Filed under: Personal Stories
Well, it happened…living in the county with the most car-deer collisions per capita in the USA, it was inevitable. I hit two deer on the way home from work tonight. It was dark and my eye was caught by another car about to turn in front of me and the next thing I knew, I saw from the corner of my eye three large deer jumping onto the road getting larger by the millisecond. I’m pretty sure I hit two of them – or they hit me, I’m not sure which. Anyway, after coming to a complete stop, I saw about four more cross the road. Wow, what a scary experience. No airbags, no damage to my lights, or windshield, just a crumpled hood and some of my front grill is gone and my VW badge on the front of the car is also gone. I found no traces of the deer or my car parts after getting out to look around, but it was dark and I didn’t want to linger lest I get hit by another car or deer 
There was hair from the deer stuck on my car, so I know I wasn’t hallucinating or something.
God is good…more significant damage could have been done, or worse yet, it could have come crashing through the windshield and hit me. Of course, no doubt that I wouldn’t do the stupid thing and try to swerve to end up rolled over and pinned under my car.
I’m including a picture for those that want to see the damage.
