Not what I mean when I say I'm an "auto hunter"...

This is a 1995 Ferrari F355. It's a manual, with about 6k miles on it. Maybe I should say, "was"... I was in the passenger seat of this exact Ferrari this Saturday, on my way to Katie's Cars and Coffee in Great Falls, Virginia. We were on Georgetown Pike, and we came around a corner just as a deer came down a hill onto the road.

... And this happened. Deer hits car, car goes sliding, car hits a tree. End of Ferrari :(

The driver and I are lucky to be alive. We both sat in the car for a bit afterwards, shaken up. Both of us managed to get out on our own, him with a hurt wrist and some minor cuts. I thought I got away unscathed. Only after the third time he asked if I was ok did I truly look down at my legs.

Dark spot on the jeans told me that I didn't get away unscathed. And the slight pain in my left lower leg? Yup, another laceration. The end result: 16 stitches in my right leg, and 6 in my left leg.
Currently back down south, in Hampton Roads, after driving myself back down yesterday.
The driver has only a hurt wrist. That's it.

This is where the deer hit...

And there's a good indentation made by the tree.

I still can't believe this happened, that the both of us are still alive and in the conditions we're in. I'm extremely thankful, and lucky it seems.

The owner/driver of the car gave me these, as momentos. The key, the fuel cap, and the rear badge prancing horse.

Bonus: this was in my lap at the time of impact, looking exactly the way it looks in the pic, and I picked it up about 7 feet away from the crash. Still works perfectly fine, and the lens has no cracks. #NikonForLife