I am guilty of murder...well at least manslaughter!

@snowy22315 (192157)
United States
July 4, 2025 10:46am CST
So, yesterday while on a little expedition up a little used road that runs perpendicular to our community, I was tooling along when a squirrel with a strange gait, ran directly in front of my car. I would have done anything to avoid it, and felt bad that I hit it, but there was no choice in the matter. Usually, squirrels do this neurotic running about when a car is present and escape, but this one was directly in the path. Yeah, was truly dead, as I saw it on the way back RIP..McNutt!
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@sallypup (65066)
• Centralia, Washington
9h
That would have left me shaking. Hitting any form of life would have hurt deeply.
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@snowy22315 (192157)
• United States
8h
I was regretful, but unfortunately was nothing I could do.
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@LadyDuck (477962)
• Italy
8h
Poor little thing. Sometimes there is nothing we can do.
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@snowy22315 (192157)
• United States
8h
Nope, it was sad
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@snowy22315 (192157)
• United States
7h
@LadyDuck Better a sparrow than somebody's pet.
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@LadyDuck (477962)
• Italy
8h
@snowy22315 - I know it is sad, I remember that my husband could not miss a little sparrow once. I was sad all the day.
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@jstory07 (144914)
• Roseburg, Oregon
5h
RIP poor squirrel. They always seem to be in the streets here.
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@snowy22315 (192157)
• United States
5h
Must of them manage not to get hit. This one wasn't so lucky
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@Juliaacv (54072)
• Canada
4h
That is sad, for both you and the squirrel. They can be unpredictable, stopping and then darting in another direction.
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@snowy22315 (192157)
• United States
4h
Yes, they can.
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@wolfgirl569 (118643)
• Marion, Ohio
2h
Nothing you could do. It's not worth wrecking to try to miss them
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@snowy22315 (192157)
• United States
2h
I wouldn't have had time to even think about swerving
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• United States
7h
Oh I'd be in tears. SquirrelSlaughter!
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@snowy22315 (192157)
• United States
6h
Unforunately, he couldn't be saved.
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