Happened all the time. It just depends on the environment. Check out basically anything on the “Tully monster” if you want to know more.
Tully monsters are actually even older than OPs fossil and we have no idea where they came from or where they went, from an evolutionary perspective.
The original intent of the stop was a headlight violation.
The problem with that is that it wasn’t raining, invalidating the reason for the stop.
From that point forward, the interaction should have immediately stopped. Without PC for the headlight violation, the police had no authority to demand ID. Since they couldn’t demand ID, they didn’t have a reason to arrest. That invalidates the resisting charge.
Start to finish this was a crazy interaction and I hope every cop involved has a very happy get lynched in front of their families. :)