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Scalded Dog · 07-05-2012, 01:03 PM

I am a professional at this. If I could make money as the grim reaper for animals, I'd have it made.

Ove the course of a few years, I've hit, entirely accidentally (I'm not a sadist, I swear):

-Three deer (including one incident that jacked up a rental car pretty badly... had the extra coverage, just walked away from it, no deductable, no worries)
-A few skunks (I do not regret taking them out)
-A porcupine (didn't seem problematic at first, but within three days, had two flat tires.... quills worked their way through over a few days' driving)
-A couple of cats
-A few dogs (including a Rottweiler that dented the bumper of my Mitsubishi, but walked away...)
-A wild boar (I was in reverse, doing close to 40MPH... the boar flew through the air, rolled a few times, stood up, shook it off, and demonstrated aggession towards my vehicle before running off...)
-A bat
-A raccoon
-Countless birds (Including seven in one week... I have a theory that certain weather/ meteorological conditions cause birds to tend to fly lower to the ground under certain conditions... often, if I hit one bird, I'm very likely to hit more within a day or two...)
-A number of fireflies (notable because the goo continues to glow as it run across the windshield)

07-05-2012, 01:03 PM	#6
Scalded Dog Drives: 2011 1LT Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Crestline, CA Posts: 3,029	I am a professional at this. If I could make money as the grim reaper for animals, I'd have it made. Ove the course of a few years, I've hit, entirely accidentally (I'm not a sadist, I swear): -Three deer (including one incident that jacked up a rental car pretty badly... had the extra coverage, just walked away from it, no deductable, no worries) -A few skunks (I do not regret taking them out) -A porcupine (didn't seem problematic at first, but within three days, had two flat tires.... quills worked their way through over a few days' driving) -A couple of cats -A few dogs (including a Rottweiler that dented the bumper of my Mitsubishi, but walked away...) -A wild boar (I was in reverse, doing close to 40MPH... the boar flew through the air, rolled a few times, stood up, shook it off, and demonstrated aggession towards my vehicle before running off...) -A bat -A raccoon -Countless birds (Including seven in one week... I have a theory that certain weather/ meteorological conditions cause birds to tend to fly lower to the ground under certain conditions... often, if I hit one bird, I'm very likely to hit more within a day or two...) -A number of fireflies (notable because the goo continues to glow as it run across the windshield)