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Yep. 30-ish years ago, when I was in college. Pedaling across campus on my way to work, a sparrow evidently mistook my front wheel for empty space. Twang! Rather weirdly unsettling for me, much worse for the bird.
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A few years back I was riding in a pack of 5-6 recumbents. I was second in the line and we were cruising pretty good down one of those ubiquitous chip-sealed roads with no fog line or shoulder. The leader flushed a bird out of the weeds at the side of the road, and as it rose, it swerved right into our line. I hit it with my helmet at about 22 mph, it went arcing over the heads of everyone behind me and plopped in the road, dead.
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I've run over one snake, had a squirrel jump through my frame (left tail hair on cage), and missed a skunk. I have close calls with rabbits, cats, birds, raccoons, and other squirrels.
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