I'm so sad. I drove south on 93 today, right before the Hooksett tolls and it looked like a bear had been hit. Why had a clean up crew not been called in to pick this poor animals body off the middle of the highway? It had me in tears all the way home. This is a fucking tragedy and it makes me so mad and sad.

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Lumpyyyyy t1_irozh9h wrote on October 9, 2022 at 10:47 PM

Why didn’t you call?

sweetnsalty24 t1_irozdli wrote on October 9, 2022 at 10:46 PM

You could've called it in via 911 or 511. If no one calls it in, no one with authority will know to go find it unless they were on a patrol and saw it.

PoTheRedTeletubby t1_irprk88 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 2:32 AM

Dude it's roadkill it happens 24/7 they can't keep up with picking up every dead animal immediately. I saw a dead deer on the side of the highway today. That's just par for the course. If you feel so bad for the animals sell your car and stop driving. Otherwise they will clean it up when they get the chance.

1976dave t1_irrxgux wrote on October 10, 2022 at 4:06 PM

It takes crews a bit to get there sometimes, it's not like they have trucks waiting on standby every 5th mile marker to scrape a dead bear out the road. Usually it's just the poor schmucks who happened to be nearby/the new guys on the crew with the particular highway dept whose jurisdiction it's in. Not to mention, they don't know it's there until it's reported...

Source: me, have been the poor schmuck/new guy on a highway dept crew

Themgoodfeels t1_irp9u7i wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:10 AM

"I'm privileged and this caused me a slight inconvenience"

PoTheRedTeletubby t1_irpru0w wrote on October 10, 2022 at 2:35 AM

Ikr like they aren't sad that it was killed really just that they had to see it. It inconvenienced them but who cares about roadkill as long as they don't have to see it. These subdivision people smh.

Equivalent-Stage9957 t1_irq22lu wrote on October 10, 2022 at 4:07 AM

People complaining like you are how states get high taxes

showmeyourbrisket t1_iroyycc wrote on October 9, 2022 at 10:43 PM

Why didn't you pick the poor animals body off the road?

Peeeculiar t1_irozu3y wrote on October 9, 2022 at 10:49 PM

"No time for that. I had to get home through my tears so I can complain on Reddit why nobody had called, myself included, to clean up the hazard."

overdoing_it t1_irpachf wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:14 AM

remember squirrelpocalypse, well get ready for bearpocalypse

sweetnsalty24 t1_irr2tlq wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:09 PM

Update: drove through Hooksett tolls this morning and DOT was out and addressing the bear.

ElisabetSobeckPhD t1_irsbbhd wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:38 PM

>Why had a clean up crew not been called

next time call 911. Be the change you want to see in the world.

Jack_Jacques t1_irqxq50 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 11:13 AM

All this because of a pic-a-nic basket.

Bobtom42 t1_irp0mnl wrote on October 9, 2022 at 10:56 PM

Too warm out to donate the meat and no need to crack open the vertebrae to check for CWD like deer.

mmirate t1_irp3rz2 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 11:20 PM

The only tragedy here is the wallet of whoever owns the vehicle that hit it.