Murphy's Law Counter

7 deer · 8 raccoons · 3 cars

A running tally of my encounters with Michigan's wildlife.

2023 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Blue · 3 incidents

· deer · Gas Cap Smear.

Seventh Deer

Stupid fucker ran into the side of my car while I was going 15 mph through a town. He bashed his nose into my gas cap, and just left a smear, but no damage.

Seventh Deer — damage photo

· raccoon ×5 · Undercarriage & bumper.

Second family of raccoons

I decimated a family of raccoons while driving back from an event that my coworker hosted, hitting 5 raccoons just sitting in the road like morons. My bumper popped off, but I was able to pop it back on. I still needed the bumper replaced, so my car was out of commission for like 2 weeks after I hit em.

· deer · No damage.

Sixth Deer

After over a year of no deer incidents, I was driving into a town and a baby deer hopped out in front of me. Barely hit him at all, so he was fine and, more importantly, so was my car.

2006 Chevy Malibu LTZ · 3 incidents

· deer · Vehicle totalled.

Fifth Deer

As I was driving home, on the phone with my parents about the deer I just hit (that did no damage to my car), ANOTHER FUCKING DEER JUMPS OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND TOTALS THE CAR. WHILE. I’M. ON. THE. FUCKING. PHONE.

Fifth Deer — damage photo

· deer · No damage.

Fourth Deer

I hit this deer HARD, but somehow it did no damage.

· raccoon ×3 · Front bumper.

Decimated a family of raccoons.

Damage to the bottom of the front bumper, but nothing worth an insurance claim.

2008 Jeep Liberty · 3 incidents

· deer · Vehicle totalled.

Third Deer

This was the third deer I hit. Dude just jumped out in front of me on a country road at 55 mph. Literally no time to react. The vehicle was totalled after this.

Third Deer — damage photo

· deer · Hit a deer, but he didn't do much damage at all.

Second Deer

Nothing super exciting. Hit a deer lightly after braking very hard. Deer ran off into the woods, car was fine.

· deer · Front bumper slightly dented.

First Deer

This was the very first deer I ever hit while driving. It happened on a curve where the deer blended right into the dirt road in front of me. Launched that dude like an easy 10 feet in the air.