I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war

[Anonymous]

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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.

OP here, I nicked it but in my rear view mirror looked to be....still.

Yeah, you should’ve stopped. I’m no tree hugging PETA person, but I’d think you were a jerk from that point forward.

[Anonymous]

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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.

OP here, I nicked it but in my rear view mirror looked to be....still.

Yeah, you should’ve stopped. I’m no tree hugging PETA person, but I’d think you were a jerk from that point forward.

NP I hit a squirrel by accident and no way was I going back. I didn't want to see it and wanted to tell myself that it was okay. I didn't think I'd be okay if I looked.

[Anonymous]

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DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.

NP -The Op did not intentionally hit the goose. Its not like she was sitting there waiting for them to move and decided OK I'm going to take one out and sped up. She tried to maneuver around the geese and did not realize that a goose is so stupid and stupid that it might walk into the car's path. Every other animal would move away from the car but this goose moved its rude butt under the moving wheels.

If anything OP you are the victim not the goose. I would stick with the goose ran into you.

She didn't say it walked out in front of her. She said she didn't want to wait, thought she could maneuver around them, and "nicked" one (to death). That sounds like she didn't go far enough "around", not that one surprised her by walking into her path. She killed an animal protected by federal treaty out of impatience. By her own accounting.

Perhaps next time she should kill it when they are in season. They can be harvested when in-season depending on state to manage the population. So this driver likely helped manage the good population, albeit out of goose hunting season.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.

Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.

DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?

DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.

Don't act like there aren't a ton of people on DCUM who would run over their neighbors if they could get away with it.

[Anonymous]

???? sorry I’ve got nothing else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.

Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.

DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?

DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.

Don't act like there aren't a ton of people on DCUM who would run over their neighbors if they could get away with it.

Sure, and those are bad people. People defending OP here - it's a goose, who cares? - aren't quite at that level, but they don't sound like good people, either.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Let the foxes have a meal. Better they eat the dying/dead goose than fido. That's the circle of life!

[Anonymous]

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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.

Let the foxes have a meal. Better they eat the dying/dead goose than fido. That's the circle of life!

It that’s part of the problem. If this was broad daylight, Fido will get to the body before the foxes at night.

[Anonymous]

God forbid OP should arrive two minutes later to Whole Foods!

[Anonymous]

Your goose is cooked, OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One dead goose is no ones loss but the fact that you just ran it over to avoid waiting is somewhat sociopathic.

I can't stand squirrels but I have run them over twice accidentally and both times it makes me feel squeamish for a minute - I would never intentionally drive over any animal big or small.

Tell that to its widow!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd go hide my car on a side street and buy new plates. You can get new plates in a week from DMVnow if you live in VA (get specialty plates as the reason)

May I suggest a vanity plate:

GOOSKLR

[Anonymous]

Op I already called PETA. They told me they will track down your IP address and hunt you down.

[Anonymous]

You could have had a nice dinner and down coat. So wasteful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...Have y'all ever MET geese? They're ornery as hell.

Sure. So is my neighbor. Doesn’t mean I want to see him in pain after a car accident.

DP. Ok, but you know we aren't talking about a person here, right?

DP but I'm trying to understand your point here. I agree that geese are territorial and unpleasant. But I would not intentionally drive into one just because I didn't want to wait for a gaggle of them to cross the street. I am deeply annoyed by deer and see them all the time in our neighborhood but I don't try to kill them because they bug me. Okay, we all agree that geese are ornery. So what? It's okay to drive over one for no reason? It's not like OP was going to eat the bird, she just killed it out of impatience. That mindset is extremely messed up, even if geese aren't cuddly. And they're not.

Come on. OP didn't deliberately hit the goose; she misjudged how slowly they were moving and how incredibly stupid they are. She didn't drive over it for no reason, she drove over it because the dumb things walk everywhere when they can fly out of the way of oncoming traffic like every other bird in creation.

Can't believe these dumb animals are protected as "migratory" birds. If they migrated, they wouldn't be here in February.

OMG, I can't believe there are people as dumb as you. They are CANADIAN GEESE. DC's mild winters are 'flying south for the winter" to them. AKA MIGRATING.