I've seen a lot of things in my 18 years of commuting to the radio station, but I'm here to tell you I've never seen this before.

You know I rant about my miserable commute from home to work frequently. I talk about it a lot while I'm on the air. I also call my husband and rant and rave during my drive about the idiocy all around me. I called him this morning for a whole different reason. He actually left home about an hour ahead of me today, and was driving the same route I always do. So I knew when I saw what I thought I saw, I could confirm it with him.

A bit beyond exit 17 West bound on I84 in Middlebury Connecticut, at about 7:30 a.m., I was pretty certain I saw a dead bear just off the left side of the highway, looking like it had been hit. When I called the hubby to ask if he saw it too, or was I crazy, he told me that the guy he was driving with thought it was a carpet, until they saw all the blood!

I spoke with a dispatcher for the State Police, Troop A Southbury, and she confirmed that the bear had been struck by a car sometime overnight. Thankfully no one in the vehicle was injured. Sadly not the same for the bear. By the way, there was also a dead deer on the right shoulder not too much farther down the highway.

This is crazy stuff. Back in January I shared this with you.

Dare I say, this is yet another reason you need to be really alert when you drive. Stop texting while driving, you never know what might take you by surprise.

Listen to Pam Brooks weekdays from 10-3PM on 95.1 FM, online at i95rock.com/listen-live/ or by downloading the radioPup app for your mobile device.

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