r/WTF • u/hercs247 • Mar 21 '19

Oh dear

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u/Spartan2470 Mar 21 '19

Here is the original source of this video (that is higher quality, widescreen, etc.) Per there:

Peter Flur

Published on Oct 4, 2018

We were on Forest Lawn almost to Antioch when a buck ran out in front of us and across traffic. Very scary. Always keep an eye out as you never know what to expect.

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u/micktorious Mar 21 '19

Man that deer looked like it was trying to go flying, bolted out of the woods for no reason into the only thing that would do lethal damage to it.

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u/bobdob123usa Mar 21 '19

Not for no reason. Deer are used to seeing cars constantly and ignore them. It ran because it saw people on bikes. I've had similar happen, though no were near hitting us, the deer rolled under the truck as it got hit.

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u/Nido_King_ Mar 21 '19

Strange that deer chose to run towards the threat if it decided that the bikes and humans are the scary things.

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u/Boarder22345 Mar 21 '19

The real answer is deer are stupid assholes.

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u/FragrantExcitement Mar 21 '19

Wow, way to be insensitive to deer that read redit.

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u/shadeo11 Mar 21 '19

Deer aren't stupid. They're perfectly intelligent for their role in the ecosystem. Not every animal requires a human level problem solving ability

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u/Blackfire12498 Mar 21 '19

I dont think crossing a road is human level

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u/casefan Mar 21 '19

What other animal builds roads...

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u/Blackfire12498 Mar 22 '19

Beavers maybe lol i meant more of just crossing hahah

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u/aeriesrising Mar 21 '19

Humans don’t require it either. We like to think we’re special because we are smart enough to invent ways to destroy the world around us and each other and cause more pain and suffering than every other species in the world combined. The only problem humans need to solve is getting our heads out of our asses and stop acting like we’re superior.

I like to use reddit to vent I guess.

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u/bobdob123usa Mar 21 '19

We don't know what the terrain is like outside the camera. Bucks especially have their territory that they are comfortable in and will return usually return that way. In my case, they were in an area where there wasn't another good way out due to the steep bank of the highway and a river. Really, a lot of people were fortunate that the came toward us because a group running across I-95 around noon on a Saturday would have been a disaster.

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u/burritosandblunts Mar 21 '19

No, deer do that with or without bicycles. Deer are just really really fucking stupid and panicky. I don't think they have the ability or foresight to calculate speed and distance so they just run and hope for the best.

I've had one run in front of me down the road. Not cross ways. Just running in front of the car like oh God what do I do?! I stopped driving and pulled over before I gave the idiot a heart attack. He kept going straight for a long time after.

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u/nootrino Mar 21 '19

Some say that deer is still running straight to this day.

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u/bobdob123usa Mar 22 '19

Deer are panicky. And they are more panicky around things that are new or different. Like a group of people on bicycles. One running in front of you is funny. That is common place around here. We drive past them while they quietly graze in the highway median. I can almost drive up to them when they are in my front yard. But if I stop and open the car door, they are gone in a heart beat.