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 ).

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What happened to the ears? Did you cut them off as souvenir?

No, ear still intact .. just bent back ? .. family show is why I only linked to the pic. =T

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.

Squirrel fricasse, potatoes on the side, mmmm.

That poor squirrel had an eye popping experience. Unfortunately he ended up keeping an eye out for you to late. :eek:

Hitting a squirrel is not so bad. This guy almost hit a buffalo. Now that would have made a mess:


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I knew that squirrels' family ....

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

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..

vijen6 could have at least buried him at sea . :(

Sounds like you did the right thing.





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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!

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So I have another story for this thread… Coming home from work I met the UPS driver in front of my house (I live at the end of a cul-de-sac). I stopped and rolled-down the window to ask him if he had a package I was expecting. After completing our conversation I started moving forward and felt the Jägermobile front right wheel then rear right wheel roll over something. I looked into my rear view mirror and in the middle of the street was my neighbor’s, and very good friend’s, Chihuahua. Needless to say it was tough to tell them, and their kids, what happened. They did say that little guy liked to chase UPS trucks, but what I had a hard time with is that I was at a dead stop. I ran over him as I slowly started moving forward from a dead stop.

And here I thought the little varmint was going to get a ride to some other neighborhood and live happily ever after. Sounds like he wanted some tasty nibbles of your serpentine belt. rip.

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!

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. =)

Now I'm going to have see my Psychiatrist a few more times this week.

Sick b$st$rds :) Sick.

Vijen6. Sorry about your experience. I'm an animal lover too. What kills me is the never ending
road-kill sightings you see as you drive. Bums me out. Would put a damper in your feel-good
ride for sure I guess.

Careful JohnnyD. Karma is a b$tch. Out where you are I'm sure there are moose thumbing
for rides at all hours.

The Michele Bachman photo.....mmmmm. I could go in any number of different ways with THAT :)

You sure that was LUNCH she was having ? LOL.

Sources tell me that it was a GOP (Grand Old Pork) hotdog she was having .

My Psychiatrist recommended I also write about all my other similar past experiences. He suggested that I share all my animal tragedies that I’ve had with the Jägermobile; this includes a field mouse, cats, rabbit, roadrunner, deer, bob cat, crow, skunk, armadillo, cats, zebra (obviously this doesn’t happen often so it’s a real good story, it so happens that Randolph Hearst had a collection of exotic animals near his castle just north of here) mountain lion, Texas Long Horn steer, and sparrow… Does anyone care to read about them?

I would caution you from including this diatribe in the vehicle's car fax report . Also, I'm contacting PETA !

Sounds like directory assistance, JD doesn't have peta on speed dial. As for Shelly, what you see in that photo the most is someone unfamiliar with the debauchery of public politics; then again I'm sure she was blissfully quiet during this munch session.

I recall reading somewhere that one of Bachman's favorite TV series is Hung . Maybe Jager should run this by his psychiatrist as well. There's something frankly very Freudian about it .

Scope out the guy in the background!!! Looks like he's thinking "hey after the warm up period, I got something for ya".

She won't give him any love though, he doesn't have a Porsche:D

awww good memories :barf:

My most recent high speed hit victim. brouu brouu no more the pigeon. Went right through the windshield and gut open on my shoulder & neck, his crap running down my chest. Leather's pictures not available. gruesome stuff. The corpse fell between the gas tank and where my balls sits. Kept those warm until I pit my sorry arse

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I'm also a card-carrying member of People Eating Tasty Animals :chicken: :D

Road Kill du Jour anyone?!

What a campaign slogan THIS woulda been ! HA !

"Vote for Bachman. She'll........."


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Some of these mangled animal photos you cats are posting are like scenes from the GodFather for Pete's Sake !

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They made a PILLOW out of it ! HAHAHAHAHA
I LOVE it !

On a serious note though I DO love animals. Dogs, cats, horses, squirrels, pheasants, pigeons. I love all animals. Just a little fun.
With the exception of this little dude. He's a pest.

Sorry, my psychiatrist was not aware of any work by Dr. Freud on the subject of corn dogs. When (and why) was the corn dog invented? Maybe someone needs to do some research on corn dogs effects on mankind.

Corn dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh no... The effects on mankind is worse than I thought: National Corndog Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.corndogday.com/