How a deer's head ended up in his car's passenger seat

The Union-Leader ^ | Jason Schreiber

[jmax]

WOW....she obviously didn't have her seat belt fastened.

Huh?....what?.....oh......I just assumed she was a passenger.

[Waco]

All the more to buy a small car, more exciting and you may not live so long. Emiting all that awful CO2 And drinking that horrible H2O!!!

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Somebody was watching out for you, buddy. :)

[snowtigger]

I've hit five moose. In 1970, I hit two at one time. In 1983 I hit one with a Camaro. In 2001, I ran over a dead one. It was laying in the highway. On Jan2, 2003, I hit one wwith a Pontiac Grand Am. A mild hit, only $3,000.00. All of those were after dark. I had a close call in 2008. So close, the moose kicked the front fender with a rear hoof. minor dent.

In all these cases, I only spent one night in the hospital, total. Three moose died, onr was already dead, one ran off. The last one also ran off(with a red toenail)

[Hunton Peck]

That’s quite a record! I’m sure Alaska leads the nation in car/moose collisions by a long shot. I’m glad you survived ‘em all.

[OrangeHoof]

“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs...”

But, seriously, it would be a shame not to have the head mounted since she practically willed it to happen.

[Vet_6780]

Same exact accident happened to me about a month ago although the deer was hit by the car in the opposite lane about 30 feet in front of me then launched 10’ feet up into the air somersualting over the top of my car to land behind me in the middle of the road.

[libertyhoundusnr]

Something about Grand Cherokees and animals? My wife hit a turkey @70mph and it wiped out the hood and windshield. Although no one raves about Grand Cherokees, they usually outlast the other brands.

[Jonah Hex]

Some does will do anything for a buck...

*ducks*

[Shimmer1]

Somebody was looking out for him. Gee, wonder who that could be.

[kaylar]

I am amazed SD isn’t in that list : We vacationed there last July (loved it, BTW) and every day, we saw MULTIPLE deer run out on the highway in front of traffic. Here in MO there’s tons of deer, but it can be months if not years between sightings...I guess our deer are smarter than SD deer.:-D

[jch10]

I heard of a six point jumping into a car window while attempting to cross a road in NW Florida several years ago. The male passenger was hurt badly by the hooves and horns of the very angry buck. Neither could get away from the other.

[kcvl]

OUCH!

You really have to try to drive carefully but sometimes it doesn’t matter. If they decide to cross the highway there is nothing you can do but hope for the best.

[TXnMA]

Deer are a big problem here in East Texas, but my worst car-animal encounter also involved horses:

Back in the 50s, several of us were returning to college in the wee hours of the morning when we topped a hill, only to find the road full of horses. Our driver dodged all but one, which reared up -- and we hit its hind legs with the driver's side of the car. Its body slammed down onto the hood, its chest hit the windshield, and its head smashed the roof down on the driver's head. Then it flipped over the car and somersaulted onto the road behind us.

Our driver managed to maintain control and, with a smashed left headlight, managed to bring the car to a safe stop on the right shoulder.

The driver of the car following us said that his headlights suddenly illuminated a horse tumbling through the air, so he evaded it by veering off on the opposite (left) side of the road.

Following him was a pair of motorcyclists riding side-by side. They avoided disaster when one went left and the other veered right to avoid the carcass in the road.

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We noticed an oncoming car that had stopped a hundred yards or more away, and then slowly crept up to our location. The driver (who, apparently had had a few drinks) said,

"Damndest thing I ever saw: One car come over the hill, one headlight went out and it pulled off on the other side of the road. Then another car come over the hill, and it suddenly headed off into the ditch on my side of the road.

But, when that third car come over the hill and half went one way and half went the other, I decided it was time for me to stop!"

[goat granny]

One of my sons was driving the interstate with another employee. He was driving and had his window open, the passenger window was closed...A duck flew into the cab of the truck and smashed against the passenger window...lucky there was no accident as it scared them when something flew into the truck....

[ErnBatavia]

[CholeraJoe]

A friend of mine hit a black Angus bull the same way. Crushed her face and she was laid up for about 6 months recovering.

[kcvl]

Now, that would hurt!