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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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ok this is no joke. i was driving to the mall today to get a bathing suit for my beach trip next week. i was driving down a local road when all of the sudden, bam right on the top of my front window. I didnt even know it was a bird until i saw feathers. i thought some kid threw a ball at my car, thats how loud it was.. Then i get closer to the mall and there is this bird in the street and like im use to them flying off before u get near, well nope, at the last min it takes off but too late, it hit the bottom grill and thank goodness it didnt get struck there. i had to pull over to make sure no bird was hanging from the grill.. lol i never hit a bird in my driving life and i hit 2 in one day.. I guess it was like the movie The Happening except birds killing themselves
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 12:10 AM
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I don't know if you noticed but its like birds play chicken with cars in the middle of the road. Like its a game to them. Anyone else notice this ? lol
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 01:03 AM
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Funny....but not. Those things are like 20mm shells at highway speeds...they put holes in bumpers/windshields and injure people all the time.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 07:14 AM
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I just abour ran over a skunk roadkill the other day. That would have been fun to clean up. Thankfully I missed it and the smell only lasted like a mile or two.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Nacho SS
Funny....but not. Those things are like 20mm shells at highway speeds...they put holes in bumpers/windshields and injure people all the time.
oh i know. the one that hit my windsheild hit it pretty hard. it was a loud thump and the bird came out of nowhere.. Also its true that they do injure ppl and sometimes kill them. listen to this, its a true story. it was in the news and my local paper.. This guy was driving on 95 near philly with his windows down and 95 near the phily airport got a lot of water on both sides at certain places.. Well he was driving past a waterway when a bunch of geese started taking off and one of them went right though his driver side window, struck him in the face making him lose control of his car and slamming into the center divider, striking other cars and its killed him.. That right there is freaky and you would never think it would happen..
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Sint3k
I don't know if you noticed but its like birds play chicken with cars in the middle of the road. Like its a game to them. Anyone else notice this ? lol
I think this has something to do with their rank in the food chain. Kinda like deer freezing if you stare at them.
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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just kidding
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by steveman0018
ok this is no joke. i was driving to the mall today to get a bathing suit for my beach trip next week. i was driving down a local road when all of the sudden, bam right on the top of my front window. I didnt even know it was a bird until i saw feathers. i thought some kid threw a ball at my car, thats how loud it was.. Then i get closer to the mall and there is this bird in the street and like im use to them flying off before u get near, well nope, at the last min it takes off but too late, it hit the bottom grill and thank goodness it didnt get struck there. i had to pull over to make sure no bird was hanging from the grill.. lol i never hit a bird in my driving life and i hit 2 in one day.. I guess it was like the movie The Happening except birds killing themselves
lol you must be driving light speed comfortably.........lol.
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