Coolest thing you have found on the road while riding???

[John A]

A duck lay dying on a busy intersection.   Gathered around it, several ducks refused to yield to human traffic.  They quacked loudly, flapping wings and acting agitated.  The driver ahead of me plowed across the intersection, narrowly missing the small flock, scattering them initially but they quickly returned to their wounded partner.  Parking my bike on the road with hazards flashing, forcing those behind me to stop, I dismounted and approached to ducks.  The wounded duck was clearly dying, but still conscious.  I lifted up the duck and carried it to a grassy embankment on the side of the road.  The duck assembly followed in my footsteps.   He died as I laid him on the soft grass.  As I walked back onto the road and mounted my bike, the small duck family surrounded their dearly departed, touched him with beaks, rubbing feathers, certainly grieving.  And after a minute or two, they flew off into the sky. 




Thanks, touching story.

[oldbike54]

 John and Vince. , thanks , just thanks 

 Dusty

[Bill Owens]

1/4 Ct. diamond earring .

[bad Chad]

Wow, that dying duck story is powerful.

But back to the purpose of the thread.  Big animals on the road are cool, as long as you don't come in contact, but lets stick with things found and taken home.

[oldbike54]

 Sorry Chad , too late 

 Dusty

[GuzziDog54]

I found a nice flashlight at an intersection while on my motorcycle once. Too bad that things found while driving a cage don't count, because my truck broke down hours from the nearest town in Texas and I found an old revolver that just had the tip of the barrel sticking out of the dried mud. It had obviously been there for a long time.

[Red07]

Back when I was a sophomore in high school, I lost my billfold while racing motocross.  It was found 21 years later by my brother-in-law's father, working with a surveying crew.  What are the chances?


Randy

[Moto]

A potato.

I found it in the chute of a potato truck, in front of me at a light, when I was 16. I picked it out of the chute, put it in my pocket and rode to the place I worked. Then I wrapped it in foil, and cooked it in the trash barrel out back. One of the best potatoes I've ever eaten.

[tazio]

Not really the "coolest" thing to come across, but I was traveling south into Mexico, Juarez to Chihuahua.
Long lonely road where you can see for miles, and a black dot in the distance got bigger and bigger.
Figured it for a broke down vehicle on the side of the road.
 It turns out to be an extremely bloated DEAD HORSE!   Ay,caramba!!

[Guzzistajohn]

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This was kinda 😎 cool

[johnr]

Back when I was a sophomore in high school, I lost my billfold while racing motocross.  It was found 21 years later by my brother-in-law's father, working with a surveying crew.  What are the chances?


Randy

"Sophomore"  a term I hear all the time on TV shows but it is not one that is used in NZ. What the hell is a sophomore ?

[oldbike54]

"Sophomore"  a term I hear all the time on TV shows but it is not one that is used in NZ. What the hell is a sophomore ?

 A second year student , in high school or college .

 Dusty

[johnr]

A second year student , in high school or college .

 Dusty

Thanks Dusty. Why does anyone bother having a special name for them rather than just "2nd year"

[johnr]

Found a Moa!



Nah. Just kidding.  The Maori ate the last of them years ago.  (though it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that some still exist somewhere)

[Huzo]

200 km South of Nordkapp 500 or so North of the Arctic Circle, an old German guy "trekker Willis" on a restored tractor towing a caravan, driving at 40 kph 4,000 km from Spain to Nordkapp. I posted a video of that trip on a BMW on you tube titled "Pete Hughes Europe trip 2015" he's on that about 30% through part two.

[oldbike54]

Thanks Dusty. Why does anyone bother having a special name for them rather than just "2nd year"

 John , explaining why the English language varies so much from country to country and even county to county would take a tome equivalent to War and Peace . In the states we use the terms freshman, sophomore , junior , and senior to designate 1st thru 4th year students . No idea why . Reading Bill Bryson's book on the English language did not reveal anything on the subject .

 Dusty

[Triple Jim]

A potato.

I found it in the chute of a potato truck, in front of me at a light, when I was 16. I picked it out of the chute, put it in my pocket and rode to the place I worked. Then I wrapped it in foil, and cooked it in the trash barrel out back. One of the best potatoes I've ever eaten.

Why is that, I wonder?  A couple times over the years when I've ridden my bicycle past a field of ripe corn, I've stopped and eaten an ear.  Again, extra tasty.

[John A]

I found a girl wandering down the road. She could not speak. She pointed down the road where she wanted to go which was opposite the Vasa Children's home. I tried to get her to ride on the bike but she wouldn't so I walked with her back to the home, I didn't want her to get hit by a truck or abducted. She was about 12 and appeared developmentally disabled. When we got to the compound we were mobbed by about thirty kids of all ages as I searched for someone with keys, which is the best way to tell the difference between clients and staff. After the kids got used to me being there I was struck by the impression of them being isolated and lonely. Finally a woman with keys appeared and I explained I was bringing this girl back to where I assumed she came from. The woman said yes she was a new one and she was desperate to go back to someplace. It took awhile to say goodbye to all my new friends as I left and thought I should go back and visit those kids. They seemed so lonely, living in a place that could only feed and house them but I never have gone back. I'm grateful for the family I had growing up, dis functional as it was.

[Shorty]

I found a fanny pack en route to work one day. Inside were a cell phone, and some meds and a reciept for a tribal doctor's office visit. Between the phone and the tribal papers, I located the owner. I agreed to meet him at a parking lot close to home to return his stuff. I was looking for the stereotypical Native American. Turned out to be a ginger Irishman, lol. Ya never know.......

[redrider90]

A humongous snapping turtle in the middle of the road. I picked up a large stick to move it and it went after that sick with a vengeance. It was almost to big to move with a stick. I need a freaking shovel.

[dawdish]

Riding through Mancos Colorado, there is an old boy who has a dog that rides a cow.

[Shorty]

John , explaining why the English language varies so much from country to country and even county to county would take a tome equivalent to War and Peace . In the states we use the terms freshman, sophomore , junior , and senior to designate 1st thru 4th year students . No idea why . Reading Bill Bryson's book on the English language did not reveal anything on the subject .

 Dusty

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/sobriquets-for-scholars/

[tazio]

John A
 

[Orange Guzzi]

Cell phones, several.  Tools, gloves, slick spots, dead animal, live animal, money and pallet that was airborne after the truck in front of me hit it. 

The strangest was the mom deer ran in front of me and I stopped to see what was following.  A 2 foot tall baby walked out and started sniffing the front tire.  Mom was standing in the field stomping and snorting.  I had to get off the bike and push the baby across the road. 

[Ncdan]

I stop for bungee cords when it's safe to do so. I have quite a fine collection

[Tom H]

I found this old Ford on a dirt road. I took a souvenir - the hood badge.

Forget the hood badge. I need the whole body for my '62. Where was that truck!!

Tom

[johnr]

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/sobriquets-for-scholars/

That certainly answered the question. Thanks Shorty.

[cwiseman]

Headed for work and about 1.5 miles from the house next to the hwy. I spotted a brand new pair of 4-wheeler ramps, turned around and got the truck so I could pick them up. Must have fallen out of a oil johnny's truck.

The worst thing that found me was a ninja rabbit jumping out of a ditch, cleanly broke the rear crash bar bolt then destroyed my Calvin's saddlebag.

[mauricedonini]

Does a lunar eclipse count?

Chased one across the Texas panhandle one morning in 1999.

[Scud]

Forget the hood badge. I need the whole body for my '62. Where was that truck!!

Tom

PM sent. That truck is almost certainly under snow right now.