Peculiar things seen along the road
10-12-18, 09:33 AM
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I was coming down an overpass and thought there was a log in the road but it turned out to be a massive iguana. Swerved around at the last minute.
10-12-18, 09:36 AM
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Yeah. This was at a seemingly closed roadside attraction just east of the ID-MT border near Clark Fork, ID. It was somewhat disturbing. The if you look closely, the dog's back is wet with saliva from the bear grabbing it with its mouth. The place also had a cougar in a cage. Poor thing was pacing back and forth. Rode the same route the following year and the animals were gone.
10-12-18, 11:00 AM
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A goat on the dash and a dog in the passenger seat of a pickup at the gas station.
10-12-18, 12:43 PM
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Many years ago I was out for a ride. I was coming down a slight hill and saw something in the middle of the road. It seemed to be moving a bit. As I got closer I thought to myself "Please don't be what I think it is." As I passed, I looked down and saw that it was what I feared. A dead momma possum. The movement was her babies, which had emerged from the pouch and were crawling all over her. The appeared to be still sightless. Fortunately, there was a nature center not far away that had on staff an animal rescue expert who, I learned later, specialized in possums. About a half mile later I spoke to a woman who had just come out of her house to walk her dog. I told her about the situation and asked for directions to the nature center. (This was before everyone had cell phones.) She offered to call the place for me. On the ride back I took the same road. The dead mother and the babies were gone. I should have called the center to see if they had, in fact, rescued the babies.
10-12-18, 12:54 PM
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10-12-18, 01:14 PM
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This guy just stayed on the white line.
10-12-18, 03:28 PM
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I once saw a cat do that. Walked up to the corner, sat down on the sidewalk and waited for the light to change, then crossed.
10-12-18, 04:23 PM
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Nothing as odd as some posted here, but a week or so ago, at a little rural intersection I often pass through, there was a small dead possum, and a foot away from it, was a big copperhead snake, also dead. No telling what,if anything happened between them, but it was kinda weird (and of course, i imagined a heated fight to the death, that killed the both simultaneously !! )
10-12-18, 08:48 PM
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Today, on 66 heading west into Lyons CO, I saw two police cars that had pulled a car over, female in the diver seat. Just as I passed, one of the cops jerked open the passenger side door, and the male passenger was shouting "Can you tell me why I'm being arrested?" while they were reaching in to grab him.
10-12-18, 10:12 PM
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Going over the Malahat on Vancouver Island I saw several eagles circling ahead. There in the shoulder was something flopping around. As I approached I realized it was an adult Bald Eagle that had been injured. Someone else also stopped and called a local rescue society. It was very large but I could walk right up to it on the affected side because it was blind in one eye.
In the pic you can also see its top beak is broken off and hanging by some skin. The white stuff is exposed skull bone and there were maggots on the head but the bird was still walking around in circles. I figure it got hit by a car or something and survived but could not fly and was slowly dying of hunger and the other birds were waiting for a meal.
Sad.. but interesting to get that close to one.
In the pic you can also see its top beak is broken off and hanging by some skin. The white stuff is exposed skull bone and there were maggots on the head but the bird was still walking around in circles. I figure it got hit by a car or something and survived but could not fly and was slowly dying of hunger and the other birds were waiting for a meal.
Sad.. but interesting to get that close to one.
10-13-18, 12:50 AM
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Over here in the city mostly just Toronto night life,
The xmas tree was a nice touch lol.
10-13-18, 11:09 AM
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I thought about taking a pic, but didn't as I was riding with someone, and we got behind due to a flat...but anyway:
On Wednesday we were on a group ride - Pennsylvania back roads - nice rural route. Along one of these back roads there was a treeline - the trees were about 100 yards away, parallel to the road. Perched in the trees were various buzzards, and they had their wings spread out. It almost looked like they were hanging on a clothes line or something.
I don't think I've ever seen that before.
Less odd, but along the same route we passed a patio where there were 3 cats in a straight line, each about 5 ft from the next: The first was black, the second gray, the 3rd was white. I like cats, and I thought the color arrangement was funny. ymmv
On Wednesday we were on a group ride - Pennsylvania back roads - nice rural route. Along one of these back roads there was a treeline - the trees were about 100 yards away, parallel to the road. Perched in the trees were various buzzards, and they had their wings spread out. It almost looked like they were hanging on a clothes line or something.
I don't think I've ever seen that before.
Less odd, but along the same route we passed a patio where there were 3 cats in a straight line, each about 5 ft from the next: The first was black, the second gray, the 3rd was white. I like cats, and I thought the color arrangement was funny. ymmv
10-14-18, 12:02 PM
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Nothing as odd as some posted here, but a week or so ago, at a little rural intersection I often pass through, there was a small dead possum, and a foot away from it, was a big copperhead snake, also dead. No telling what,if anything happened between them, but it was kinda weird (and of course, i imagined a heated fight to the death, that killed the both simultaneously !! )
10-14-18, 02:28 PM
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I was once riding in a very rural part of NY, I looked behind me at one point checking for traffic only to witness a large, long tailed brown creature spanning from the center line past the outer white line making it's way across the road probably fifty yards behind me; must've been at least seven feet from head to toe! I slammed my brakes and couldn't decide if I wanted to turn around and look for it.. I did, but it was gone. It was walking low to the pavement, I thought it might've been a cougar or mountain lion but after further research I'm more inclined to believe it was a fisher; I didn't even know this species of animal existed until I saw it..
10-14-18, 06:54 PM
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One time out in the country, I observed a guy in full camo, with his rifle, in the weeds at the side of the road. This was a paved county road with painted lines and shoulders and all that - not some super rural backwoods town road. Though gunshots aren't uncommon out in the country, they're usually quite a distance from the road!
On the theme of dead animals, I once came across what appeared to be the bones of an entire raccoon family - adults and babies of various sizes - mostly pressed into the pavement. There were eagles nearby (the likely culprit).
Looks about right. Reminds me of the shenanigans that go on at my friend's goat farm.
On the theme of dead animals, I once came across what appeared to be the bones of an entire raccoon family - adults and babies of various sizes - mostly pressed into the pavement. There were eagles nearby (the likely culprit).
Looks about right. Reminds me of the shenanigans that go on at my friend's goat farm.
10-14-18, 07:38 PM
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Recently saw a large wild boar waddle into a corn field.
10-20-18, 11:41 AM
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I used to live near the NCR rail trail (really miss the area), and the gnomes always put a smile on my face--thx for posting!!
10-21-18, 06:26 AM
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Does this count? Once saw a PAIR of shoes on the side of a road--thought they were only lost one at a time!
