you-all will never believe what i ran over!!!!

I can't recall running over any animals before. I have dodged a few and missed them and thank goodness it was in the country and no oncoming traffic. The animal I don't like to come upon are skunks. One night I barely missed one, I heard a noise and thought for sure I hit it but after picking up my husband from work on our way back we looked and didn't see it or smell it. Before I was married I had a date one night and while out he ran over a skunk, needless to say that date was cut short. That was a stinky date. hehehe At least it was not my car that had that horrible odor.

Squirrel, I tried to avoid him, but whichever way I zigged, he went the same way, so I went a different way, so did he. It was like we were dancing. Finally I avoided him with my front tires, but he must have run underneath my back tires, I heard a thump and he was flattened! Just can't help some critters!

You poor thing. I definitely know the feeling. A couple of years ago, I lived in a rural area and had to drive home from work at 3 a.m. All kinda animals are out that time of day. Anyway, I made it all the way to my neighborhood and decided to check the mail. On the way to the house, I saw a black cat cross in front of my Dodge Ram. It made it's way safely across cause I saw it when I looked in my passenger window. So, I kept driving. Either the cat ran back towards the truck or a 2nd cat tried to pass cause I felt a bump and hear the horrible noise you talked about. I prayed it was a newspaper that I had run over. When I parked in the driveway, I got out of the truck and looked down the road just in time to see the cat twitch a little and then completely stop moving. I felt so bad, but it totally wasn't my fault. That was a bad year anyway because on Christmas day, a deer ran into the road and crashed into the side of my Mustang. Then another night, I hit a different deer with my truck. I should just stop driving all together.

Oh MY how awefull for you! I would feel awefull if I ever hit anything. I would feel bad for the poor little thing.

I did hit a deer before. I though it was dead. I guess he was just knocked out. I called my sister in law and told her that I had hit it. and if they wanted the Deer meat to come and get it. By the time they got there he had got up and ran off. It was a big ole buck.

A few years ago, while driving near my mother's home, I ran over a monitor lizard. The lizard which must have been about 8 or 9 inches in length is just like the one shown in the picture. I couldn't help it. It dashed across the road suddenly and when I saw it, it was too late and I couldn't stop in time. As my car tyre rolled over it, I could hear a crisp cracking sound, and when I looked back in my rear-view mirror, I could see the poor thing flattened out on the road. I felt terrible that I had killed an innocent creature. Luckily, I've only had this one experience and didn't run over other animals in all my years of driving.

i hit a bunny rabbit once! and backed over the neighbors kitten, once that stayed at our house because they left it out and didnt feed it and we did! i cried over both things. my 2 favorite animals wouldnt you know

the only animal I ever hit with my car was a pigeon that landed right in front of my tire when I was driving. made a nasty thump and feathers were flying. poor bird...

Yuck, yuck, yuck! I hate running over living things. I hit a bird that didn't fly out of the road in time, once. I could not bear to go around to the front of my car to get it out of the grill. Had to have someone else do it. I also hit a squirrel once. I think he was suicidal though, I mean seriously. I saw him on the side of the road, and just as I got to the point where I could do nothing but him him, he ran out in front of me. I, like you, looked in my rear view mirror to see if he was ok. I knew he wasn't. I heard that awful crushing sound when the tires rolled over him. He was lying there twitching. I thought I was going to be sick.

Hi RLF,

I am not driving and so far we have not encountered anything like that! I am sure the other raccoon was very scared and decided to just run back to the woods!

Hi RLFinNash,


No, I cannot drive and my husband nearly knocked a phesant down but the bird was quick thank God, but poor little raccoon and I'm glad the others were safe. Have fun.

Tamara