In December 1967, about 2:00 AM, a big buck came out of the ditch next to the highway right in front of my VW Camper; there wasn't even time to hit the brakes before he hit. From my perspective at the time he just materialized in the road about 20 feet in front the of me. I parked on the shoulder for a couple of minutes. When I recovered from the shock and drove on home the left headlight on the VW was pointing straight up. I was only going 55 on a 65 mph road; I've wondered since how much worse it would have been had I been doing the posted 65 mph.
Thank heavens for good insurance, as that damned venison-on-the-hoof did over $1000 in damage ... in 1967 dollars!