I have blood on my brand new tires .. squirrel blood ..
Today started out as a good day .. work isn't busy so I figure I'll take some time to scrub in my brand new tires before an AX tomorrow ..
Sun is shining .. throw on the Oakleys .. fill up the tank .. check the tire pressure again and head to a favorite backroad .. About 3-4 minutes and maybe 10 twists and turns into it .. I was focused looking for the next corner .. I see him shooting across the road .. I tried to brake but it was too late .. Felt the thuds under my tire and I felt my own heart stop too for a split second .. then the realization set in that after 14 yrs of driving I've killed my first squirrel. Now I know for some that's a weekly occurrence, but I actually like small furry critters. Totally ruined the mood for me so I called it quit and headed back. Still am a little bit shaken up, but here's a picture of the little guy ( probably NSFW ). LINK |
So much for a family show around here .
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What happened to the ears? Did you cut them off as souvenir?
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No, ear still intact .. just bent back ? .. family show is why I only linked to the pic. =T
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Who you kidding Johnny? It was likely a sleeper cell squirrel, couldn't take the pressure anymore, he wanted to die, car seemed like the quick choice over a poison nut.
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Squirrel fricasse, potatoes on the side, mmmm.
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That poor squirrel had an eye popping experience. Unfortunately he ended up keeping an eye out for you to late. :eek:
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Hitting a squirrel is not so bad. This guy almost hit a buffalo. Now that would have made a mess:
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Face it, he was so far under the government itself had lost track of his location until his death. It can be outed now, he was tied to the diamond cartel, trying to put a grab on all the world's nuts, you know like Elton John.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01/3001333148366.jpg
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Let's put this in perspective. Many years back I hit a dog(somebody's pet) and obviously broke his neck as it keeled over dead. I tried to locate the owner. Unable. So put the dead dog on the back seat of my old VW beetle. Buried it near my house. I think that you will get over the death of a squirrel. I understand your concern. Time heals..
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vijen6 could have at least buried him at sea . :( |
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Sounds like you did the right thing. / |
Last year my wife unknowingly brought home a squirrel from where she works. The reason I know this is that there are no squirrels in our neighborhood and there are allot of them where she works. In fact there have been multiple cars vandalized by those varmints where she works... California Ground Squirrels chew the electrical wires in any auto they climb into.
One day coming home I saw a squirrel in the neighbor’s yard and thought to myself that was strange. Going into my house I found my wife pouting, I asked what is wrong; she said her car wouldn’t start. So after inspecting, and knowing something major was wrong, I had her car towed to the dealership. The dealership called a couple hours later and said a rodent chewed through and electrical cable to the tune of $450!! That little*%$#^ squirrel got a ride to our house in my wife’s car, then chewed on my wife’s car! Over the next week I would see that squirrel running around the neighborhood and scampering under neighbor’s parked cars. Well that following weekend I was doing some remodeling work on the house and had the Jägermobile sitting in the driveway (to make room in the garage for the table and tile saws) and guess what I saw run under my car? Yep, and when I looked around and under the car that squirrel was nowhere to be seen. IT HAD CLIMBED UP INTO MY BOXSTER! So I grabbed the key and jumped into the Jägermobile (and being the Jäger that I am) quickly turned the key to hear the sudden thump behind the seat. It took a little work to access the engine compartment to remove that little %&*#$@, but no more wire chewing squirrel! http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1333166097.jpg |
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Someone should lock this thread. I'm reading it at 6:54 am and it's about to start my day out all wrong with talk of dogs dying...
I runned over a squirrel once. They're just rats with furry tails.... Never forgt that. Go figure. I have a huge heart of compassion for a dog and no mercy for squirrels! |
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With all good things in life there's also the bad. Just hope the good always outweighs your bad. And as recycledsixtie wrote "Time Heals", I had almost forgotten my terrible experiences until vijen6 started this thread! :eek: That's OK, by sharing is therapeutic. Now I have to call my Psychiatrist... Again. |
Better a squirrel than a pheasant ..... (no it wasn't me)
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Jeeze .. looking at what happened to the rear wind deflector window .. driver is lucky it didn't smash through the front glass toward him.
And yeah .. its probably time this thread got closed .. just wanted to share my experience for free therapy. =) |
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