In a message dated 5/7/02 8:37:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pethier@isd.net
writes:
> >While driving my daughter home from a baseball practice we were travelling
> a
> >country road (all roads around my place are country ones). And what comes
> >out of the side of the road, a doe. A big one! It was sooo close in fact
I
> >missed it by about a half foot from the front of the spitfire. If I was 1
> >mph faster then we wouldn't be here right now. I think I am going to go
and
> >buy a lottery ticket.
>
> I felt the same way when a bear ran into my car last Thanksgiving. If I
had
> arrived on the scene a second earlier, and he had got out in front of the
> car and the car had struck him, the car would likely be demolished. As it
> was, it took $2600 to set the Saturn right.
>
> Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
But what happened to the bear? Was it able to
run away? Was it a Blackie or Griz? Most likely a
Black Bear with only $2600 in damage. Bears can
tough damn animals.
Best Regards,
Kirk Yonker
81 TR8 fi dhc
Seattle
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