Bird kill

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One day in 1991 I hit four birds in one day with my car whilst driving along minding my own business. Two in London, one in Kent and one in Huntingdon on three seperate trips in two different cars. One sparrow, one blackbird, one pidgeon and one owl. The first three just flew across my path and the owl was just standing in a dip in the road in the dark and flew up into my front grill. I have never before nor since hit any animal with my car nor killed any animal in any other way intentionally nor unwittingly (apart from the odd wasp or ant infestation). I felt pretty bad and buried the first three birds but could not find the body of the owl in the dark. A sad day.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:00:27 +0000Coincidence ID:3600