"...who accidentally leave their rifles on the hood of their car when driving home from a hunting trip."
I used to lose my cane off the roof of my car fairly often, but almost every time, I heard it banging around on the pavement as I drove off.
I finally got a rush of brains to the head and made a rule that nothing ever goes on the roof of the car, ever, nothing, get it?
Having posted that once, a bunch of people chimed in with how they lost things that way including cameras and cell phones, and some other pretty high dollar items.