So I’m riding along, minding my own business, when a squirrel jumps out from the side of the road. He hits the side of my front tire making a little thumping sound and is thrown into the air about the height of my shoulder. He was so close I could feel his fur brush on my leg. It happened so fast by the time I turned around to look he had already scampered away. I’m not sure if he was propelled in the air by my wheel or if he leaped on his own. I’m just glad he didn’t end up in my spokes. Squirrels aren’t very smart.

I've had a few close encounters of the squirrel kind myself. Only once has one of the bushy tailed rats cut the wrong way. But luckly, I only hit him with the rear tire. I laughed for about a mile.

I ran over a squirrel . Of all places, it had to be on the loop in Central Park, New York City.
I felt bad about it, but you can imagine how the witnesses tsk-tsked me. It doesn't go along with the green, nature loving image of bicycles. Must've been about forty witnesses, I didn't stop.

They're tough little SOB's. I've ran square over the back of a squirrel at 20mph. When I looked back he was running away like nothing ever happened.

I almost ran over Suicide Squirrel last Saturday. He didn't notice me until the last second and takes off, right towards my front wheel. I was afraid he was gonna cause me to fly over the handlebars but he cut to the right direction just in time.
Ernest

Just because he ran away doesn't mean he isn't about to die. I saw a dog get run over by a pick up. The dog got up running away. Later that day, I saw the dog dead on the side of the road. The internal injuries are deadly, not just immediate death.

But, last summer, I had my dog outside playing and I hear a big thump. I looked around and noticed a squirrel in the middle of the road. He got up and ran away. I realized that the damn thing must have fallen out of the tree, a good 30 to 35 feet drop. I was amazed he could get up.

I haven't ran over any squirrels, but I have killed a chipmunk. I got him on a MUP. I was riding along and I feel my rear wheel hit a bump. I thought that was strange because I didn't notice anything on the path. As I come back around a little later, I noticed the dead little guy laying right where I felt the bump, so I guess it was my doing.

Those by-standers have no idea that deliberately aiming to run over a fast moving target that small with your bicycle is just about near impossible.

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Going down a hill last week at a leisurely 30 mph I passed 4-5 wild pigs at the side of the road. Hitting one of those would really ruin your day.

You could have brought home the bacon.

Two friends were riding through a Monterey County (CA) military reservation where poisoning ground squirrels is verboten. When one asked the other "ever hit one of these things," the answer was unnecessary because just then, a squirrel dashed under the tires of the other guy's bike.

On the pig front, another friend was screaming down a hill on an early morning ride and smacked a deer. Knocked him out cold.

The rider or the deer?

^ Yeah, we needs tuh kno!

Got him:

Squirrel? We don't have any agreement with them? Did you have to have the vet fly in the tiny little instruments? You Sienfield fans will get that one.

Don't hit squirrels fed them!

Would anyone complain if you ran over a NY city rat?
Do you realize that squirrels are rats that evolved to live in trees?
A rodent with a cute furry tail, is still a rodent.

Not the best way to cull invasive species:

Ouch!! Someone posted this one in another squirrel thread a few months back. I'm sure both ended up in gnaarly high-sides.

This somehow reminds me of Godwin's Law. How long can a squirrel thread go before this picture is invoked?

Anyway, I ran over a squirrel a couple months ago. I didn't hit him, just ran over him. He ran right between my wheels without getting touched.

The deer incident knocked the rider out. Didn't get a status report on the deer.

But this thread is absolutely worthless without a status report on the deer.

My uncle hit a bear on the blue ridge parkway one night. Luckily the bear was as started as he was and ran

You're one mean dude, Darth Vader.
One question: are you using the Force to crush his windpipe, or did you just shoot him with one of your many laser cannons?

I've always wondered what this emoticon was about...





I always thought it was a stationary rock... little did I know that it's just a stupid squirrel running onto the path of a front wheel!!

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My dad hated squirrels. Our cats knew this. They would kill them. Eat the front half. And leave the hind quarters - with the guts hanging out like bloody spaghetti - directly under dad's window. He was delighted. The cats got lots of treats.

Never hit one myself, but would not swerve and crash to save one, either. Full speed ahead, Scotty!