By Anonymous - 08/04/2009 00:11 - United States

Today, I ran over a squirrel. I saw it twitching, so I backed over it to end its suffering. It wasn't a squirrel; it was a kitten. The children it belonged to watched as I ran over their kitten. Twice. FML
I agree, your life sucks 453
You deserved it 311

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ohboyscott 0

you did the right thing. even though the kids are ****** up it's better to not let the kitten suffer. RIP KITTY!

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Accidents happen, it would be very hard to have seen a kitten, especially if the OP was driving a truck or something large. And honestly, it was a kitten, what are the odds that it would have survived the first hit? Not that likely. All things considered, it wasn't terrible to try to put it out of its misery. Although it might be nice to try to get the kids a new kitten... and not let it outside.

Wooow, some people are just insane. One, the OP didn't say s/he was "GOING OUT LOOKING FOR ANIMALS TO KILL FOR THE LULZ", it was an accident. Two, If any of you have driven a car before, you know accidents can happen. Three, A kitten is almost the same size as a squirrel, and can look very similar when they're flashing across the road like a lightning bolt without the driver having a chance to stop. It would be nearly impossible for that kitten to survive more than a short while after being ran over by a car, and it would be very unlikely that it only ran over the tail or leg, especially if the driver knew s/he ran over something (they would have felt the bump). Four, he didn't run over the kitten again for ***** and giggles, s/he did it because s/he thought it was the right thing to do, which is hard when you're most likely in shock from running over an animal. Five, scraping that kitten off the road and driving it to the vet's office just to be put down by a needle, all the while in excruciating pain, is not better than putting it out of it's misery quickly and, by this point, painlessly. Six, if you think a kitten is worth more than a human life, get off the computer, sell all of your belongings, and go live in the wild with the animals. I'm not saying animals aren't important, I'm just saying get over yourselves, we're obviously the higher species here. Seven, it's a kitten. Not a CAT. Not a DOG. It's a baby animal, it's extremely small and very fragile. A kitten can be killed by a human foot, what chance do you really think it had against a car? You know what? I love animals. I'm not saying you shouldn't be upset that an animal was killed by accident, but don't tell the OP s/he should die. Please, grow up, things like this happen.

^This Guys, yeah, sure, it's not nice they had to run over a kitten, but would it have been nicer to leave it in excruciating pain for the many hours it would have taken for it to finally pass away or get put down? Think about it a little before defaulting to "OMG IT'S CUTE THEREFORE YOU'RE EVIL," mode.

I hit something, I think it was a squirrel...let me just back up over it & make sure it's dead. OMG IT WAS A KID! Not the brightest crayon in the box are ya? Moron.

I know that you didn't mean to hurt anyone, but that is just horrible. F*ck the kids' life, as their innocence was just stolen, f*ck your life, as you're going to have to deal with the guilt, and f*ck the poor kitten's life, for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Next time, just don't run over any animals. And, no matter if it's a kitten or a squirrel, it still feels pain

The kitten did not deserve it. However, the kids, or more specifically their parents DID. You're not supposed to get kittens until they are at least six weeks, preferably eight weeks, old - even if you get an orphan younger than this, you still need to KEEP IT INSIDE. Following that, you are not supposed to let them out of the house AT ALL for another SIX WEEKS. This is because cats form attachments to places and unless they recognise your house as 'home' they wont be coming back. Not to mention no kitten should be outside before its had all its jabs. After all this, your cat will be a MINIMUM of three months old, and will not be able to pass for a squirrel. Do NOT let your children play with TINY KITTENS outside. This is just one of the things that will end its life. Others include large and small dogs, angry large cats, falling down drains and, if you live where i live, sparrow hawks, kestrels and buzzards all like eating small fluffy things too.

monnanon 13

could have been a small cat, also in a rear view or wing mirror im guessing it could look pretty similar

The main point of my rant was no cat younger than 3 months should be outside. Now, at three months a cat is somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 the size of your average adult cat. Unless your squirrels are eating nuclear waste, the average adult squirrel is no more than 1/6 the size of the average cat. Ergo, unless you are in possession of the worlds smallest cat, the cat should never have been outside in the first place, because it was likely too young.

Ermm actually... I have a ragdoll cat... It takes them 3-4 years to grow to their full length. She is one year and 4 months old, therefore she has not fully grown and is only half of her weight/length. That means you cannot conclude it was less than 3 months old... did the driver specify it was less than 3 months old? No. Therefore, it could have been more than 3 months old and was actually allowed outside. It was an accident. Last year my stepsister was hit by a car. It was neither of their fault - she was walking across a walkway in a blind spot. The driver was not able to see her and she was not able to see the car. Ergo, it was no ones fault. Just an accident.

Shadow_Phantom 26

Did someone really have to draw this one? (and on top of that add 666 to the 'license plate'?! That's pretty insulting.)

Shadow_Phantom 26

No. NOT 'boo hoo.' Sick of thousands of years of shaming us and saying we're about doom, gloom and death, and killing animals... it's about time for a change!

You're a modern satanist, that's only been around for a century tops. Besides, it shows the Grim Reaper, not Satan or a satanist. So there's a 666 on the back of the thing, so what? Sounds like you're going through the "righteous indignation" phase. Grow up and laugh, ya ******' bitch.

You are aware 666 is not the number of the devil? that was a mistranslation. its 616. HA