Suicidal Deer

A little over a year ago as I was on my way home from school when a deer hit my car! I know many people claim that it is not their fault, but really this deer RAN INTO MY CAR! It came at me from the side of the woods and was probably running at the same speed as I was driving when it ran right into the front left of my car.

It happened really fast, so from what I can remember in this split second is that the deer was in the corner of my eye (left) and then glass was flying at me from the windshield. I luckily could see out of the right portion of the windshield (about a foot worth was able to see out of). I made it to a street that happened to be nearby (I was in the middle of nowhere in the country). It was all very scary and traumatic.

A lady and her daughter were driving by when I was standing outside of the car and trying to get cell service. I was just hoping someone (nice and not a serial killer) would stop and help. Luckily, they were very nice and drove me home.

Of course when I got home I was still in shock and my parents were not home. I called them and my dad thought I said “Get me some beer” instead of “Dad, I hit a deer.” While I can sort of laugh about that now, it was not funny at the time.

The deer is definitely dead; it was a big dark buck. Either someone picked it up and brought home the road kill of deer suicide, or it limped off into the woods to die a less embarrassing death.

Here are some pictures of my car after the deer committed its suicide on my car…. Yes, the bottom pictures show the hair from the deer that was still on my car.



After the initial shock wore off, I started crying and freaking out for probably three hours. I thought I swallowed some small pieces of glass from when it flew at me. I was thankful for being alive because I realized just how close I was to not being alive at all. I had some back and neck pain from the accident, but it is fine now.

I definitely had Angels on my side that evening, and I hope all of my friends who read this will take the time to do those things in life you always wanted to do because you never know when you won’t be able to. One minute you could be singing along to the radio and the next you could be dead.