Back in my TV days I lived near Lake Wallenpaupack. My first wife used to drive to Port Jervis to take the train into the city, daily... (yes she was a bit...) one morning a small bear ran out, right into her front fender, bounced off and kept going. fortunately there was no damage to either the bear(afaik) or the car, save for a couple strands of bear fur caught in the bumper.
not really anything to do with this, but the post reminded me of that event.