So I'm starting to heal up and I think all of my owwies have made themselves evident here's the full roster:
Bruised and possibly cracked ribs, right side, three of em or so.
Jammed/sprained wrist, I thought it was sprained then it popped and felt a little better but it's still sore enough that I think it's sprained too.
One nick on my forehead.
Bruising on my knees from hitting the dash.
Sore back, and right shoulder.
Goose egg that's nowhere near as big as I expected it to be.
All in all I got off light.
And, since everyone is curious about how exactly the elk got on the roof, here's the breakdown based on what I saw and the damage.
Refer to the photos for visuals.
Elk came out of the right hand ditch, and attempted to jump the hood. His back legs leave the ground before getting whacked by the passenger side headlight, starting him spinning to face the rear of the car.
Shoulder/chest impacts around the middle of the roof at the top of the windshield, gut hits just inside the passenger side door post, hindquarters wrap around the side of the car.
Momentum carries his shoulders up over the roof and he slides off leaving the smear on the passenger rear door.
I came to a stop shortly after the end of the blood trail on the highway.
DM says the bit of elk stuff in the passenger floorboard was likely stomach rather than lung, which could have come in either through the windshield as he hit or the passenger window as he slid by.
That's as near as I can figure, anyway. Right up to the part where I hit his back legs, I KNOW that's what happened. The rest is based on that and the damage to the car and my very general knowledge of physics.
Monday, March 28, 2011
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