The Carcass

My sister and I - along with my 10 year-old-niece and 14year-old-son - were en route to visit my aunt who was in the hospital in Halifax.

Let me take a quick step back.  My sister does not eat meat of any kind, and hasn't since she was about 11.  On occasion she will eat chicken breast, as long as it has no bone or skin.  She also has a makeshift animal rescue going on at her house - two cats, a bunny and a Japanese Chin (it's supposed to be a dog, but I have my doubts).  And her house sits in the midst of a cattle field, so she's accustomed to the cow jamboree that goes on every morning at 5:00 when they wake up and announce that they have done so.

But I digress... 

So, we're on the highway, well outside Truro, the ride is long and boring, so the kids are encouraging my sister to speed up and pass other vehicles on the highway.  This goes on for a while, when we see an odd shaped car on the horizon.

"Speed up!" the kids roar from the back seat, and my sister obliges.

As we get closer, and my sister changes lanes to pass, we begin to realize that there is something amiss with this car.  Still confused, the kids and I start squinting to see what is going on.  Closer and closer we get until we realize that the car had a dead deer carcass strapped to the trunk!  We start roaring and pointing (because we're totally grossed out), as my sister realizes what we're looking at. She stomps on the gas, and as we pass (in what seemed like slow-motion - we were in a Yaris going uphill...), the roaring in the car ceases as we are silent in disbelieve.

The carcass is strapped to the trunk, facing our car, with blood teeming down the side of the vehicle, his front hoofs crossed before they were tied together.  Dead eyes watch us pass.  All the while, my sister is screaming, "OH MY GOD!  OH MY GOD!  OH MY GOD!  OH MY GOD!  OH MY EFFIN' GOD!"

Then silence.  That continues for another few minutes after we have passed.

I felt I had to say something.

"Can you believe that guy tied a deer to the truck of his Toytota Corolla?  Who the eff takes a COROLLA into the woods hunting???"