I sincerely hope that your acquaintance did not sustain serious damage to his Jeep Cherokee.
I live in a suburb of DC and there is a pond near the main road to my neighborhood. Near this pond the geese wander around all the roads. One day I was driving home in my 97 suzuki sidekick when a group of 3 waddled right in front of my car and despite slamming on the brakes I ran over one with my left rear tire.
I looked in my rear view mirror and saw it walking away. I knew that the suzuki sidekick was really light in the rear, but that day I resolved that my next car would be heavy enough to squash a goose.
"I sincerely hope that your acquaintance did not sustain serious damage to his Jeep Cherokee."
I was traveling up the interstate at 80 MPH when a full grown turkey hen crossed 2 lanes of traffic causing our paths to intersect. The result was a license plate shaped like a turkey but no other damage. I also learned the trajectory of a van launched turkey.