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Originally Posted by Xist
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Have I mentioned hitting an elk? It was a life-changing experience.
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I took took a Roosevelt herd bull in Redwood NP at 60 mph in a Chevy Corsica. Barely had time to hit the brakes, ranger said it was one of their biggest. It didn't deploy the airbags because it laid it flat on the hood and then crushed the roof down on us. We couldn't open the front doors, had to climb out the back. The elk flipped all the way over the car and actually got up an walked off but died at the bottom of the bank. Luckily I just cut up my knuckles and nothing more. The elk was in a flat out run crossing the 4 lane section of highway 101 and it was about 1 am with an oncoming car's headlights in my face. If I didn't hit it, they would have, and it's probably luck we didn't end up losing control and going head on into them. That car had about 2000 miles on it and they actually fixed it for about $11,000 rather then totaling it out. That was back in 1995. It was a GSA fleet car, I pity the sap that bought it at the auction not knowing the history.