huntinnewbie
05-11-2009, 12:09 PM
Thought I would post these. Happened in 2004, end of April on the connector just coming down the hill to 97, just past the tourist information booth.
After dark and we were clipping along at about 100k. I saw the fisrt bear, just the shadow of a rear end hauling across the Coq full tilt. I turned to say to my husband, " did you see that bear" when we plowed into the second one.
Poor hubby, who was driving, said WTF was that. Had to pull over in the pitch dark as the fender was crammed into the front wheel. Didn't know where the bear was, if it was dead or wounded. No flashlight. Pulled the fender out by hand enough to drive and didn't really get a good look at the car until we arrived and his Mom's about 15 minutes later. Called the police as we were worried there may be a very large dead bear on the highway which could flip a car. They went up with 2 cruisers and search lights and couldn't find it but they figured with the amount of damage to our car it probably wouldn't live for long.
Thanks goodness the airbags didn't deploy, I guess we didn't hit it square enough in the front of the car.
Anyways the car was a write off! Here's some pics.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503088_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503313_o.jpg
You can see the paw print in the drivers door where the bear straight armed the car.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503008_o.jpg
In this photo is a gouge through the paint and metal that we think is from one of the bears canines.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503433_o.jpg
After dark and we were clipping along at about 100k. I saw the fisrt bear, just the shadow of a rear end hauling across the Coq full tilt. I turned to say to my husband, " did you see that bear" when we plowed into the second one.
Poor hubby, who was driving, said WTF was that. Had to pull over in the pitch dark as the fender was crammed into the front wheel. Didn't know where the bear was, if it was dead or wounded. No flashlight. Pulled the fender out by hand enough to drive and didn't really get a good look at the car until we arrived and his Mom's about 15 minutes later. Called the police as we were worried there may be a very large dead bear on the highway which could flip a car. They went up with 2 cruisers and search lights and couldn't find it but they figured with the amount of damage to our car it probably wouldn't live for long.
Thanks goodness the airbags didn't deploy, I guess we didn't hit it square enough in the front of the car.
Anyways the car was a write off! Here's some pics.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503088_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503313_o.jpg
You can see the paw print in the drivers door where the bear straight armed the car.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503008_o.jpg
In this photo is a gouge through the paint and metal that we think is from one of the bears canines.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/7/6/webimg/264503433_o.jpg