Question of The Day- Crazy Sights While Driving

By DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
September 26, 2017 12:01pm CST
What is the craziest or unexpected thing you ever witnessed while driving? The most unexpected for me was 2 deer jumping over a guard rail onto Route 95 in Maryland. I was driving to Florida at the time in the early morning about 7 AM and they just darted into the traffic. Unfortunately for me and the deer, I avoided the first, but could not maneuver away from the 2nd one. I had bad dreams about deer on and off for months. My brother also had a good one. He was living in Florida and saw a very rare sight. A Panther crossing the highway right in front of him. The Panther was chosen as the state animal in 1982. There are less than 100 remaining in Florida. So, what unusual sights have you seen on the roadways? Panther facts- National Wildlife Federation Photo- animalfact.com
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
26 Sep 17
I saw kangaroos on a country road... Well, I guess it's not totally unexpected... There were road signs warning drivers of them around... It's still a neat sight though...
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Sep 17
Very neat! And for the U.S. it would be crazy and unexpected
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Sai
@vsai2008 (11794)
• India
26 Sep 17
A thick white snake passed before our car when we were traveling by a ghat road at night, it was silvery whitish kind and shone like anything at night. We were scared that we might have caused some damage it
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Sep 17
Snakes are eerie! That would definitely startle me. Thanks for the response SAI.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Sep 17
@vsai2008 That was a good one
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Sai
@vsai2008 (11794)
• India
26 Sep 17
@dgobucks226 My dad couldn't start the car for good 5-10minutes lol, it was really scary
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Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Sep 17
Nothing out of the usual critters, but I try to avoid them at all costs. And if I see an animal has been hit in the road, I pull over and move the animal out of the way because DRIVERS are A**holes and will run over them again @dgobucks226 .
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Sep 17
You are very kind
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Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Sep 17
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43576)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Sep 17
I've honestly seen more stuff while on my bike than I have when driving.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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27 Sep 17
What have you seen that would be surprising?
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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27 Sep 17
@teamfreak16 Ha, Ha, Ha! I guess you can enjoy a lot of different scenery while riding a bike
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20254)
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27 Sep 17
OMG, I thought Florida was only scary because of its alligator problem, now this! We were there for a week, but lucky for us, we were in giant buses for tourists, so I never saw a thing. (Glad it was that way!)
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20254)
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28 Sep 17
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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27 Sep 17
I bet someone has seen an alligator cross a road at one time or other, lol.
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Zwelisha
@MrPsychology (3)
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26 Sep 17
Seeing someone lying by the road when you try to help them, they mug you. That was an unexpected shocking thing. Lucky escapes, Cops show up.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Sep 17
Wow, That is a dangerous way to try to rob someone! Glad the cops arrived
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502215)
• Italy
27 Sep 17
Deer are a common view here, we have also seen wild boars crossing the roads. The most unusual I think was a camel crossing a road in Indio (California).
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502215)
• Italy
27 Sep 17
@dgobucks226 No, in Indio (California - NOT HERE) there is a date festival every year and there is a Camel Race Festival there. Indio is in the middle of the desert, I suppose a perfect spot for camels. It's also the date capital of the world.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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27 Sep 17
A camel is very strange A lot has to due with your country. Boars would not be something you would see in the U.S. I wonder if the camel escaped from a zoo?
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
27 Sep 17
@LadyDuck Oh, I know this place... We used to live in Riverside County and had a friend whose family owned a date farm in Indio. They used to give us a huge box of Medjool dates in harvest time.
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Catherine
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Sep 17
Considering where I live, nothing out of the ordinary, the only thing that happened that wasn't odd at all is while we were driving through a game reserve a rhino sort of blocked the road and we very patiently waited for it to cross that road.
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Catherine
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
29 Sep 17
@dgobucks226 you can say that again! Funny how patience can be discovered in certain situations... hehe.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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27 Sep 17
Patience is a virtue. Especially when rhinos are involved
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Late one night on the way home from a church meeting, a deer ran across the road in front of our car. That's not unusual around here, but this time the deer was being chased by a red wolf. We didn't hit either one.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Sep 17
A deer being chased by a wolf that is unusual for one to see! Thanks for sharing Vicki.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Oct 17
Sightings of Florida Panthers are super rare unless a hockey fan.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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1 Oct 17
Nice play on words. Driving and seeing a Panther on ice in Florida even rarer!
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