| | Ok, this is so horrible and I have to get it out because it won't stop eating away at me.
Last night, driving home from my parent's house, an oncoming car flashed it's brights at me. I thought I had left my brights on so I was confused, but when I got up to the railroad tracks on Ballah, I realized they flashed me because there were two young beagle pups wandering in the middle of the road. It was really dark and I would surely have hit one if I hadn't slowed at the track stop sign. I had to honk to get it to move. I was pretty shaken up, so I turned on my hazards and flashed my brights at both cars I passed on my way up Ballah. When I got to Hills, I decided I had to turn around and go get them because I was afraid they'd get hit.
I was too late. In the three minutes it took for me to turn around and go back to the tracks, someone killed one of the dogs. Mercifully, it was VERY much dead from the impact. It wasn't lying there hurt, and it had to have happened quickly. I stopped at the tracks and looked for the second pup, but it wasn't around and I didn't want to get out of the car and be near that dead dog. I made Nick drive me home.
I feel so horrible because the dog was right there in front of me, alive and I didn't stop and get it before it was too late. It could have just as easily been me that hit it if it hadn't been wandering by the stop sign when I passed through. I keep telling myself it's not my fault. I keep thinking that these things happen and if it had been a bunny or cat even, I probably wouldn't feel as bad. Why is that?
Anyway, I keep feeling sick when I think of it. I don't know if they were dumped (probably, they were just past that cute, puppy phase when people usually dump unwanted litters) or if they were someone's escaped pets. Either way, it's disgusting and horrible and really sad. I hope maybe typing it will get it out of my head. I really wish I had stopped the first time through. I can't help but feel like I could have kept that from happening...
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| | Posted 9/29/2008 10:37 AM - 8 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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