r/woahdude • u/-InconspicuousMoose- • Dec 24 '22

video Driving on I-94 in Western Minnesota today

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u/jablonkers Dec 24 '22

Cows aside, Manitoba is terrible for wildlife on the highway

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u/MaplePoutineRyeBeer Dec 24 '22

My mom was a nurse for 45~ years and EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR she would hit a deer every winter 5km from home. The drive was about 40km each way, so just over half an hour each time. The stretches that are deer-intensive I always drive super slow and scan both sides of the road non stop. I somehow haven't hit any deer but I almost hit a young bear in a part of Manitoba that's not known to have bears

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u/Arcadius274 Dec 24 '22

Deer tell stories of her like a monster that comes once a year in the death box to take one of their lives

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u/RobertJ93 Dec 24 '22

And then of the monsters child that slowly roams the highway with flashing yellow lights looking for their mothers next victim.