Hit a deer with my car just now 😶

It was dark out and she ran out into the road. Didn't notice her until she was already in the road bc I'm inattentive. Slammed on the brakes, but hit her anyway. She got up off the pavement and bolted to the parking lot with the fawns.

I've heard stories about people being hit by cars, going home, and then collapsing after the adrenaline wears off and being unable to get help. I hope she's ok out there. The fact that there's no damage to my car seems like a good sign, like I didn't hit her crazy hard.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

I remember once in Texas, a deer jumped right over the hood of my Toyota echo. Its hoofs came oh so close to the windshield. 😞

You just couldn't see it coming. The road was sunken from the rest of the area.

Colonelmustardseed · 36-40

@DeWayfarer I used to have an Echo. My coworkers made fun of it, saying that if I hit a deer, my car would be totaled and the deer would be fine.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@Colonelmustardseed that little tiny echo got me to Texas. Lived in it for two of three years and got me back here to California. Then some idiot had to ram it from the back in an old Cadillac while I had three passengers.

Not a soul got a scratch either.

That Toyota as well got me through a flash flood in Texas where even trucks got flooded out.

Of course it was a stick shift! Had to red line it to get through the flood.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@Jimbo7 huh? Private property on 83 acres! They can make a dirt road anywhere they want! That's were I lived the first year in Texas!

Jimbo7 · M

@DeWayfarer oops wrong question answer friend