I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war

[Anonymous]

It’s for the best. It’s good to know who the sociopaths are in my neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Just FYI if it was in my neighborhood there is no way I would let my kids play in your house because you’re met benchmarks for sociopathic behavior. And they’re hard to spot until something like this happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI if it was in my neighborhood there is no way I would let my kids play in your house because you’re met benchmarks for sociopathic behavior. And they’re hard to spot until something like this happens.

Not sure it comes with the sociopathy, which may be true.

But how immature do you have to be to spend days bumping this thread for giggles, including ten minutes just now making up a scenario about a fake turtle and some volunteer group she’s never actually dealt with?

[Anonymous]

That goose should have learned by now to get out of the way. I usually honk and proceed. Geese are fast enough to get out of the way if they want it and slow ones should go the way of natural selection.

[Anonymous]

Thought of you today OP. I'm not sure if it was bravado or suicide, but a squirrel ran right in front of my car. Following your example, I kept going and called nobody to come either remove it or perform CPR. It's tough out there on the streets.

[Anonymous]

Do y'all understand how this forum works? Every time you post a comment disparaging other posters for posting, or "bumping" the thread, YOU ARE BUMPING THE THREAD. You are keeping it going.

Personally, I love this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you run it over or did you nick it? I think if you bumped a goose and kept going it's not a big deal.

If you left a dead goose in the middle of the road and went home, even goose haters (hi!) will have a problem with that. You can't leave dead animals in the street and be a good neighbor.

Huh? Of course you can leave a dead animal in the road. I'm not getting out of my car to drag some wild animal carcass to the curb. Or what, put it in my car and drive it to the dump? You must be kidding.

--someone who has never run anything over

A Canada goose has a 4 ft wingspan. It's not a squirrel. If you hit an animal that big and are not willing to clean it up yourself, you need to call the city to have it cleaned up. That's common sense. OP's language (saying she was tracked down by license plate) makes me think she did neither. I'd be pissed as a neighbor too, and not because the world is running out of geese.

Leave it in the road, this is what Turkey vultures are for. Dont waste the county's time with this BS. What's a dead goose? It's not like she hit a Panda Bear or a rhino.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do y'all understand how this forum works? Every time you post a comment disparaging other posters for posting, or "bumping" the thread, YOU ARE BUMPING THE THREAD. You are keeping it going.

Personally, I love this thread.

Most of the bumps have been lame bumps by fans of animal cruelty. Pat yourself on the back.

[Anonymous]

This need to be reported to The Best of Nextdoor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think what I would have done (assuming this is a neighborhood street and not a major road) is: get out of my car, look distressed and worried, call Animal Control and report an injured/dead animal, wait for the people who had witnessed the incident to drive past, and then just get back in my car and leave. If the road was too busy to safely get out, I would at least pull over, roll down my window, and look at the bird in a distressed manner, so people would think I cared.
Entire response would take 5 minutes.

I probably would’ve done this too even though I dislike geese. It creates a road hazard so you should call AC to come get it or put it out of its misery. But then again, I probably would’ve just waited for them to cross in the first place.

This. What’s wrong with you people, and why is arriving to some store 5-10 minutes later so dreadful that it justifies leading an animal, even a goose, suffering behind you.

What is dreadful are geese! Since we have driven out all natural predators a s good collision with a car from time to time is a good way to try to restore some balance.

One of these days your little Larla is going to get ecoli from playing in goose feces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do y'all understand how this forum works? Every time you post a comment disparaging other posters for posting, or "bumping" the thread, YOU ARE BUMPING THE THREAD. You are keeping it going.

Personally, I love this thread.

You guys bump it so much, and with so little originality, that it’s necessary to point out the lameness and sociopathy again on every page. You’re welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do y'all understand how this forum works? Every time you post a comment disparaging other posters for posting, or "bumping" the thread, YOU ARE BUMPING THE THREAD. You are keeping it going.

Personally, I love this thread.

You guys bump it so much, and with so little originality, that it’s necessary to point out the lameness and sociopathy again on every page. You’re welcome.

I take it you are not a fan of this thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup. You should have stopped but now you will be looking over your shoulder for weeks, months. Hope that was a really sweet five minutes you saved.

DP. Stopped and done what? I don't have gloves or plastic bags in my car, so I wouldn't touch/move a bloodied wild animal. Calling animal control or whatever county service to have it removed is the only thing I would have done.

[Anonymous]

This is the dumbest thread ever. Pps coming back again and again to get their rocks off on animal cruelty.

[Anonymous]

Buy an AK47 and mow down as many as you can