My DH was driving home from work a couple of days ago when he felt something hit his car. He saw a man at the side of the road with a big fishing net shouting, so he stopped the car as he believed the man had thrown something at it. He shouted at the man asking if he’d thrown something at the car. The man said it was a dog but not his dog. DH hadn’t seen a dog and there wasn’t one anywhere nearby, not were there any marks on the car, so he just assumed the man was a bit odd and had in fact thrown something at his car. He hung around a bit then drove home. When he told me about it he was still convinced the man had been lying about there being a dog.
Last night I was on FB local page and saw a post about a puppy that had been hit by a car. So it seems that DH did hit a dog after all! The pup was on a walk along the canal off lead, got spooked by a bigger dog and ran off. It then ran straight across the road (a bridge over the canal) and into the side of DHs car, and continued running to its house which is down a side street. It was found eventually by its owners and sadly died.
DH is absolutely devastated that he’s killed a pup. He’s attempted to contact the police and eventually spoken to them this morning. They didn’t seem concerned but said if he wants he can go to the local station to make a report, which he will do as soon as it’s open.
The post on FB is really upsetting as it’s saying the usual stuff like ‘hang the bastard’ etc. I feel really bad for him because he genuinely didn’t know he’d hit anything, he stopped and saw nothing, no dog, no owners and there were no marks on his car. He’s a real dog lover and is so upset at this pup dying. He doesn’t know who the owners are as the post is anonymous, but would like to try to contact them. I feel that if he does this via FB he’s just going to get a load of abuse online. I’m not sure how else he could contact them.