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I was driving just after sunset on a two lane road in Florida and it had just stopped raining. I thought I saw headlights off in the distance but it quickly turned out to be the eyes of a big buck standing in the middle of the road. It was too wet to apply any hard braking so I held my breath and the Deer turned back and I missed him. If he had decided to go in my lane it would've been a direct hit at about 55mph. BTW I was in a Toyota Celica.
Another time in the same stretch of road a friend and I were driving in his Ford Pinto early in the morning before sunrise and he hit a gator that was stretched out across our lane. We actually got completely airborne but my friend kept it straight and after a quick check for damage we kept going.
When my sister got her driving permit at age 15 my Dad took her out for her first drive. They came back and my Sister was crying hysterically. " What happened " I asked and my Dad said " we were driving along and all of a sudden a cat ran out in front of the car followed by five or six little kittens. She hit the mom with a big thud and then we heard a bump...bump bump..bump..bump and she got them all. "
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