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A deer committed suicide on my least favorite SUV yesterday. It was a ninja. I didn’t see it until it was spinning through the air over the hood and past my driver side window.
I felt bad about the incident. Not so much that Bambi’s mom died… More so that my 3 year-old was riding in the vehicle at the time, booster seat on the driver side of the vehicle, close up witness to the snuffing out of woodland creatures and all that jazz. We weren’t injured. Three cheers for gas guzzlers.
Because of size of the vehicle and the fact that the deer was mid-air when we both attempted to occupy the same space, the impact seemed sort of like hitting a large pot hole. Except pot holes don’t usually Jackson Pollock my car with feces and other random stuff that is usually found inside a deer…
Oh and Jesus hates that vehicle, I swear. I just dropped around 800 in repairs to it two weeks ago. I’m guessing the deer damage will be more than that. At least this time the repairs will be offset by a deductible. The hood looks like a beer goggle worthy bar fly sat on it hard, the driver side fender is crushed, the grill and a couple of lights need replaced, but other than that everything can be fixed with a garden hose.
And in honor of the occassion, I found this lovely video…
May 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Best news is, you both are ok, ok news is, the deer hadn’t been gorging itself on soybeans – I’ve been there, it makes a not pretty situation, downright…ugly.
May 14th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Sounds like another valid reason not to like soy beans… After a 10 day wait to hear back from my insurance company, they have decided the vehicle was totaled. Unfortunately it was already a POS. I’m buying it off the insurance company and restoring back to it’s crappy pre-deer damaage condition.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
we have plenty of deer warning notices around here but I’ve never seen one. Glad you were both okay. Hope the cost of repairs won’t hurt too much.