Florida Woman Survives Being Hit By Flying Turtle

[Wicked Blue]

Huffington Post
04/22/2021 11:33 am ET

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle?

A 71-year-old woman riding with her daughter on Florida’s Interstate 95 suffered a gashed forehead Wednesday when a turtle smashed through the windshield of their car, striking her, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.

The daughter pulled over and got help from another motorist. According to a 911 recording, both were surprised by what they found.

“There is a turtle in there,” the man can be overheard saying.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/flying-turtle-hits-florida-woman_n_608194c0e4b0e7cb020bfbcf

Turtle was apparently unharmed.

[Sancho]

1. Hard to believe that a turtle was tossed by traffic on I-95...

...with thousands of cars going bumper to bumper. I'd bet someone threw it out of a window or something.

[Ocelot II]

2. As God is my witness I thought turtles could fly.

[Major Nikon]

3. The shape of their shell resembles an airfoil

But the method of propulsion seems to be lacking

[Wicked Blue]

5. Perhaps feeding them sauerkraut and beans

would supply the means

[Ocelot II]

7. Flapping their flippers would not create sufficient thrust

to overcome the drag created by the rough surface of the shell. Also, unless the turtle manages to achieve far more velocity than a turtle is normally capable of, the difference between the speed of the air traveling over the carapace vs. the air flowing across the plastron would be insufficient to create any lift at all. Does it work in the water, though?

[cinematicdiversions]

4. Gamera? NT

[Grokenstein]

6. (WARNING: GRAPHIC) The fam were driving down a Flaw'duh highway with me in the back seat

when a huge turtle stomped out into the roadway (1-75? US-19? It was a long time ago). We didn't hit it; the truck to our left did, and didn't brake at all. I had burned into my memory the horrific sight of a smashed shell spinning next to our car, slinging gore like a pinwheel firework of turtle guts.

[NotASurfer]

8. There is one logical explanation

[zanana1]

9. At the ER, they always ask you what happened.

"A flying turtle hit me" would have been great.