I ran over an animal on my way to work. It happened so quickly that I am not sure what kind of animal I hit. As soon as I saw that something was in the road, I braked but it was just too late. I felt a bump under my tire. I think the animal was a hedgehog or beaver or raccoon or maybe an opossum. I thought about turning my car around to see if I did hit it or if it needed help. Instead I just drove on, worried that I wouldn’t be able to handle what I might see.

On my way home, I kept my eyes peeled for the carcass. Oddly enough, I didn’t see anything. Either the road crew picked him up or an animal ate him or perhaps I just bumped the poor thing and he limped away almost perfectly fine.

I feel horrible but I really did react as best as I could in that situation. It’s a shame that woodland creatures are seemingly immune to the 100th Monkey effect.