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Coyote Defies All Odds After Being Hit On Alberta Highway
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Coyote Defies All Odds After Being Hit On Alberta Highway

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Georgie Knox of Airdrie, Canada was routinely driving to work when a coyote flashed in front of her vehicle, leaving her no time to brake or swerve before hitting it.

“I heard a crunch and believed I ran over and killed it,” she writes on Facebook. Knox continued driving and claimed she found out the animal’s fate only about 20 miles later: “Upon stopping at a traffic light by my work, a construction woman notified me that there was, in fact, a coyote still embedded in my car. When I got out to look, this poor little guy was looking up and blinking at me.”

Knox notified Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement and they sent a team to help the trapped animal. After a biologist made sure he was healthy, Knox said officers released him in Kananaskis, a park system west of Calgary. Maybe the adventures of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner were actually a documentary?

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    The driver posted this unbelievable story on Facebook, and it soon went viral

    And although some people were glad the coyote survived

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    Others believed Knox could have stopped sooner

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    Master Markus
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The f*****g people who "believed she could have stopped sooner". I mean, sure, check if you hit something, that's an alright thing to say, but why are they such a******s about it!? Especially the lady who called the car a "plastic J*p yoke" like you did NOT have to throw in that random racism. (But don't even get me started on the person who was positive but said "God is good". Like, oh, God was looking away for a second while the coyote got hit but he made sure it got hit the right way! F**k off.)

    Abbs0345
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This exact thing happened to me, but with a pigeon. It flew in front of me, I couldn't stop in time and felt the impact. When I got out to check, it had punched a hole in my plastic grating. It poked its head out, wriggled out of the hole, ruffled its feathers, walked away and then flew off! Leaving me looking extremely perplexed next to my car.

    Katinka Min
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least you stopped right afterwards to check on the animal after the impact. Unlike the human in the above story :-/

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    Kagamilia
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should've stopped. Right after she heard those crunched sound.

    Nyree Huh
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You do realise that on highways and such, you really can't stop unless absolute emergency. So unless she wanted to die or get others killed, and had half a sensible mind, she did right to not stop.

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    Master Markus
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The f*****g people who "believed she could have stopped sooner". I mean, sure, check if you hit something, that's an alright thing to say, but why are they such a******s about it!? Especially the lady who called the car a "plastic J*p yoke" like you did NOT have to throw in that random racism. (But don't even get me started on the person who was positive but said "God is good". Like, oh, God was looking away for a second while the coyote got hit but he made sure it got hit the right way! F**k off.)

    Abbs0345
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This exact thing happened to me, but with a pigeon. It flew in front of me, I couldn't stop in time and felt the impact. When I got out to check, it had punched a hole in my plastic grating. It poked its head out, wriggled out of the hole, ruffled its feathers, walked away and then flew off! Leaving me looking extremely perplexed next to my car.

    Katinka Min
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least you stopped right afterwards to check on the animal after the impact. Unlike the human in the above story :-/

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    Kagamilia
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should've stopped. Right after she heard those crunched sound.

    Nyree Huh
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You do realise that on highways and such, you really can't stop unless absolute emergency. So unless she wanted to die or get others killed, and had half a sensible mind, she did right to not stop.

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