No hits with the current Vanagon, but my orange 79 loaf had a 150

=3er jump in front on a trip back from paddling Big Piney Creek several
years ago.  After shaking off the adrenaline, I barely got out tof the
car(timeframe: dark-thirty) and a pickup truck full of"locals" asked if they
could have the deer.  I didn't care until I realized that they'd just hauled
off my evidence for the insurance claim and police report.

Fortunately, the $1100 damage was covered by comprehensive and that previous
bondo in the front end had chipped and snagged enough deer fur to satisfy
everyone involved.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Deer Strike Stories

> When living in Alaska, I was driving along the Seward Highway in
> Turnagain Pass outside of Anchorage and was the first on the scene where
> a motorhome with folks up from the Lower 48 had collided head-on with
> Alaska's biggest deer ... a big in-the-prime bull moose. Something  had
> spooked the moose -- probably a bear -- and he came tearing out of the
> brush on a run - right smack into the front end of the motor home.
> Fortunately the only parties killed in the collision were the moose and
> the motorhome. The older couple driving were shaken and bruised. But the
> front end of that motor home was demolished. That bully boy must'a
> weighed in around 1500 lbs. Ruined the old folks vacation. They were
> really upset about killing that moose.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver with some near mooses but no direct hits