The Revenge of the Deer

[Ksyrup]

Deer gets revenge on drivers, breaks man's ankle

November 14, 2005

BLACKHAWK, Calif. -- Motorist Robert Brooks thought he hit a deer. That is, until he got out of his car and the deer hit him.

Brooks stopped his car Tuesday evening along a rural road 35 miles east of San Francisco to check for damage from the collision.

Nothing. No damage and no sign of the deer.

Then headlights from another car emerged and that car struck the animal, propelling it airborne into Brooks and breaking his ankle.

"He was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said California Highway Patrol Officer Steve Creel.

The deer died at the scene. Officials are still looking for the driver of the second vehicle. <!--IBF.ATTACHMENT_277214-->

[QuikSand]

I'm not so sure the deer sees things the same way.

[JasonC23]

What is the title of the sequel to The Deer Hunter?

[sabotai]

<!--IBF.ATTACHMENT_277214-->"He was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said California Highway Patrol Officer Steve Creel.
I think I would classify the deer as being in the wrong place at the wrong time as well.

[Ksyrup]

Hey, if he was going down, he might as well take a shot at someone on the way out.

[Kodos]

I'm not so sure the deer sees things the same way.

Au contraire. Deer will always take a 1-for-1 trade, as they are usually at a substantial disadvantage because of man's mastery of guns.

[Eaglesfan27]

Had a very bad day today (potentially) and the comments in this thread gave me a good 3 minute laugh. Thanks :)

[Wolfpack]

Hey, if he was going down, he might as well take a shot at someone on the way out.

Assuming he survived the impact and recognized he was about to cripple a human.... :p

[QuikSand]

Au contraire. Deer will always take a 1-for-1 trade, as they are usually at a substantial disadvantage because of man's mastery of guns.

They're deer, not bees.

[Huckleberry]

They're deer, not bees.
You and I may be good enough to take out at least 10 bees with a six-shooter (waiting for some to line up in our line of sight, of course), but not many others are.

[Ksyrup]

Assuming he survived the impact and recognized he was about to cripple a human.... :pWell, of course! I look at the scenario like this:

Deer is minding his own business, probably playing solitaire in the middle of the street. At night. But whatever, he ain't hurting anybody. Along comes this car out of nowhere and hits him. Doesn't kill him immediately, but dinged him pretty good. So now he's pissed, but he's hurt. And to make matters worse, the damn car had no damage! So he did what any pissed deer would do - he strategically placed himself in the road so that a car coming from the opposite direction would hit him and send him hurling through the air and into the jackass who broke up his game of solitaire and didn't even get a fucking scratch on his bumper. Unfortunately for the deer, all the guy got was a broken ankle for his trouble, and the deer died before he could exact any further revenge.

And that's how I see this having gone down.

[QuikSand]

You and I may be good enough to take out at least 10 bees with a six-shooter (waiting for some to line up in our line of sight, of course), but not many others are.

But I'm hell on five year olds.

[Kodos]

Well, of course! I look at the scenario like this:

Deer is minding his own business, probably playing solitaire in the middle of the street. At night. But whatever, he ain't hurting anybody. Along comes this car out of nowhere and hits him. Doesn't kill him immediately, but dinged him pretty good. So now he's pissed, but he's hurt. And to make matters worse, the damn car had no damage! So he did what any pissed deer would do - he strategically placed himself in the road so that a car coming from the opposite direction would hit him and send him hurling through the air and into the jackass who broke up his game of solitaire and didn't even get a fucking scratch on his bumper. Unfortunately for the deer, all the guy got was a broken ankle for his trouble, and the deer died before he could exact any further revenge.

And that's how I see this having gone down.

This is pretty much my vision of it as well.

[Wolfpack]

So what we have is some new form of terrorism from an unexpected quarter?