On this morning’s ride one of our guys was nearly taken out by a rabbit! We (9 of us) were cooking along in a pace line at about 23 mph when this little bunny came zipping out of a yard on the right, trying to cross the road I guess. (The Easter Bunny?).
He was making a B line for the front wheel of the lead rider who never saw the rabbit coming! Luckily the rabbit stopped about 3’ from his wheel, made a U turn and bolted back across the yard.
That same guy was taken out by a raccoon one morning a few years ago, luckily he wasn’t going as fast and only suffered some road rash. I’ve seen deer come out of the bushes and leap into the road just ahead of us, that’s my biggest fear, getting T boned by a deer!