I just hit a BEAVER!!!!!

[enganear]

How bizarre is that?(wow) The second beaver I have ever seen and I punt it with my new car!

It was a dark & rainy night here in North Carolina, temp in the 40s, I guess beavers don't have to hibernate here. Anyway, I am coming home from the grocery store, no hurry, an easy 40mph in a large radius sweeper when suddenly there it is lumbering in the middle of my lane. I bet it weighed 50 pounds! I darted to the other lane as hard as I could, but the limited traction only got me halfway and I hit it with the right front. The thing was nearly invisible on a wet road, on a moonless night! It did not go under the car at all and there was so much energy absorbed by the bumper, it may have survived. There was no place to pull over and I did not want to face an angry beaver anyway.

It does not drive any differently or have any shakes. The damage appears to be totally confined to the bumper although it ripped out the fasteners in the front of the wheelwell. If I had center punched this thing and rolled it under the car I would probably ended up in the ditch.

So, how much is a front bumper?
-enganear

 

[patmaz]

DAMN(boom01)looking at the damage,was it 200pounds beaver????are you sure it wasnt a small bear....

enough jokes,i feal so bad for you,hope its not gonna cost to much to fix that beauty...good luck

 

[sanblaster]

s*** dude, it looks like you hit a boulder or something. Damn, are you sure it was a beaver? What the hell do they eat in tarheel country? Anyways talk to Ken @ protegegarage about a price...

 

[enganear]

The bumper in that area is just plastic, I could pop it back, but it could never look right. It was definitely a beaver, they lumber along slowly, groundhogs run. I have hit many groundhogs living in the South.
-enganear

 

[ZOOMit]

Geez man, thats pretty bad. Just thank God you didn't hit a deer. Hope your ok.

 

[Roywhitep5]

aw i thought this was going to be a dirty joke poor little beaver

 

[enganear]

Geez man, thats pretty bad. Just thank God you didn't hit a deer. Hope your ok.

Yeah, there are a lot of those around here, too. This could have been MUCH worse.

 

[ZOOMit]

^^EXACTLY what i was thinking, not that bad, but could have been

 

[palerider]

Im laughing hard at the way you told that story man.... thats some funny stuff. Weve got beavers in a pond back in an undeveloped part of the neighborhood.... Ive seen one once there, but they are definitely around here.

Thats just nuts....... was it a side road or highway?

 

[Loose]

That sux man. Glad the damage was minimal and you kept control! (bow)

 

[enganear]

Im laughing hard at the way you told that story man.... thats some funny stuff. Weve got beavers in a pond back in an undeveloped part of the neighborhood.... Ive seen one once. there, but they are definitely around here.

Thats just nuts....... was it a side road or highway?

Hey Palerider!
It was on 150 where the gas pipeline crosses in Oak Ridge, about halfway between 68 and Bunch road. I am sure you know where that is.
-enganear

 

[palerider]

That sux man. Glad the damage was minimal and you kept control! (bow)

Yeah...Im your neighbor, I should have said sorry too. But it was still a funny read.... and quite a visualization...lol

 

[ZOOMit]

could you imagine seeing the look on the beavers face right before he smacked the bumper? (rofl2) funny visual, reminds me of caddy shack

 

[palerider]

Hey Palerider!
It was on 150 where the gas pipeline crosses in Oak Ridge, about halfway between 68 and Bunch road. I am sure you know where that is.
-enganear

Dang... sure!! Any idea where it was coming from. Maybe rabies or some mess to be out like that. That is REALLY weird.

 

[enganear]

Yeah...Im your neighbor, I should have said sorry too. But it was still a funny read.... and quite a visualization...lol

Its nothing that I'm going to get upset about, it was just such a shock! I was right on top of the thing before I saw it and I even had my fog lights on! (rofl2).
-enganear

 

[Loose]

Yeah...Im your neighbor, I should have said sorry too. But it was still a funny read.... and quite a visualization...lol

(uhm)

 

[palerider]

(uhm)

I live off of the other end of 150. Im his "neighbor".

 

[Loose]

I live off of the other end of 150. Im his "neighbor".

Yea but you were quoting me...I was like

No harm no foul.

 

[oliumzen]

Sorry when i read this i laughed...
who the hell just hits a beaver with their car????? I mean a deer or a opposum but a beaver? lol thats great man sorry bout the car and all but still....lol

 

[enganear]

Sorry when i read this i laughed...
who the hell just hits a beaver with their car????? I mean a deer or a opposum but a beaver? lol thats great man sorry bout the car and all but still....lol

Yeah, I'm just an under-acheiver when it comes to running down woodland creatures....(dunno)
-enganear