Of all the things that could smash a car’s windshield in Saskatchewan, a fish that fell from the sky is pretty low on the list of likely suspects.
But that’s what happened to Marie Ahlstrom when she was driving home on Sept. 19 near Turtle Lake, Sask., about 200 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
“You could actually see the impression of the fish scales in the windshield,” said Ahlstrom, who was unharmed.
She initially assumed a rock had hit the car, but when she saw the blood, she said she knew it had to be something else. Then when Ahlstrom got home, she and her husband were able to assess the damage and find what remained of the fish.
The fish had damaged the windshield as well as the side mirror of the car. Ahlstrom said there was some confusion when she tried to make the wildlife collision claim under her insurance, with one adjustor telling her fish isn
