Anonymous wrote:

I find it incredibly strange that you'd call up the Sheriff's Office and tell them you hit a deer.

People hit deer all the time. No one calls the f***ing police (although you will be going to a body shop in the next couple days.)

He knew what he did. He hit the guy and kept going. Gets home, starts gurgling mouthwash, and decides to put a time-stamped plausible-deniability marker down by calling the Sheriff's Office and, in his best heartland, good-citizen voice reports "Why sheriff, I do believe I hit a deer out yonder on Highway 12. It was real dark, y'see, so I cain be too sure, but I reckon it was a deer I hit and I thought I might oughta report it."


Translation: sleazy Republican liar, boozed up behind the wheel and hit and killed guy. Trying to bullshit his way out of it. MAGA-nation in action!

I assumed that he reported it when asked, using the am time. But then I guess I would wonder why they asked him. It's not exactly clear what happened when.

I find it incredibly strange that you'd call up the Sheriff's Office and tell them you hit a deer.

People hit deer all the time. No one calls the f***ing police (although you will be going to a body shop in the next couple days.)

He knew what he did. He hit the guy and kept going. Gets home, starts gurgling mouthwash, and decides to put a time-stamped plausible-deniability marker down by calling the Sheriff's Office and, in his best heartland, good-citizen voice reports "Why sheriff, I do believe I hit a deer out yonder on Highway 12. It was real dark, y'see, so I cain be too sure, but I reckon it was a deer I hit and I thought I might oughta report it."


Translation: sleazy Republican liar, boozed up behind the wheel and hit and killed guy. Trying to bullshit his way out of it. MAGA-nation in action!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Where do you keep getting 36 hours from?

The original reports, since edited, suggested the call about hitting a deer was at 10:30 on Monday morning.

No, it didn't. It said 10:30 pm.

Anonymous wrote:

Where do you keep getting 36 hours from?

The original reports, since edited, suggested the call about hitting a deer was at 10:30 on Monday morning.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

I hope the good people of South Dakota don't fall for the cover-up. It is pretty obvious what happened.

Did you read the article? It does seem obvious what happened, when you read it. The victim drove his pickup off the road into a hay bale, wrecked the bumper, got a ride home from his cousins, inexplicably returned to his wrecked truck, and then was struck.

Uh, ya, by a likely drunk or impaired state Attorney General who was returning home from a GOP event a a local bar, who inexplicably reported hitting a deer 36 hours later.

Where do you keep getting 36 hours from?

He went to an event at 8pm Saturday night. He called the Sheriff's office at 10:30pm Saturday night reporting he had hit a deer.

The victim crashed his truck sometime around dinner-time, and called his cousin for help. His cousin drove him home around 8:30pm Saturday night with the agreed plan that the cousin would pick him up early Sunday morning to go and repair the truck and bring it home. When the cousin got to the victim's house Sunday morning, the lights were on, the door unlocked and the victim was missing. THe cousin alerted the Sheriff's office around 8am. The victim was found Sunday afternoon. The family, including the cousin that had reported the victim missing identified the body around 8pm Sunday night, about 22 hours after the accident.

The state has already confirmed that the AG called the Sheriff Saturday night after the accident. It may be a question whether he knew that he hit a deer or a man, but there isn't a question of whether he did or did not call the sheriff's office until Monday morning.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

I hope the good people of South Dakota don't fall for the cover-up. It is pretty obvious what happened.

Did you read the article? It does seem obvious what happened, when you read it. The victim drove his pickup off the road into a hay bale, wrecked the bumper, got a ride home from his cousins, inexplicably returned to his wrecked truck, and then was struck.

Uh, ya, by a likely drunk or impaired state Attorney General who was returning home from a GOP event a a local bar, who inexplicably reported hitting a deer 36 hours later.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

That article isn't the best writing, but this jumped out at me:

"On Monday, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety said Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer with his 2011 Ford Taurus to the Hyde County Sheriff’s Office after the crash at 10:30 p.m. Saturday."

I find it incredibly strange that you'd call up the Sheriff's Office and tell them you hit a deer.

If it was a government vehicle (Ford Taurus - likely), you damn well would.

Yeah, that's the only reason I could think of, but it says his 2011 Ford Taurus - could be that it's just not written clearly. I guess we'll see.

I also don't know if I buy that he's calling them at 10:30pm to report that. Why not just wait until the morning?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

I hope the good people of South Dakota don't fall for the cover-up. It is pretty obvious what happened.

Did you read the article? It does seem obvious what happened, when you read it. The victim drove his pickup off the road into a hay bale, wrecked the bumper, got a ride home from his cousins, inexplicably returned to his wrecked truck, and then was struck.

Reminds me of the final episode of MASH where Hawkeye remembers a woman killing her chicken to keep it quiet. Then it turns out it was a baby, not a chicken.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

That article isn't the best writing, but this jumped out at me:

"On Monday, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety said Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer with his 2011 Ford Taurus to the Hyde County Sheriff’s Office after the crash at 10:30 p.m. Saturday."

I find it incredibly strange that you'd call up the Sheriff's Office and tell them you hit a deer.

If it was a government vehicle (Ford Taurus - likely), you damn well would.

Not at 10:30 pm on a Saturday, you damn well wouldn't.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

That article isn't the best writing, but this jumped out at me:

"On Monday, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety said Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer with his 2011 Ford Taurus to the Hyde County Sheriff’s Office after the crash at 10:30 p.m. Saturday."

I find it incredibly strange that you'd call up the Sheriff's Office and tell them you hit a deer.

+1 especially 36 hours after the incident.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

I hope the good people of South Dakota don't fall for the cover-up. It is pretty obvious what happened.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope it is not the case that they found the man's body entangled in the car the next day. That has also happened before.

And it usually involves a person driving drunk.

The state has already confirmed that the body was discovered Sunday morning out near the crash site. The body was not entangled in the car.

This article by a local news team has more info than most of the major sources which seem to be basing their articles on a wire posting.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/family-identifies-fatal-crash-victim-involving-sd-ag-questions-why-it-took-so-long-to-identify-body/

That article isn't the best writing, but this jumped out at me:

"On Monday, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety said Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer with his 2011 Ford Taurus to the Hyde County Sheriff’s Office after the crash at 10:30 p.m. Saturday."

I find it incredibly strange that you'd call up the Sheriff's Office and tell them you hit a deer.

If it was a government vehicle (Ford Taurus - likely), you damn well would.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was at a bar and grill for a GOP event.

Didn't stop.
Didn't report anything.
Somehow didn't know the difference between a man and a deer (hint, a deer causes A LOT more damage to a vehicle)

This is not true. My spouse hit a deer a few years ago. Other than some cosmetic damage to the bumper, nothing.
It depends on the car, the size of the deer, the speed at which you are traveling, where it hits, etc.
In other words - lots of variables.

And it is quite possible that this happened as he said it did.
It is also quite possible that the victim was intoxicated.

It does sound likely. More likely than suicide, which is another way these situations play out.

what the fck?!