Carrie |
06-24-2003 02:49 AM |
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Originally posted by tootie
My dad hit an 8 ton show bull that had escaped through a broken fence once. TOTALLED his car. The thing rolled up over the hood, over the roof of his car and crushed it, and kicked a tail light out. Then while he was calling the police a truck hit it. The cops shot it like 12 times trying to put it out of its misery and they finally had to call for an elephant gun. Took two shots right in the head with the elephant gun to put it down.
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From the sounds of it, the bull would've been fine if they hadn't started plugging it with lead. A couple of bruises, maybe a sprained leg or something... but if he was that hard to put down, did anyone consider that maybe he didn't *need* to be put down?
Masta if the deer was in the ditch and didn't get up and at least try to escape, he's probably done for. Hate to break it to ya.
Slow accidents actually hurt deer more because the force of the impact goes into their legs; with fast accidents the car is moving so quickly that it just sweeps their legs out from under them and they go rolling over it (most times landing upright and unharmed on the other side).
A buddy of mine "swept" a horse that had gotten out of his corral once. Completely totalled his Saturn... crushed the hood, blew in the windshield, crushed the roof, blew in the back windshield, crushed in the trunk... and the horse was absolutely fine save for a few scratches from the glass.
While said buddy was trying to get the horse to the side of the road, another car comes along and slows down to see what's going on. While that driver was staring at my friend and the horse that just decimated his car, another horse walks out in front of the second car that was slowed to a crawl. Impact broke that horse's legs instantly and the cops had to put him down where he lay on the road.
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