last night I was out driving, and it was at 2:45am in the morning. Now this is the time of day where you have to be careful about deers, especially when you're driving through wooded areas. Anyways, I was driving down the road, and I was driving through a wooded area, and BAM, my car got broadsided by a deer.

I pulled into a church parking lot, and looked at the damage. I looked for blood and guts. Also, me being the paranoid person that I can be sometimes, I drove back and forth in the area a few times, to make sure I didn't hit a person. The reason is that well...heh...I really shouldn't been driving, I was recovering from a Summer flu. Luckily I didn't see anybody so I concluded that it was a deer. Pictures below!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0035.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0034.jpg

and of course, I had to take a pic of my Libertarian Party sticker. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0037.jpg

So, since we're on the subject of stupid animals and cars, what is the worse damage an animal did to your car? Did you hit a deer, or maybe it was a porcupine? Tell us about your encounters of the wildlife when you were driving along on the road.

The plural of deer is deer. *runs*
See? They're even hiding in our language to get you!

We mostly run into dead things. Though, technically, they were living when we ran into them.

Are you sure you hit a deer? You've said you didn't see anything, and there doesn't seem to be hair, hide or blood on the car.

You also said you were getting over a summer flu and it was pretty late (2:45am). Did you maybe drift off a second and glance off a guard rail or something?

Deer are absurdly stupid animals, but they taste so good.

i drive a rural country road every morning. some days it feels a bit like that old video game "frogger" with me as the car. the rabbits wait until i am almost upon them before they panic and run into the street in front of me, the quail decide that its a fine time for a cross-street migration of the whole family, the occasional road-runner, squirrel, snake and coyote make an appearance.

i try not to hit them.

always remember when driving on those remote country roads that when you see ONE deer bound across the road there may well be 2 or 3 behind him who will jump in front of you. always slow to a crawl until you have left the area behind.

I was kamikaze'd by a pheasant in December. Unbelievably stupid birds. The sound was so loud, I thought it had gone through the left rear window -- thankfully, it hit the B-pillar. There were feathers jammed into the door crease. I left them there as a badge of survival. The bird died on impact.

I ran over a squirrel on my driving test.

I'm afraid that's about the most exotic animal that is likely to run out in front of you in this country.

Are you sure you hit a deer? You've said you didn't see anything, and there doesn't seem to be hair, hide or blood on the car.

You also said you were getting over a summer flu and it was pretty late (2:45am). Did you maybe drift off a second and glance off a guard rail or something?

if it had been a guard rail there would be a scrape mark eh?

something hit him.

Are you sure you hit a deer? You've said you didn't see anything, and there doesn't seem to be hair, hide or blood on the car.

You also said you were getting over a summer flu and it was pretty late (2:45am). Did you maybe drift off a second and glance off a guard rail or something?

The pix show no scraping, just a dent. Looks like an animal broadside to me. Not a t-bone (there'd be scrapes for sure, then), but more like the deer tried to 90-degree it just before hitting Willy. That would lessen or leave no scrapes at all, but certainly cause that kind of denting. Those might pop out, Willy.

Are you sure you hit a deer? You've said you didn't see anything, and there doesn't seem to be hair, hide or blood on the car.

You also said you were getting over a summer flu and it was pretty late (2:45am). Did you maybe drift off a second and glance off a guard rail or something?

Nah, this was a country road, no guard rail. The only thing I did see was a brown blur as it hit my right front window, slam my mirror inwards and did the nice damage on the side of my car.

you know where would be a great place to tell this story about your life, and put up pictures of your car?

A blog.

The pix show no scraping, just a dent. Looks like an animal broadside to me. Not a t-bone (there'd be scrapes for sure, then), but more like the deer tried to 90-degree it just before hitting Willy. That would lessen or leave no scrapes at all, but certainly cause that kind of denting. Those might pop out, Willy.

Yea, the dents will pop out, but the locks will have to be worked on as well as the door handle mechanism.

Yea, the dents will pop out, but the locks will have to be worked on as well as the door handle mechanism.

you have to look on the bright side. as deer-car accidents go you got off very lightly.

you have to look on the bright side. as deer-car accidents go you got off very lightly.

Oh I know. My brother also hit a deer with his Mustang GT (I forgot what year) and man, he had to replace the entire front of that car, and the driver side mirror.

So far the only person who has not hit a deer in my family is my mom. It's a conspiracy man!

you know where would be a great place to tell this story about your life, and put up pictures of your car?

A blog.

You know where would be a great place to get all superior and snarky about others' posts? NationSta-- ...oh.

You know where would be a great place to get all superior and snarky about others' posts? NationSta-- ...oh.

I so love the ignore option this forum has. It really does make my visit to NSG more pleasant.

It was aliens disguised as deer. Those dastardly aliens. *nod*

It was aliens disguised as deer. Those dastardly aliens. *nod*

Why would aliens dress up as deers and run into the side of my car?

Why would aliens dress up as deers and run into the side of my car?

Well, they were disguised as deer and copying their behaviour to gain an insight into Earth life. What they learn will be useful for their invasion. You Wilgrove have supplied aliens with information that will bring the downfall of man!



:p

Well, they were disguised as deer and copying their behaviour to gain an insight into Earth life. What they learn will be useful for their invasion. You Wilgrove have supplied aliens with information that will bring the downfall of man!
.

Alpha Team Intel/Recon Report: Planet Earth
-Cars dent

Long live emperor Garblotopi

Well, they were disguised as deer and copying their behaviour to gain an insight into Earth life. What they learn will be useful for their invasion. You Wilgrove have supplied aliens with information that will bring the downfall of man!



:p

lol. Well I for once welcome our Deer dressing overlords! :D

It's a trap! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnyRUzgqj7k)

you know where would be a great place to tell this story about your life, and put up pictures of your car?

A blog.

Don't be silly, there's a question at the end.

I hit a deer a couple years ago. Of course, I hit it with 79,999 pounds of truck at 85 mph, rather than with a car on a country road. This meant complete annihilation for the deer, and no damage for me.

The oddest thing I've ever hit was a wild turkey. Or at least I thought it was odd at the time, until a few miles up the road I began to see a dead wild turkey at 100-yard intervals for the next 20 miles.

I ran over a squirrel on my driving test.

I'm afraid that's about the most exotic animal that is likely to run out in front of you in this country.

Funny you should mention that, because my friend (also from England) hit a wild deer a few weeks ago and that wasn't even the first time its happened. :eek:

You know where would be a great place to get all superior and snarky about others' posts? NationSta-- ...oh.

*shrug* if people don't want to have it pointed out that their posts break the rules, they shouldn't make posts that break the rules.

It's been well established, NSG is not the place to talk about your own personal little life adventures. It's not here to talk about how a deer hit your car, or about how the girl from highschool broke your heart, or the fantastic wet dream you had.

And no matter how much you really really thnik we'd all love to hear about the wet dream, or the girl who broke your heart, or how you hit a deer, this forum is not a blog, and taking what is essentially a blog post and tacking on a "so what do you guys think about this?" doesn't change that.

Wil, ever stop to think that deer hate you? You think you hate it; it probably hates you even more.

So, since we're on the subject of stupid animals and cars, what is the worse damage an animal did to your car? Did you hit a deer, or maybe it was a porcupine? Tell us about your encounters of the wildlife when you were driving along on the road.
A pack of wild boars crossing a road cost me minutes of a driver's ed outing.

if you hit something and didn't see what you really should have stopped in case it was a person.
But personally I've run over 3 kangaroos in my time driving, stupid things jump in front of you at night, the jump where the light is because they can see the ground and then, splat.

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/9177/motivator3852330uq0.jpg

Seems like the animals have seen "The Happening" one time too many...

http://www.crazy-jokes.com/pictures/horse-car.jpg

Still wouldn't call them stupid though.

Don't be such a horse's arse.

I was driving in Texas once and saw an armadillo on the highway, I successfully straddled him, and the fucker jumped as my car went over...busted up my radiator. I fucking hate those things.

I see deer in my backyard every now and then.

something hit him.
Harry Henderson.

*nods*

*shrug* if people don't want to have it pointed out that their posts break the rules, they shouldn't make posts that break the rules.

It's been well established, NSG is not the place to talk about your own personal little life adventures. It's not here to talk about how a deer hit your car, or about how the girl from highschool broke your heart, or the fantastic wet dream you had.

And no matter how much you really really think we'd all love to hear about the wet dream, or the girl who broke your heart, or how you hit a deer, this forum is not a blog, and taking what is essentially a blog post and tacking on a "so what do you guys think about this?" doesn't change that.

I'd debate that. It's been carped at, but hardly well-established. Until I see a Mod take down threads like this, a question's a question, and a self-righteous hall monitor is a self-righteous hall monitor.

There's a very simple way to avoid Wilgrove's occasionally fatuous threads: don't read them.

Don't be such a horse's arse.
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/865/horselaugh721137ty6.jpg


Though I would like to actually see the horse's ass...



http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1372/troopersmokytalkqp2.jpg

I'd debate that. It's been carped at, but hardly well-established. Until I see a Mod take down threads like this, a question's a question, and a self-righteous hall monitor is a self-righteous hall monitor.

Threads like this have been moved to Spam (or Chat *shivers*) by mods before...

Threads like this have been moved to Spam (or Chat *shivers*) by mods before...

There are rumours that those days are over. That Spam has vanished.......

Threads like this have been moved to Spam (or Chat *shivers*) by mods before...

Fine. Then when this one is moved, we'll have our ruling. Regardless. Neo's superiority complex in this matter just got on my nerves a bit, that's all. I've dealt with enough petty authority in the last three years to last me a lifetime.

Apologies to those I've offended.

Apologies to those I've offended.

Apology accepted, by (inexplicably) me.

Apology accepted, by (inexplicably) me.

Not necessarily inexplicable. If Neo's attitude toward Willy gets on my nerves, surely mine can grate on yours. I maintain my apology.

So last night I was out driving, and it was at 2:45am in the morning. Now this is the time of day where you have to be careful about deers, especially when you're driving through wooded areas. Anyways, I was driving down the road, and I was driving through a wooded area, and BAM, my car got broadsided by a deer.

I pulled into a church parking lot, and looked at the damage. I looked for blood and guts. Also, me being the paranoid person that I can be sometimes, I drove back and forth in the area a few times, to make sure I didn't hit a person. The reason is that well...heh...I really shouldn't been driving, I was recovering from a Summer flu. Luckily I didn't see anybody so I concluded that it was a deer. Pictures below!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0035.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0034.jpg

and of course, I had to take a pic of my Libertarian Party sticker. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0037.jpg

So, since we're on the subject of stupid animals and cars, what is the worse damage an animal did to your car? Did you hit a deer, or maybe it was a porcupine? Tell us about your encounters of the wildlife when you were driving along on the road.

Not to my car, but my mom´s car. She allegedly hit a dog, and this caused her bumper and right side of the car to fall to the ground. Of course, my step dad has always said that she must´ve hit a dog in Medieval armour or something because, come one, hitting a dog wouldn´t cause your car to be that messed up.:p

So last night I was out driving, and it was at 2:45am in the morning. Now this is the time of day where you have to be careful about deers, especially when you're driving through wooded areas. Anyways, I was driving down the road, and I was driving through a wooded area, and BAM, my car got broadsided by a deer.

I pulled into a church parking lot, and looked at the damage. I looked for blood and guts. Also, me being the paranoid person that I can be sometimes, I drove back and forth in the area a few times, to make sure I didn't hit a person. The reason is that well...heh...I really shouldn't been driving, I was recovering from a Summer flu. Luckily I didn't see anybody so I concluded that it was a deer. Pictures below!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0035.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0034.jpg

and of course, I had to take a pic of my Libertarian Party sticker. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/PAY5353/DSCF0037.jpg

So, since we're on the subject of stupid animals and cars, what is the worse damage an animal did to your car? Did you hit a deer, or maybe it was a porcupine? Tell us about your encounters of the wildlife when you were driving along on the road.

GET.

A.

FRIGGIN.

BLOG.

:rolleyes:

Not to my car, but my mom´s car. She allegedly hit a dog, and this caused her bumper and right side of the car to fall to the ground. Of course, my step dad has always said that she must´ve hit a dog in Medieval armour or something because, come one, hitting a dog wouldn´t cause your car to be that messed up.:p

Depends on the dog.
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images15/IrishWolfhoundFrankBrendan.JPG

Depends on the dog.
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images15/IrishWolfhoundFrankBrendan.JPG

That´s a dog?!!:eek:

There are rumours that those days are over. That Spam has vanished.......

Spam has been hidden, and closed to new posts.

Man, we're on the threshold of a new era. Hold me! :(

That´s a dog?!!:eek:

It ain't a penguin!

That´s a dog?!!:eek:
Dog, small horse, whatever.
Spam has been hidden, and closed to new posts.

Man, we're on the threshold of a new era. Hold me! :(

Only if you hold me.

There are rumours that those days are over. That Spam has vanished.......

Oh, that? I had just let my nation die, sorry.

It ain't a penguin!

That thing is friggin´ huge!!!:eek:

That thing is friggin´ huge!!!:eek:

http://big-bull-mastiff.freeonlinegames.com/images/10323.jpg

mastiff's are bigger.

I want one.

but it would weigh more than me before it was a year old I think.

That thing is friggin´ huge!!!:eek:

It's actually just a very small man.

That thing is friggin´ huge!!!:eek:

Thanks. I get that a lot :)







http://generalitemafia.ipbfree.com/uploads/ipbfree.com/generalitemafia/emo-music024.gif :D

Thanks. I get that a lot :)







http://generalitemafia.ipbfree.com/uploads/ipbfree.com/generalitemafia/emo-music024.gif :D

<.<
You don´t say?
>.>


:p

http://big-bull-mastiff.freeonlinegames.com/images/10323.jpg

mastiff's are bigger.

I want one.

but it would weigh more than me before it was a year old I think.

Lies, Irish Wolfhounds are bigger. Even wiki sez so.

Lies, Irish Wolfhounds are bigger. Even wiki sez so.

:( *buys Irish Wolfhound* *feeds it the cats*

http://big-bull-mastiff.freeonlinegames.com/images/10323.jpg

mastiff's are bigger.

I want one.

but it would weigh more than me before it was a year old I think.

Wow, that´s quite the dog. I heard they´re used to great results in hunting.

:( *buys Irish Wolfhound* *feeds it the cats*

Good Smunk :)

Good Smunk :)

I like small dogs. But I love cats so, no, bad Smunk!!:mad:

Lies, Irish Wolfhounds are bigger. Even wiki sez so.

It's not the size, it's how many pussies they can eat.


>.<

*Flees*

It's not the size, it's how many pussies they can eat.


>.<

*Flees*

*flees behind Gravlen, intent on hitting him the head with a bat*

Wow, that´s quite the dog. I heard they´re used to great results in hunting.

I have a friend who has one that weighs about 190lbs. A guy broke into his house once, the mastiff just walked up to him and nudged him and the thief fell over, the dog then laid down on him and fell asleep. My friend got home 2 hours later to find the perp in the floor pinned by the dog. He left them there and called the police.

I have a friend who has one that weighs about 190lbs. A guy broke into his house once, the mastiff just walked up to him and nudged him and the thief fell over, the dog then laid down on him and fell asleep. My friend got home 2 hours later to find the perp in the floor pinned by the dog. He left them there and called the police.

Epic Win.

Depends on the dog.
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images15/IrishWolfhoundFrankBrendan.JPG

Aw, cute wolfhound is cute!

Aw, cute wolfhound is cute!

Ever so slightly larger than your puppy.

I have a friend who has one that weighs about 190lbs. A guy broke into his house once, the mastiff just walked up to him and nudged him and the thief fell over, the dog then laid down on him and fell asleep. My friend got home 2 hours later to find the perp in the floor pinned by the dog. He left them there and called the police.

ROFL! Epic win!

Ever so slightly larger than your puppy.

Just a wee bit, yeah. I'm sure they would get along well, though. :)

This is why hunting is good. Keeps down on roadkill.

you know where would be a great place to tell this story about your life, and put up pictures of your car?

A blog.

Actually, there was a question after the pictures, asking for other poster's experiences with hitting wild animals in the road.

you have to look on the bright side. as deer-car accidents go you got off very lightly.

Do you know what's worse than hitting a deer? Hitting two at the same time (my sister, not me). It really screwed up her car (2004 Pontiac Vibe).

Car got kicked by a 'roo once. Good times. Nice dent. We kept as a conversation piece. Tough buggers, they are.

That´s a dog?!!:eek:

It's an Irish Wolfhound.

Regardless. Neo's superiority complex in this matter just got on my nerves a bit, that's all.

And blog posts cluttering up NSG get on mine. And if you're free to voice your irritation, surely I am free to voice mine. And since you seem to feel quite free in detailing your consternation, I am unsure why I should somehow feel constrained in doing the same.

You get irritated by my "superiority complex"? Fine. I get irritated at people who treat the forum like a blog. You feel justified in taking specific effort to post here and explain how you are irritated with my superiority complex? Fine. You must surely also feel I am equally justified in pointing out that I feel irritated by threads like this.

And blog posts cluttering up NSG get on mine. And if you're free to voice your irritation, surely I am free to voice mine. And since you seem to feel quite free in detailing your consternation, I am unsure why I should somehow feel constrained in doing the same.

You get irritated by my "superiority complex"? Fine. I get irritated at people who treat the forum like a blog. You feel justified in taking specific effort to post here and explain how you are irritated with my superiority complex? Fine. You must surely also feel I am equally justified in pointing out that I feel irritated by threads like this.

Well then Neo, just to make you feel better I will always post my question first and then my experience as such.



To the subject at hand.. strangest thing I ever hit was a Llama... with a schoolbus. When I was in 9th grade in High School we passed by a farm every day. Well one day a storm blew down the fence and the farmer's daughter's 4H award winning Llama got startled by asomething adn ran into the middle of the road... not as much win as Smunkee but I bet topping that one is tough!

And blog posts cluttering up NSG get on mine. And if you're free to voice your irritation, surely I am free to voice mine. And since you seem to feel quite free in detailing your consternation, I am unsure why I should somehow feel constrained in doing the same.

You get irritated by my "superiority complex"? Fine. I get irritated at people who treat the forum like a blog. You feel justified in taking specific effort to post here and explain how you are irritated with my superiority complex? Fine. You must surely also feel I am equally justified in pointing out that I feel irritated by threads like this.

You seem to have posted in a defensive manner -- why? Have I ever attempted to curtail anyone's right to express themselves here? Least of all someone whose posts I respect as much as I respect yours? All I'm saying is that you're smart enough to ignore bloggy posts (even those with questions) and not get into petty sniping. I wonder why you bothered, that's all.

It was aliens disguised as deer. Those dastardly aliens. *nod*

Não foi alienigenas, não. Tô aqui ainda.

I am not sure which was the strangest animal we have had to avoid on the roads here. It was either a low flying pig that was escaping from the truck in front of us, or the live fish (big, marine fish - no idea of the species though) on the coast road.

Three foot long lizards are common hazards, and in some areas overgrown rodents called capivara can do severe damage to your car.

You seem to have posted in a defensive manner -- why? Have I ever attempted to curtail anyone's right to express themselves here? Least of all someone whose posts I respect as much as I respect yours? All I'm saying is that you're smart enough to ignore bloggy posts (even those with questions) and not get into petty sniping. I wonder why you bothered, that's all.

Pardon then if I took your post in a way other than what it was intended. As to your question why I bothered, I can only say that if someone continually clutters the forum with topics of questionable validity, at best, one may hope that pointing out the questionable validity of those posts may hopefully cause said poster to question his behavior.

As to why I didn't do it in a nicer tone, well...that presupposes that I'm a nice person :p

Although just at risk of poking the bear, I do ask, purely for humor, that if you're smart enough to ignore posts containing petty snipping, I wonder why you bothered posting :p

Pardon then if I took your post in a way other than what it was intended. As to your question why I bothered, I can only say that if someone continually clutters the forum with topics of questionable validity, at best, one may hope that pointing out the questionable validity of those posts may hopefully cause said poster to question his behavior.

As to why I didn't do it in a nicer tone, well...that presupposes that I'm a nice person :p

Although just at risk of poking the bear, I do ask, purely for humor, that if you're smart enough to ignore posts containing petty snipping, I wonder why you bothered posting :p

If this thread bothers you that much, why haven't you reported it in moderation?

Are you sure you didn't run into a flock of moosen in the woodes?

Pardon then if I took your post in a way other than what it was intended. As to your question why I bothered, I can only say that if someone continually clutters the forum with topics of questionable validity, at best, one may hope that pointing out the questionable validity of those posts may hopefully cause said poster to question his behavior.

Yeah, but this is Wilgrove, you should know better, 'cause he clearly doesn't.

As to why I didn't do it in a nicer tone, well...that presupposes that I'm a nice person :p

Aw, you are, and you know it. You just like to show off your abrasive law-stud side here in NSG. You can't bullshit a bullshitter.

Although just at risk of poking the bear, I do ask, purely for humor, that if you're smart enough to ignore posts containing petty snipping, I wonder why you bothered posting :p

For the same reason you posted -- I was hoping that pointing out that you're better than that would cause you to question posting at all. :p

Seriously, though, telling a fire not to burn has to get old after a while, doesn't it?

I have a friend who has one that weighs about 190lbs. A guy broke into his house once, the mastiff just walked up to him and nudged him and the thief fell over, the dog then laid down on him and fell asleep. My friend got home 2 hours later to find the perp in the floor pinned by the dog. He left them there and called the police.

That's awesome!:p

I've never hit anything.

I don't think animals get killed by cars, they just find silly places to fall asleep.

They're not really dead, just tired.

http://http://www.skullsite.co.uk/Preparation/pickup.jpg

Stupid animals and cars eh?

I'm sure the deer hates you right back..

Nah, this was a country road, no guard rail. The only thing I did see was a brown blur as it hit my right front window, slam my mirror inwards and did the nice damage on the side of my car.

Ok, so just some hitchhiker on a country road...

Through this whole thing, am I the only one curious how he hit a deer broadside?

Through this whole thing, am I the only one curious how he hit a deer broadside?

I've done the same thing before. It came running out of a hedge to my left, clipped the bumper with it's head and spun into the left hand passenger door.

I would add Wilgrove that it would have been nice if you had stopped straight away to check if it was a person, if you were worried, instead of driving off and then coming back after. Alternatively if it had been a deer putting it out of it's misery is a bit more humane

When I hit my deer (I've had three others jump in front of my car, but I evaded), it looked like I cut it in half: some trick of the eyes, all of a sudden the deer was in front and I thought I saw two pieces of it flying in different directions. But the pickup-truck driver who stopped behind me when I pulled over said he'd seen the deer limping off into the woods (probably died slowly instead of fast, which is a shame). The hood was all dented and the radiator almost shoved back into the engine block, took a week in the shop before it was fixed up.

A friend of mine calls them "suicide deer", and thinks they are protesting the senseless slaughter of their cousins and our relentless colonization of their lands.