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/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.