(CNN) Eli Boroditsky was driving to his night shift last week on a narrow rural road in Manitoba, Canada, when his car hit what he thought was a dog streaking across the dark road.

After he clipped the animal, it flew into the ditch on the shoulder. He parked and used a small flashlight to get a look.

"I thought it was a German shepherd or a husky," he told CNN news partner CBC . "I didn't think it was a wild animal."

Boroditsky said he was reluctant to leave it lying on the side of the road.

"It is amazing how docile it was. I was petting it," he said.

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