Oh yeah, even after my dog-incident the animals I fear most are....drumroll please....DEER. Yes, as in Bambi. I see so many, and feel that it is only by luck that we have avoided colliding so far!
Phew. You don't know how relieved I am to know I'm not the only one with this fear. I ride on some roads that run next to wooded hillsides and when I hear critters rustling around I start wondering when a deer is going to come crashing out through the shrubs and landing on me.