Two years ago I was cycling near the Humber River in Toronto, when a mouse ran out from the grass at the edge of the bike path and went right under my front wheel. There was no time to react. When I stopped it was still kicking, but by the time I got back to it, maybe 20 seconds later, it was dead. I’ve no idea what caused the mouse to break cover and run across a paved path.
There are plenty of squirrels in our neighbourhood, and I’ve had my share of incidents where an indecisive rodent starts to cross the street in front of my car, then thinks “No, can’t make it! Oh sure I can! Or maybe not! No, wait!..”. So far I haven’t run one over (to my knowledge).
