Just the other night I thought I heard a big bug fly into my car's side mirror area while traveling down a country road. But much to my surprise. . .the next morning I discovered that it wasn't a bug at all.
This adds a whole new meaning to what a "Batmobile" is.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:30 am
by GeorgeSK
That's pretty sad. Cute little guy was probably focused on a moth or something and failed to pick up on the oncoming wall.
It would have been more of a surprise if it had been your helmet, though - esp if it wasn't full face.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:48 am
by Mel46
So much for that sonar sensing. How do you use your sonar and miss a fast moving wall Coming at you?
Poor guy didn't have a chance. Well, if he couldn't "see" a truck coming at him then he wasn't destined to live anyway. Imagine him hitting a tree while hunting.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:49 am
by gn2
Headbutted an owl on the bike once while doing around 80mph, wasn't an experience I'd care to repeat.
The owl definitely got the worst of it though.
Also hit a cat once at a similar speed and it smashed my fairing lowers.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:53 am
by gn2
Mel46 wrote:So much for that sonar sensing. How do you use your sonar and miss a fast moving wall Coming at you?
Because the sound emission and reflection detection equipment (mouth and ears) point forwards, it isn't "looking" at what's coming up from behind.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 11:22 am
by PCX150Rider
That's pretty sad. Cute little guy was probably focused on a moth or something and failed to pick up on the oncoming wall.
It would have been more of a surprise if it had been your helmet, though - esp if it wasn't full face.
I felt kind of bad after. . .nothing I could have done about it though. Bats are highly valued for eating a lot of insects. The closest encounter I ever had with one head to head was while riding a bicycle. I could feel the air from it's wings as it passed around me it was so close. . .right around dusk. Wasn't wearing a bicycle helmet. . .they weren't popular yet.
Another undervalued critter is the skunk. They also eat a lot of annoying insects.
Headbutted an owl on the bike once while doing around 80mph, wasn't an experience I'd care to repeat.
An owl flew into the front of my daughter's car one evening and broke the manufacturer's insignia clean off. . .. It's a good thing you didn't get knocked off the bike.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 12:33 pm
by WhiteNoise
Lucky you PCX150Rider I will say he blended in quite nicely and was kind not to leave any skid marks(mess) well, that I can see. Still, it ain't no party to clean up. Sad too
While living in Florida I was driving my truck Northbound on the Suncoast Parkway, it was around 10ish. It was pitch-black (no parkway lighting). Legal speed limit 70mph. Not for me this night. There were just too many pockets of fog. I was getting closer to my exit and exiting deep fog when I saw flashes of movement. It's all my headlights could see...dashing all about. I had no idea what it was. I heard nothing. Then things quickly cleared. What the !!
10 minutes later I'm home, I get out to open my garage screen sliders, I walk back to my truck and.....
Thar She Blows! A Bat spread eagle, her back against my front grill - Yeah, She was looking at Me! Quite eerie, shocking. A Perfect Halloween Scare.
I was Sad. Then I wanted to heave. What a mess! Gag! How do I do this in the dark? I got back in, aimed the truck at a street lamp. The rest ya'll can imagine.
Took me awhile to fall asleep that night. Should have had a shot of booze (or 2-3)
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 12:42 pm
by gn2
Remember back when I was in Belize, swarms of land crabs used to crowd onto the roads, the road would be covered in them from one side to the other for up to twenty yards or so.
Wheelarches filled with rotting dead crab in tropical heat stinks something awful.
Just a quick H&S reminder, if you're handling bats be very careful because they carry rabies. And Ebola.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:54 pm
by WhiteNoise
Ou Yeah! hold yer breath STINKIN' crabs! Enter video, Bub bub bub ba Bad to the Bone!
On the rabies/ebola, I'll heed that! Good you warned All of Us. I'll know better next time
Next time??
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:28 am
by PCX150Rider
On the rabies/ebola, (yikes)...heed that! Good you warned the rest of them!
I heard about the rabies but had no idea about ebola. Damn horrible infectious disease. Thanks for the info!
FWIW the bat was removed using a stick and the car has since been washed. I don't think the bat ever knew what happened to it as it occurred so quickly.
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:49 pm
by Mel46
Each time that I click on this thread I can hear the Men in Black theme playing in my head. How do we know that it was really a bat?? Hmmmm......
Re: It Was a Dark Night When. . ..
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:33 pm
by you you
Ah poor bugger.
Cars seem more dangerous than Ebola or rabies to him.
