Oct 13 2009Something's Not Right: Google Street View Car Spots Deer Crossing Fail In Canada
That doesn't look like any deer I've ever seen. But maybe they used that picture because they want you to slow down like an elephant. Elephants, after all, are notoriously lumbering beasts. Not unlike -- wait for it, wait for it -- mammoths! I don't care if you are frozen solid, consider yourself burnt you woolly mammaries!
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Google Street View confirms Elephantitis strikes deer population in Canada [autoblog]
Thanks to fdsy, who once saw a children crossing sign with a picture of Sasquatch. Hey, some kids look like that.
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Reader Comments
1. proteon - October 13, 2009 12:37 PM
Raise your hand if you've ever seen a deer in real life
2. fister - October 13, 2009 12:37 PM
come
3. Luke Skywalker - October 13, 2009 12:37 PM
NO!! IT"S NOT TRUE!!! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!
4. Darth Vader - October 13, 2009 12:40 PM
Search your feelings, you know it be true....
5. Evil Ash - October 13, 2009 12:44 PM
That isn't even a reasonable place to put a Deer Crossing warning. I'M CONFUSED. This must be some prank that managed to get on Google Strreetview. Either way, hilarious.
6. LSDiesel - October 13, 2009 12:46 PM
It may look like an elephant to you, but MY TRUTH is that the picture is a deer.
7. Timbo - October 13, 2009 12:50 PM
@1 I live in Texas...it's impossible to have never seen a deer in real life...
8. Otto - October 13, 2009 12:51 PM
They started doing that in order to get people to actually pay attention to the signs, because the deer crossing signs are all over the place. If you drive around a bit, you can find some with images of camels and rhinos as well.
9. greenman - October 13, 2009 1:03 PM
@7 I live in Texas...I have achieved the impossible.
10. GoSS Jerk no longer sterilized for your pleasure - October 13, 2009 1:05 PM
@ 1 ... didnt your momy and daddy ever take you to the zoo???? not even that weird uncle that touched you funny?
11. Ham Bone - October 13, 2009 1:07 PM
it is canada wouldnt it be moose crossing ... maybe that is a picture of a moose on there
12. Ollie Williams - October 13, 2009 1:08 PM
@8
Pics or it didn't happen.
13. wanks - October 13, 2009 1:18 PM
give them a break...they are Canadian after all!
14. Closet Nerd - October 13, 2009 1:22 PM
@10 Do you mean Uncle Chuck?
Is this Poland or Canada?
15. Robalot - October 13, 2009 1:24 PM
Man...they got some BIG @$$ deer in Canada, yo!
16. Kitsune - October 13, 2009 1:29 PM
What do you mean? That's no elephant. That's how deers look like here in Canada. I swear! Anyway, just to clear things up, this as obviously nothing to do with any genetically modified elephants secret army you could have heard about, nope, just normal deers .>
17. brad - October 13, 2009 1:39 PM
its SARCASM elephants move slow, telling u to move slow , not hard to figure out
18. proteon - October 13, 2009 1:41 PM
I hit an eight point buck two weeks ago representing the first time i've HIT a deer in my life. He absconded virtually unphased.
19. Christian - October 13, 2009 2:22 PM
I'm pretty sure that's North Vancouver, BC. All their crossing signs have pictures of different animals. Its supposed to be funny, but i think it just makes them lame
20. Andrew - October 13, 2009 2:25 PM
We have these all over the place in North Vancouver.
21. Geekolojew - October 13, 2009 2:29 PM
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22. Jess - October 13, 2009 2:47 PM
I live right by there. It's like that on purpose to grab attention.I believe there is also one with a. T Rex.
23. Andyman - October 13, 2009 2:50 PM
I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How that elephant got into my pajama pants while I was still wearing them I'll never tell.
24. naas - October 13, 2009 2:51 PM
@1 I live in chicago & see dear all the time, they're everywhere. Get out of your parents basement & look around
I used to say that since nothing hunts them(legally, including humans)they're going to be everywhere soon. Now we have a coyote problem, or at least some call it a 'problem'
25. naas - October 13, 2009 3:09 PM
^ pfft 'deer' not dear, wtf 1/2 brain
26. fdsy - October 13, 2009 3:26 PM
@24
naas. People hunt coyotes. I've shot them. I have also shot deer AND FEASTED ON THEIR TEARS
27. Hawk - October 13, 2009 3:51 PM
@18 You hit that huh? Hope you were wearing a condom!
28. Dishy Dishyington - October 13, 2009 4:22 PM
Elephants aren't slow. And unladen elephant can run 25 mph, prob'ly faster if he flaps his ears.
29. Ashley - October 13, 2009 4:38 PM
Those signs are along the road that leads to Mt. Seymour (In North Vancouver, BC, Canada.). There are other animal shapes too. I think its funny!
The first time I saw one, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, until I saw a few more.
30. folico - October 13, 2009 4:59 PM
sure, is near vancouver
canadians....
31. bob - October 13, 2009 5:05 PM
belongs on fail blog.
32. finfan - October 13, 2009 5:15 PM
I would actually say this is a Crossing WIN
33. J - October 13, 2009 5:15 PM
Thats no deer, its a space station......
Actually im pretty sure thats a Kangaroo, not a deer.....
34. Natty - October 13, 2009 5:20 PM
Those signs have been around for years now! If you drive in the other direction down the Parkway, you will see signs like "Yes Dear, slow down deer crossing"
35. naas - October 13, 2009 9:09 PM
@26 FDSY - well the next time you're in chicago bring your buffalo gun, cause this compound bow just isn't going to cut it alone
36. haj - October 14, 2009 4:07 AM
I live 50 feet away from that sign.
the message is legit but they enforced it in a joking way. We even got a picture of a camel in one and giraffe in another.
37. Jaded Icon - October 14, 2009 8:34 AM
We need to get some of those here in the midwest. We have an extremely large population of deer and our "deer crossing" signs are boring. Plus, more guns, we need more guns. Seven for each child.
38. lilly - October 14, 2009 1:47 PM
um - if they wanted to make people pay attention to the signs, should have just put a picture of a woman's cleavage up there. Or were you just waiting for the permission from a chick to do that? *permission granted*
39. Tawmie - October 15, 2009 12:54 PM
@ Ollie Williams
http://powrightbetweentheeyes.typepad.com/pow_right_between_the_eye/2008/12/oh-deer-north-vancouver-scores-again-.html
See, North Van has always had the best signs. Wooh!
40. Christina Nicole - February 5, 2010 9:46 AM
"Wooly mammaries?" Are you kidding or just stupid? People who pretend to have a vocabulary sure are hysterically funny! My friends enjoyed a good laugh at your dumb comment.
41. 外汇交易 - February 10, 2010 3:10 AM
have a vocabulary sure are hysterically funny! My friends enjoyed a good laugh at your dumb comment.