I ran over a squirrel...it was traumatic!

[EllenD]

So I was on my way home last night, after my boyfriend had already taken out the bottom of my car, so I was in a bad mood anyway. Then a squirrel ran out onto the highway. I was going about 65mph so I couldn't stop. I ran over him, and over him, and over him again. He got stuck to the tire. When I got home and checked he was still on the tire. Or at least parts of him. I just thought I would share that and if see if anyone else has any stories of what they've run over in their cars. I'm really bored, so I needed something to talk about. Ok, so what have you killed with your car? Discuss...

[PGCougar]

One day last week, I hit and killed a mountain goat with my truck. Good thing I drive a BIG truck! Then on Wednesday at about 2am, I came SOOO close to hitting a deer that was standing in the middle of the highway. Other than that, haven't hit much!

[EllenD]

A mountain goat? I was expecting deer, squirrels, maybe a cat or two, but not a mountain goat. We don't get many mountain goats wondering the streets down here. A mountain lion once in awhile, but not a goat. How big do they get? I've heard of people around here hitting a stray cow and totalling their cars.

[spinnburn]

A robin ran into the side of my car a few weeks ago when we where at a stop sign. The funny thing is we weren't even moving at the time it happened.

[JScullin]

My car has swallowed a fair amount of birds lately.

Mostly the ones that dare each other to fly real low just as a car comes by....

[PonyGirl]

Well this didn't happen to me...but to my friend's boyfriend's Eclipse as we were traveling at 80mph on the expressway...a bird flew into the front of his car. And when we stopped, all we could see were tailfeathers and guts and legs sticking out of the crack between his hood and the headlight..ugh.

[EllenD]

Nice...the squirrel I pulled off my tire was just a flat piece of fur, no blood or guts anymore. It looked like a piece of carpeting on the tire.

[mrshl13]

Good kill! (I thought I'd give the typical Road Tales response).

Armadillos are very popular at the road kill cafes down here in Florida.

Oh yeah. An ex-girlfriend of mine waxed a duck when driving by a pond on her way to school one day. She was so upset she took the day off from school.

[spinnburn]

nothing beats the moma goose i saw get run over on I83 but the worse part was all her goslings were running around their her in a panic as 18 wheelers ran pasted and over them. i would've stopped if it did mean suicide.

[tropiccougar01]

Squirrel........5 points
Mountain Goat........30 points
Bird..........2 points
Mama Goose and gooslings...........100 points
Ex-Girlfriend taking day off for wacking a DUCK..........Priceless!!!

[Bev04]

Heres my post from a while back.. :(
Here (http://www.fastcougar.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=49&threadid=74901)

[EllenD]

I guess I'm glad I just ran over a squirrel after looking at those pics of your car. I've never hit a deer, closest I've come are Amish people and their buggies all over the roads. They're a pain in the ass sometimes.

[coug99]

Originally posted by: EllenD
I guess I'm glad I just ran over a squirrel after looking at those pics of your car. I've never hit a deer, closest I've come are Amish people and their buggies all over the roads. They're a pain in the ass sometimes.

haha, I know exactly what you mean! Especially when you have to avoid horse feces in the streets.

[SLiDE]

this reminded me of some pictures I came accross a while ago.

check out the deer vs. the durango

... here's the link

http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/accident_story/10-14-02.html

[Aries]

I was in my driveway, and I was backing out.. then all of a sudden I hear loud scratching from underneath the back of my car.. I stop, get out, and MY tire was on top of a cat's tail.. I guess it was napping underneath my car.. after a few seconds, it managed to get it's tail free, but leaving a lot of it's fur behind... I betcha the cat had a bald tail after the amount that it left under my tire.. You figure it would scream or yell or something.. but it was just sitting there scratching at my wheel trying to get out...

[PGCougar]

Originally posted by: EllenD
A mountain goat? I was expecting deer, squirrels, maybe a cat or two, but not a mountain goat. We don't get many mountain goats wondering the streets down here. A mountain lion once in awhile, but not a goat. How big do they get? I've heard of people around here hitting a stray cow and totalling their cars.

Mountain goat is about the size of a REAL big dog I'd say. Prolly around 100lbs or so. They flatten out real nice!

[Faboo]

I never killed anything....just ran over a dogs foot...not much wildlife where i live:cool:

[ND4SPD]

... I'm lame....

I've never killed any animals with my car... i sucked up a page of the NY-Times though on the highway (i've got a dragonz bumper...heh, go figure :tongue: )

[GrandMasterKhan]

no animal kills for me yet. :biggrin:

[CougarBalla2k5]

Originally posted by: EllenD
I guess I'm glad I just ran over a squirrel after looking at those pics of your car. I've never hit a deer, closest I've come are Amish people and their buggies all over the roads. They're a pain in the ass sometimes.

If I said that about homeless black people and their buggies, I would get yelled at. Nice double standard people.

[ND4SPD]

thats coo... i almost got run off the road by a FOB........... Fresh-Off-the-Boat :cover:

watch it though Fett... if they can get a licence, and not speak a word of english, i'm sure those "Guat's" can't be far behind :tongue:

[eurocrisp]

I saw a dog get hit once, it flew up into the air and rolled end over end about 8 or 10 times along the shoulder of the road, legs extended stiffly...

I hit a 'coon on the highway at about 85mph in my moms volvo... i put on a pointy hat and didnt stop laughing for days.

[EllenD]

Oh no Cougarballa, no way, you're not doing that to me. There are Amish people all over the roads here in central Pennsylvania, and they do obstruct traffic, and they do cause accidents. I was being serious. I have nothing against anyone of any culture, not the Amish, no one. That was not a prejudice comment, that was a true comment. Nice try, but there's no way in hell you're dragging me down with you! :bs:

[LostRacer]

Originally posted by: CougarBalla2k5

Originally posted by: EllenD
I guess I'm glad I just ran over a squirrel after looking at those pics of your car. I've never hit a deer, closest I've come are Amish people and their buggies all over the roads. They're a pain in the ass sometimes.

If I said that about homeless black people and their buggies, I would get yelled at. Nice double standard people.

We don't drive buggies. We drive jackasses like you outta town.

While teaching my ex how to drive she ran over a baby rabbit going about 25. You can actually feel its spine crumble at that speed :biggrin:

[Croc]

When I was probably about 10 or so I ran over a squirrel on my bicycle. I don't know why it ran in front of my tire, but it was gross. I've never ran over any animals in my car, but I always have those suicidal birds fly in front of my car while driving, but I don't think I've ever hit any of them. My buddy had a bird fly into his side window while he was driving and kill itself, he said there were feathers and blood left over. yum yum

[SLiDE]

birds bouncing off windshields are kind of amusing.. I was behind a car that hit one.

The bird came head on to the winshield at a down ward angle and then was promptly shot straight up upon impact. The mass of feathers gave it a cool, "shot out of a cannon" look.

[coug99]

Originally posted by: EllenD
Oh no Cougarballa, no way, you're not doing that to me. There are Amish people all over the roads here in central Pennsylvania, and they do obstruct traffic, and they do cause accidents. I was being serious. I have nothing against anyone of any culture, not the Amish, no one. That was not a prejudice comment, that was a true comment. Nice try, but there's no way in hell you're dragging me down with you! :bs:

Ellen, you prejudice b*tch! :rolleyes: CougarBalla, come over to Central PA and you'll know what were talking about. In no way was Ellen's comment racist, there are seriously Amish people ALL over the roads in those parts.

[EllenD]

Thanks Coug99, that's all I was talking about. Thanks for verifying what I said. They are all over the roads and they don't move for cars. I live right in the middle of all the farms in this area, and I had a family in a buggy pull out in front of me onto the main highway a couple of weeks ago. I was really close to hitting them, and I would feel so bad if I did because they'd probably be seriously injured or dead. We need some special lanes for them around here.

[coug99]

Ya, I know what you mean about them pulling out in front of you. My sister goes to Bucknell and my Grandparents live in Danville so I'm up in Central PA quite a bit. I went up to Penn State a couple weeks ago with my sister and she almost hit a buggy. I can just imagine the accident report on that one! :) Seriously though, are they required to have insurance? What would happen if they hit you and damaged your car?

[EllenD]

I don't know if they have to have insurance or not, that's a really good question. You'd probably have to sue them or they'd have to use homeowner's insurance or something. I really don't know. Maybe they do have to have insurance. They should, they're on the main highways here all the time.

[coug99]

Next time I see my uncle, I'll ask him. He's a cop up in the area so he may know.

[topgunz1]

an owl ran into my windshield when I was going about 20 once, thats it. I almost hit some retard who was walking down the middle of my lane wearing dark clothes at 11 pm once...good thing the SVT is light on its feet or darwin would have been in full effect.

[Lukydogg]

I dunno what I smashed a while back, but it busted out the bottom grill of my car and cracked the driver side factory foglamp housing. The fur was grey, so I suppose it was a coon or dog. Deer like to play in the streets by my house, too many times ive swerved and went into the grass to miss the damn things!

[SeanfromShawano]

3 curbs, a 17yr old girl(her fault:grin;)
a ditch(no wipers,uni-wipers blow motors)
and i backed into a ford waving at my buddys girl

my old coug went though alot

[spinnburn]

They probably have to carry some kind of insurance since their buggies are registered vehicles. They also have to be street legal as in headlights, turn signals and such other things. The only thing I don't like about them is the horse possibly being spooked by my exhaust which is why we don't pass them very often. Yes my exhaust is that loud (last week it set off five car alarms in the same row of a parking garage I was in).

[kittycat2002]

Originally posted by: SeanfromShawano
3 curbs, a 17yr old girl(her fault:grin;)
a ditch(no wipers,uni-wipers blow motors)
and i backed into a ford waving at my buddys girl

my old coug went though alot


DANG! :ugh:

[GtownCougar00]

it was dark.. and i was cruisin w/ my gf.. goin about 45-50 and i look up see a bunch of kittens in the middle of the street but its to late all i hear is bump bump bump bump thump.. and i look over and see the mother or father car on the side of the road just looking at what happened.. i felt bad.. but it was dark and by the time i saw them it was to late... =\

[Raben]

When I still had the cougar, I as doing about 75 down the interstate when some bird flew out in front of me and hit me on the windshield hehe, all I heard was this loud thud, one squak, bird $hit all over the window now, and when I looked in the rear view I saw it finally hit the road, a few good size bounces before it tumbled into the median.

[CougarBalla2k5]

grrrrrrrrrr I WASN'T CALLING YOU RACIST. I'm not racist so if I said it then it wouldn't be a racist comment, just like yours wasn't a racist comment. Everything I say is interpreted as a racist comment. Down here black people do walk out in the middle of the street and cross traffic w/o looking, sure whites do it to, mexicans, french, all of us. What is the difference if I hit a black person or a white person, am I racist because I hit the black person? Are you going to tell me I purposely aimed for a black person? Bah.

[Edit] Lost Racer, Julie told me you complain about me to her, complain about me TO ME, Cougarballa2k5 on AIM, I'd be happy to talk.

[Fett]

What the hell are you talking about??

Your original point was horribly off base. Your original point was that you believed that Ellen's comment about the Amish was no worse than some of the dumb comments you have made about blacks, ect ect. You couldn't have been more off base with that.

For starters, Amish is NOT a race. There is no such thing as the "Amish race"...nor are they referred to as "Amish Americans". So there is in NO way that her comments could be taken as "racist". That would be like hearing someone make fun of Texans, then calling that person a racist. Dumb.

Secondly, the Amish drive down the roads in their horse drawn buggies... 2 HP isn't going to get Ezekiels family down the street as fast as your average car....thus they cause traffic issues. So her comment was completly valid. Hell, a law was passed forcing the Amish to have reflective markers on their buggies due to the problems they cause by using the same roads as cars. So the state backs her claim as well.

I understand what you mean, it's a double standard for one member to say something questionable and get away with it, but when someone else does it everybody goes ape ****. However, as I said above. There is a world of difference between Ellens "Amish" comment and your previous "black" comments. Apples to oranges my friend, apples to oranges.

Now if you want to try to make that point again, use me as an example. I get away with saying so much more than you do, so use me as an example. Don't just sit there complaining like a drug dealing, TV stealing, welfare using, multiple child, single mother, black person.


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[CougarBalla2k5]

Originally posted by: Fett
There is no such thing as the "Amish race"...nor are they referred to as "Amish Americans". So there is in NO way that her comments could be taken as "racist". That would be like hearing someone make fun of Texans, then calling that person a racist. Dumb.

Precisely why I wasn't calling her a racist.


Originally posted by: Fett

I understand what you mean, it's a double standard for one member to say something questionable and get away with it, but when someone else does it everybody goes ape ****.

Fett.......Just.......Kind of............Almost..............tOOk.....MY SIDE OMFG!3[l1j14k1j4;032wr4[8tuwetAGHHHHHHHHHHH


Originally posted by: Fett

Now if you want to try to make that point again, use me as an example. I get away with saying so much more than you do, so use me as an example. Don't just sit there complaining like a drug dealing, TV stealing, welfare using, multiple child, single mother, black person.


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Since you say sarcasm noted it makes it ok, if I said sarcasm noted they would slit my throat for being vocabularist against the word recorded...

[Fett]

No, I didn't agree with you. I said I could see your point, if you had used a better example. So in all actuality, I made your point for you...but I took Ellen out of the equation...because she was not a good example for you to use.

Now go find someone who is actually posting racists things and use THEM as an example, THEN I will back you. Jesus, you are just like these little Cuban kids running amok around here...always looking for a free hand out.

[CougarBalla2k5]

You just did it again......damn you.

Ya know fett, I think me and you would actually get along if we met.

[Fett]

Originally posted by: CougarBalla2k5
You just did it again......damn you.

Ya know fett, I think me and you would actually get along if we met.

I don't.

Actually, I am a very friendly person....but I am just as honest and loudmouthed in person. So when people can get past the whole "abrasive" personality....I am a really likeable person. Just don't tell anybody...or I will have you killed.

[CougarBalla2k5]

^ Thats why we would get along, I'm the same way. Notice how I don't give a **** and basically type whatever the hell I want? ;), beyond that there is a loveable cuddly fuzzy creature.......or maybe that is the bunny I murdered and ate......w/e

[TennisMenace]

:banghead: Please :banghead: keep :banghead: on :banghead: topic :banghead:

Thank you :cool:

[2Liter]

You tell them tennis!
On topic, Since I got my cougar, I've probably unintentionally killed 10 pidgeons and sort of hit one on purpose...
It was a blistering hot monday afternoon, and nobody was out, for fear of melting... I was driving up a hill towards my house, and there were like 15 pidgeons on the road, in a puddle, wetting their feet. I slowed down, and creeped up towards them, and most of them flew away when I got close, but one of the pidgeons looked at me, and stayed his ground. I revved my engine, and peeled out a little, and he still didn't budge. I honked my horn, peeled out, and drove straight toward him, expecting him to freak out and move out of the way, but instead I heard a thump as I drove over him. I stopped, and opened my door, and he walked out from under my car, and just walked away, bobbing his dumb little head. It pissed me off, I wish I had hit him harder, that was stupid. Most of the pidgeons I've hit have run into my car while I was driving. One of them flew right into my car while I was washing it. It was parked in my driveway, mid afternoon, and I was washing the driver side door, and I hear a THUMP on the other side of my car, and I checked it out, and there was a pidgeon laying on the ground next to my car. I left him there for a while, thinking he had just knocked himself out, but my dad came home and said he was dead, so we through him in the dumpster. Stirring story, huh?

[mont]

Driving home after work I hit a dog. I was only going 30mph, but it but a big crack in the shape of the letter T in middle of my bumper. On the way to my girlfriend's house a dam owl flew into the right side of my car. That really scared the sh!t out of me. There was blood smeared all over the car. Once a week I take out a bird or two. They just love Zinc Yellow.

[EllenD]

Well, after reading this thread after leaving it alone for a couple of days, I feel much better about hitting the squirrel. I've never hit a person, so it's all good.

Fett thank you for getting my point across more clearly, I in no way want to be labeled something I'm not. And I am anything but a racist. I would never say anything like that, I never have and I never will. People are people.

Cougarballa, I see you point and where you were coming from, but you used a bad example. I was stating fact about buggies on the road, that it. I think sometimes Fett gets away with comments because #1 they are never racist and #2 most people know he's kidding around or just trying to get a point across. I've never heard him seriously say anything about a certan group of people. He wouldn't do that. But when you said those things you were using them in every-day conversation like that's how you talk and what you believe. That's what gotcha in trouble.

Sorry moderators, had to speak my peace. Back on topic. What have you nailed with your car?

[8BaLL]

Originally posted by: EllenD
. I ran over him, and over him, and over him again. He got stuck to the tire. When I got home and checked he was still on the tire.



:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[EllenD]

LOL it was funny...I could hear the thump for the first maybe 10 times, then it diminished until I couldn't hear it anymore. I figured it had fallen off, but he was just smushed into the tread :cry:

[SLiDE]

You are all squirrel racists!! gunning for these poor woodland creatures just because they're covered in fur and... um.... because of affermitive action in the nut gathering industry... For your information, 400 years ago there were sweat shops all over the midwest run by the "Alpha Beavers", a large corporation made up of nut hungry... beavers. They forced many squirrels to migrate from their comfortable trees in suburbia to work for BEANS!! BEANS I TELL YOU... sweating for hours upon hours on the nut gathering production line... Squirrels don't even like beans.

heh...

I hit a weiner dog with my taurus once... He was ok...

The dog bolted out from behind a van... I locked up my brakes and watched in slow motion as he stopped, looked at me, and bumped his noggin on my front bumper... *ThUnK*

he ran off yelping... but looked ok.

[Frizzle86]

I have a groundhog, a few other tiny cirtters that met their end by meeting the bumper of my older car :) BTW in the US good old Bambi Kills more people then any other animal (sharks, snakes, spiders, bears, ect...). Apparently Disney forgot to show the "evil" side of Bambi and his sinister plot!