OK, you are all going so crazy w/ this one that I'm going to tell the groundhog roadkill experience that no one asked for. I was driving innocently down the road one day (years ago) when I spied what appeared to be a paper bag lying in my path. Only when I was practically on top of it, did it turn into a groundhog! It was too late to avoid & became my 1st instance of roadkill. Since then, we have always referred to these critters as paperbag animals. And all of them look reproachfully at me; I know they know! Until I started doing a 1-hr commute twice a day this past September, it was my only roadkill. Now, I've had to add 1 more to my load of guilt. After having been flashed by the high beams of an oncoming motorist's car, to warn me (& thereby blinding me!),in the dark one early morning,I mowed down what appeared to be two adolescent turkeys standing in the middle of the road. Another remarkably stupid animal; they never budged. The area I work in is full of wildlife. Unfortunately, I see it dead on the roadside every morning & afternoon--deer, cats, dogs, skunk, 'possom, raccoon, turkey, pheasant, squirrels, &, yes, paper bag animals. Sigh.

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