Suicidal Deers

Okay, so today I was supposed to go to Tallahassee for work. Turns out, someone had other plans for me. I'm driving down the high way within a pack of cars. We are driving in front of an airport out here. Right as I inch up on the airport, I notice a deer. A doe. I can see her very plainly and she's standing right next to the road. As I'm watching her, I can see into her eyes.

Suddenly, I know something bad is going to happen. The deer darts out in front of traffic, right in between two cars, and slams right into the passenger side of mine.

Seriously. The thing hit me!

I freaked, but not enough to slowly pull off into the median and call EVERYONE I know, including the police. I'm crying, my car's damaged, but really I'm worried about the deer. Thankfully, someone stops and takes her out of the middle of the road (as she was dead). I start balling again. I mean, I feel like I killed it! Everyone around here says that the deer down here are suicidal. It's common for them to jump into traffic. It's just...weird. I mean, it ran right in between two other cars to my right, totally missing them. Of course, thankfully it didn't hit them as the accident would of been worse (a side dent like mine is nothing compared to a head-on collision).

And, that's when I remembered something I learned in my Psychology class: You aren't safe in numbers. The more people that are around, the less likely someone is to help.

I believe that fully now. I watched as the cars that were with me on the road kept going. No one did anything! I'm thankful that a guy, coming in the opposite direction who DIDN'T SEE IT, was nice enough to stop and ask me if I was okay (and helped get the deer out of the road). He also stayed until the police came. Also, thankfully my dad was in town and came to see if I was okay.

I'm not really upset that those people didn't help, stop, or possibly even gave it a second thought. It just proves something about human nature. Thankfully, I wasn't hurt (just shaken up). My car, though...well, let's just say that I can't fully open the passenger door. The deer? Well, the man who stopped was a hunter and I let him keep her. I didn't want her. I'm just glad she's not going to waste.

I feel really bad still. Scared, shocked, and sleepy. I missed my trip to Tallahassee for work, but I got to spend time with the fam. I'm still really shaken up about it whenever I think about it. It's scary, you know? A lot of worse things could of happened. Also, I was running late (I was supposed to be meeting up with some people and left late), so that makes it even freakier...oh well. Life is funny like this, right?