Rear-view Mirror

A rabbit that was struck by a car somehow survived a 40-mile ride trapped in The Vehicle 's grille.

Mark Pearson said he was travelling at about 30mph (48km/h) when he heard a " dreaded thump" near the Bryncynan pub, near Nefyn, Gwynedd, on Tuesday.

The 46-year-old checked his rear-view mirror but when he saw nothing, carried on driving to work in Bangor.

To his shock, hours later a colleague told him he had a rabbit stuck in his bumper.

" [I was] thinking it would be half a rabbit, " He Said . " I was surprised to find this lucky fella had gone through the grille and got trapped in an enclosed compartment. "

Mr Pearson, who is from Pwllheli, said he went into " Operation Bugs" mode, removing the grille to try to get its head unstuck.

He Said he had to " wrestle" with the rabbit to grab onto it from behind, but was able to free The Animal without harming it.

" Apart from a bit of a dried nose bleed, it seemed uninjured, " He Said .

The rabbit was then released into a " wooded Shangri-la" near Parc Menai, Bangor.

Mr Pearson said he gave it " a bit of carrot as a sorry".

He posted The Story on Facebook and Some People said he should have brought the rabbit back to where he had hit it.

" I thought that after and went back with a box but it ran off. Oh well, new start for it, " he added.

Source of news: bbc.com