Question: What's the weirdest thing you've ever run over?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/22/2013 at 12:46 • Filed to: None

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Animal, vegetable, or mineral. For me, it was a tarantula I ran over early one morning on my way to a gig. Cut the turn a little into the shoulder, saw the tarantula crawl out, heard it crunch under the tire. How about you? What's the weirdest thing you've ever run over, either on purpose or inadvertently?

CKeffer > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:49

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An aluminum slide, like the kind that you would find on a back yard swing set. It happened, thankfully, in my old Jeep rather than my current mini. It made a god aweful sound when I hit it, and I thought for sure it had majorly fucked some shit up under my car, but when I pulled over to check it out it had only put a dent in the bumper that I was able to push back out and scratched up the cross bracing on the under side of the chassis.

Naijaflavor, I Love Doritos > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:49

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I've seen milk crates but my father has hit and ran over an owl

E30Joe drives a Subaru > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:49

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I ran over (into) a deer once. And once I ran over a pumpkin when I was driving my dads truck, some kids threw it in to the road as a I drove by and couldn't avoid it.

oldirtybootz > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:50

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I suppose it'd be the two animals I've hit. First was a possum a few years back, then a month or two ago a raccoon jumped in front of the Focus. I had to have ran him over with the front and rear wheels but when we went back to check on him he was limping off into the woods. I felt so bad. My cat looks like a raccoon and he has a limp, so seeing the coon like that reminded me of him.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:52

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My mom once ran over a dead dear on the highway. We checked the front and didn't see any damage. The next morning we went outside with our dog, Molly. Molly took us around to the back of the van to see it covered in deer bits.

Me, it would have to be a bird that refused to fly away.

Sn210 > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:52

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A turtle, thanks for bringing it up :(

KB Garage > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:54

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A cat. Which wouldn't be weird, except it got impaled on my leaf spring. And I didn't notice for a week. In August. Gloves, mask, and channel locks required for removal.

Party-vi > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:54

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Before having my license I had a 49cc scooter (with the speed limiter off and a jet kit for the carb LOL). On my way home one night I ran over an especially fat frog in the middle of the road. I was amazed that, with two whole lanes of asphalt, this frog was right in line with both my tires.

*ba-bump, ba-bump*

BJ > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:54

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Nothing weird here, just squirrels and other small rodents, although I did run over a fox once - I felt bad about that one.

CKeffer > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:55

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Oh and FYI Armadillos sound like giant roaches when you run them over with a Lexus GS. Seriously they make this nasty crunch/squelching sound that just makes your skin crawl.

Party-vi > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:55

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Double-post nothing to see here.

Party-vi > Sn210 11/22/2013 at 12:56

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Turtles are assholes.

I saw a box turtle on a side road and stopped to pick him up and carry him to the other side and all that fucker did is hiss at me.

KB Garage > E30Joe drives a Subaru 11/22/2013 at 12:57

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My cousin hit a deer once. He describes it best: "All I saw were hooves, antlers, hooves, antlers, hooves, antlers..."

minardi > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:58

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Half a curved spring blade… made a hole through the floor of my then X1/9. Just beside my foot resting on the accelerator.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:58

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The fiberglass dome from the head of a full-scale Dalek, which I'd made and was travelling in the pickup ahead of me.

I think I win.

Party-vi > KB Garage 11/22/2013 at 12:58

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Oh boo. I had a cat run into the road on me and I freaked out - looked in my rear-view and it was still running across the road. Phew!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:58

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Weirdest? hmm, a badger I'd say, those mofos packs a punch..

I've also hit an elk(or moose if you're American) or two when I drove a lorry, but that wasn't werid, it was more like "CRAP, I'll be late AGAIN"

$kaycog > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 12:59

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On my way to Texas several years ago, unbeknownst to me I hit a small bat. When I got to my destination, a guy showed me the bat stuck in my grill.

ZDMW > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:00

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A dog. Thankfully the dog was ok, although lost about half and inch of its tail. I was driving a super shitty mid 80's Cavalier, it ran into the road and there was nothing I could do but hit the very weak brakes. I was a young driver and did not really know what to do and was freaking out a little bit. The owners of the dog were very nice though, I told them if it needs anything to give me a call, they never did. Still think about it from time to time actually.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > KB Garage 11/22/2013 at 13:00

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Pretty accurate.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Party-vi 11/22/2013 at 13:03

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GhostZ > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:03

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A drainage ditch. It was about 6 feet long and 5 feet deep, and I sailed right over top, without a scratch on the car. Almost had a heart attack when it happenned...

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/22/2013 at 13:04

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That's a double win I'd say. Not only did you hit a Dalek.. but you hit a Dalek...

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:06

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And that is why, Farmer John, we keep our livestock IN ENCLOSURES!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/22/2013 at 13:07

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It was strapped in such a way that the dome popped off the lazy susan bearing I'd mounted it to. Took out my car's oil cooler - quite a pain in the ass.

Still, it means I have *probably* the only car in the world to have been taken out of action by a Dalek.

nippon > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:12

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Some piece of nylon/plastic bag that stuck itself somewhere close to my catalytic converter. Of coarse it started burning from all the heat.

KB Garage > Party-vi 11/22/2013 at 13:13

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I was cresting a hill at night and tried to center it. Obviously I was not successful. I felt bad but at least I didn't do this.

ttyymmnn > Party-vi 11/22/2013 at 13:13

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They have a reputation for being ungrateful.

Moves-Like-Senna > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:15

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Weirdest thing must have been a Porcupine.

Saddest? A cat. I'm not a cat guy but the cat smacked the front grille of the truck, then got caught on my windshield wiper at 60 mph. I had to drive with the dead bloody deformed cat flailing in my face for a good 15 minutes.

Train > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:18

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When I was growing up, I was in charge of cutting the grass on a riding mower. One day, I was mowing along just fine, when suddenly a bird swooped down from out of nowhere to just in front of the mower. I didn't have a chance to stop until the mower had disintegrated the bird. I got off the mower perplexed as to why the bird would commit suicide like that. When I went to back of the mower, I saw why. Shot out of the back of the mower were the remains of a nest and eggs as well as the bird. The bird was trying to protect its young and died trying.

ttyymmnn > Train 11/22/2013 at 13:22

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Well, that's probably the saddest story so far. I'll often have grackles and mockingbirds cone down when I'm mowing because the mower rustles up grasshoppers and other bugs. That's a bummer.

Sirpuddingfoot > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:25

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An infant's car seat with my mother-in-law's Windstar. At 70mph.

Well, I didn't so much run it over as push it a good long way. I'm not entirely sure how it ended up upside-down in the middle of the freeway, but I had to stop the van and extricate it. As a side note, this is the only instance I have been thankful for a front mounted license plate: it bore the brunt of the impact.

ttyymmnn > Sirpuddingfoot 11/22/2013 at 13:29

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It could have been much worse.

jsmizira > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:35

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a freaking 8' ladder. not on purpose.

pdx107 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/22/2013 at 13:35

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Elk and moose are two different things though?

Elk -

Moose -

Hermann > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:36

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dinobot666 > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:36

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Sadly, it was a whole family of Racoons. A mama was leading her troop (pack?) of baby Racoons across the highway just as I was rounding the curve. I hit every single one of them. :(

I don't know if that counts as "weird" or not, but the fact that I took out a whole family of them still bums me out years later.

Your boy, BJR > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:39

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Not run over per say, but........

3 am St. Paddy's day 2011. I was on my way home from my friends house and while driving through the woods, an owl swooped down for a mouse and it was timed perfectly enough that i clipped his face with the top of my grille. Rolled up and over the car, I almost shit myself, and got out to confirm i hit an owl.

corvairsomeday2 > $kaycog 11/22/2013 at 13:40

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I've done the same thing. I claim that my car is stealth, since its sonor didn't pick me up!

ttyymmnn > Hermann 11/22/2013 at 13:40

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WTFBBQ??

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > pdx107 11/22/2013 at 13:41

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Well.. yes.. and no... What they call a moose in Northern America is the same as what the brits call an Elk (or pretty much) They are both Alces Alces, though technically it should be called Eurasian Elk and not just Elk.

Scandinavian Elk.

Matt Urban > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:43

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A microwave at 70mph. Good thing i have ground clearance. I actually got a little air time skiffing off of it.

pdx107 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/22/2013 at 13:44

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Interesting, didn't know that.

timateo81 > Sn210 11/22/2013 at 13:45

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it's the worst feeling

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > pdx107 11/22/2013 at 13:47

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Well, the more you know :)

William Byrd > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 13:48

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I hit a live chicken once. Was in my first car, a Pulsar NX and the front bumper acted sort of like a cow-catcher and just sort of shoved him off the road and he kept running.

William Byrd > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/22/2013 at 13:49

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a møøse once bit my sister. no really!

pdx107 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 11/22/2013 at 13:56

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So you don't have the American type of elk there?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > pdx107 11/22/2013 at 14:01

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Nope, the Elk/Wapiti (Cervus Canadensis) only exist in North America and Eastern Asia as far as I know.

$kaycog > corvairsomeday2 11/22/2013 at 14:06

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I guess my old Explorer was stealth too. :D

Leadbull > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 14:07

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A plastic bag...

Which wrapped itself around my half shaft and melted.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 14:07

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In west Texas after heavy rain the road becomes treacherous with taratula parts. Seriously its like ice. Also seeing a turkey get hit is hilarious; Like hitting a down pillow. That is all

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 14:09

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Dude, don't even joke about stuff like that. Just thinking about it...damn

Hermann > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 14:17

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Yeah, I wonder, too.

I was driving, drinking a bud light, making out with a cheerleader while a bro of mine was making out with another cheerleader on the backseat and we were listening to 90's pop rock. We were driving to a abandoned house in the woods to have sex after a football game. Then I ran over this.

We got out of the car but it was gone with no signs of it. The car didn't start when we went back in. My bro said we should split and search for the creature while someone goes search for help.

I told him to fuck himself. I had emergency lights and was able to see that a fuel line was leaky. I used some of the bandage tape on the first aid kit and mended it, then we all went home.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 11/22/2013 at 14:41

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You know that's from a movie, right? A comedy?

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 11/22/2013 at 14:44

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ttyymmnn > Leadbull 11/22/2013 at 14:45

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Heikki, is that you ??

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 15:58

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Yup, like that...but X10

Sethersm > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 17:06

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I don't know what it was and I didn't hit it, the logging truck in front of me did, but there were bits of it all over my car.

Actually hit with my car, a grain shovel.

desertdog5051 > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 20:40

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Probably that mother with triplets in a stroller. Was in a hurry, so could not be bothered with stopping. I will go back and apologize soon. :)

BlackBird, Mexican Clownshoe pilot > ttyymmnn 11/22/2013 at 20:58

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A muthafucking rooster, being in Mexico I was riding my gf around to some place here in my hometown, saw some kids following a fast walking rooster across the street, I slam on my brakes hoping the rooster made it across, but it just stood still as I got on the gas again, I looked back and saw the rooster laying down, big wtf moment for me lol why are kids playing with a rooster as if it was a pet dog or something? after taking my gf to some errands we had to go back again through the same street, next thing we know the kids are burying the rooster and are staring at us like dude WTF!

99TandC > nippon 11/24/2013 at 22:22

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20 minutes ago: A concrete triangle turn lane divider

herald > ttyymmnn 11/26/2013 at 23:31

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I ran over a water pump that fell off another car. Guess what? It wrecked my water pump! ^*%*%!!!

TheCraigy > ttyymmnn 11/27/2013 at 12:33

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Alligator. Felt terrible about it. He/she was about as long as my car was wide (an Acura Legend at the time) so it was just a baby, or perhaps an adolescent. The road was poorly lit and by the time my headlights lit him up it was too-late, ended up a ~50-60mph speedbump.

thebigbossyboss > Party-vi 02/04/2014 at 20:13

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Hey man could be worse. I picked up a turlte, and all he did was piss on me.