So this has been a terrible day. I headed out this morning to go get myself a sandwich for lunch, only to end up killing Bambi. Literally maybe 100 feet down the road from the house a deer runs out into the street in front of me. I hit the breaks, but not fast enough. I hit the deer head on, and watched it literally fly into the air and off to the side of the road.
I had to turn around and come back, someone behind me had stopped and called the police already. So I had to sit around and wait. The terrible thing was the deer was still alive and just kept looking at me, like it knew I had killed it. The cops came and took down my info. They then had to stop all traffic and shoot the deer! Uhg, it made me sick to my stomach.
The car, miraculously, wasn’t damaged at all. Of course the huge irony in all of this is that the family had been battling with the township for years over the deer problem in the area and on the farm. The deer were destroying entire crops year after year, and the township wasn’t willing to help as they didn’t want to look like the bad guys, the deer killers. There were even huge protests last year over the idea that the deer might be hunted on the farm. Eventually the farm was able to get funding and put a fence up all around the place to keep the deer out, but this of course just means they become everyone else’s problem. Needless to say, 100 feet from the farm, I’m the one who ends up running into a deer!
Poor bambi! I’ve never hit an animal, and have even swerved to avoid small furry creatures. Hope you feel better.
I am so sorry you had to go through that! I am sorry for Bambi of course, but more for you because you have to live with those sad feelings! Hang in there! We all know you are a wonderful non bambi killer 🙂
I know how you feel. Years ago I ran over a white poodle. He came out of no where. I was told he had a habit of chasing and biting at moving tires. I felt horrible, I had killed a family pet. A few years ago my youngest brother who lives outside of Lansing, Michigan, in a farming area, hit 2 deer, killing one, the other ran off. Sadly things like this happen. I’m sorry this happened to you. Try not to beat your self up, the deer ran in front of you.
I hope you are okay. It is never easy hitting an animal of any kind. If it is truly unavoidable it is not your fault, even though you will still feel bad. Thankfully you were not hurt (at least I hope not..but you will probably be sore), and your car was not damaged.
When I was a senior in high school some 21 years ago, I was joy riding with a friend in his brothers car (with permission), we were riding on a road which runs along a levee. It is a very dark road. We hit a cow that was stading in the road. Never saw it coming. We did not have seatbelts on either. Luckily we not seriously hurt, though I did hit the dash with my face and ended up with 2 black eyes and a nasty scar on my wrist.
Take care of yourself.
Sorry to hear about bambi but glad you are ok!
It suddenly hit me… I don’t know if you had considered this possibility before, but maybe Bambi was…suicidal?
i’m sorry that happened to you and to Bambi! 🙁 It’s no one’s fault though, it was just an accident, so don’t beat yourself up too much over it…
That’s so sad! I hate when I hit an animal. :0(