While out on my bike recently, I saw a little dog running along a path, that was next to a busy road with cars going at about 40mph (roughly 65kph). It is right next to a very common dog walking park, but I still thought it was a bit odd, because I could not see an owner anywhere, so I decided to follow the dog to see where it was going or maybe even attempt to approach it, if it stopped running.
However, before I could even get too close to it, it suddenly decided to run out into the road. I can still feel the jolt in my heart as I went: SH*TTTT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The man driving the car noticed, broke, but still his car smacked into the side of this dog's head.
I jumped off my bike and ran out into the road to stop any traffic and see what I could do. Amazingly, the little guy got up. He sort of span around in a circle two times and I tried to coax him to come to me. The look of pure terror I saw in his eyes as he turned to look at me, I will never forget. He then turned round and sprinted off down the road and off into a bush and out of sight.
I was dumbstruck. Couldn't believe he even got up, let alone had the ability to run away faster than I could get after him.
Amazingly, two cars behind the car I had asked to stop was a police car and one of the guys got out and sprinted after the dog and the other came over to talk to me.
The man who had hit the dog did stop his car slightly further up the road and did get out to talk to police. They took his details and he went on his way. The other policeman returned, having had no luck with the chase, so the dog got away.
The sight of the impact, the wail of the dog and the look of terror in his eyes, I don't think I will ever forget. I will always wonder if I should've pounced on him after the impact and could have potentially stopped him getting away.
I'm afraid there is no real end to this story. I do not know what happened to the little guy and I guess I will never know.
That's my story.
