Why are there so many dead deer bodies on the Merritt?

Jimmie — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:48:46 -0800

Why are there so many dead deer bodies on the side of the highway on the Merritt Parkway in CT? Do they die on the side of the road right before they prance onto the highway? They look too perfectly placed and appear to lack much bleeding to have been run over then moved aside. I know every once in a while you see a dead deer body on the side of the highway here and there. However, this weekend I drove down the Merritt Parkway from Milford into New York and saw at least 10 dead deer bodies on the side of the highway.

The bodies didn't look like they're run over and even if they are... do people who run over deer really have the time to back up to move the deer body aside? Especially at night when cars tend to speed down the Merritt... deer-hitters actually get out of their car to move the deer body aside risking the possibility of getting hit by a car themselves?

I know it was unusually hot this weekend (mid 90s) so maybe deers are passing out cause of the heat? But I also noticed the high body count of dead deers when I drove down in February when the temperature was in the 30s.

Stage my hellstrip...and staging resources needed.

sLevi — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:07:35 -0800

What is the best thing to plant in the hellstrip/parkway in terms of selling a house? Also, best resources for staging a house to sell? The grass in between the sidewalk and the street was so horrible that my husband hacked it all out...what is the best thing to replace it with if we're looking to sell the house (California)? A fair number of houses in our neighborhood have plantings of varying degrees of niceness. The rest of the yard is surrounded by white picket fence, so it doesn't need to blend in to the rest of the yard. More grass? Groundcover? Nice garden?

Also...resources for staging a house? We're not ready to sell yet, so I don't want to hire someone, but I'd like to start heading that way as I fix things up.

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Why are there so many dead deer bodies on the Merritt?

Stage my hellstrip...and staging resources needed.