Sheep Bikinis
Posted on 01/20/2013 5:32:13 PM PST by BenLurkin
A MYSTERIOUS smiley face has appeared stamped on the side of hundreds of sheep across the UK.
The odd image was first spotted on 20 animals grazing in a field in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
There have since been sightings in a further five fields, from Perthshire in Scotland to Exeter, 500 miles away in Devon
Photos of the sheep have gone viral on Twitter, with users sharing sightings and speculating about the source of the smiley face - using the hashtag #creepysheep.
Pranksters are being blamed for the bizarre branding - but some internet users are convinced aliens are responsible.
Farmers, meanwhile, are scratching their heads - wondering why their flocks have been targeted.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
I’d like to see a photo of the sheep after it rains.
Those smiley faces look like a Montana Cowboy’s stamp of approval!
I’m pretty sure that’s the Muslim version of the smiley face.
They’re branding their “girl friends”.
A full rain storm or 1_Rain_Drop?
Not a smiley face.
It’s a woman in a bikini.
Darn, now I'm seeing Sheep in Bikinis
I HATE YOU
Have you ever made a U turn? No, but I’ve made her eyes roll back.
So long as they didn’t hurt the sheep. Let them have their stoopid fun.
Looks like a bikini worn by a short, fat person.
Those particular ‘smiley faces’ on the sheep are creepy- not innocent and/or funny as most smiley faces are.
On Friday the mystery behind the faces was solved. And as it turns out, they weren’t crop circles after all.
According to industry site PRexamples, the faces were just a publicity stunt executed by Alton Towers, a Staffordshire amusement park about to debut a new roller coaster.
http://prexamples.com/2013/01/mysterious-smiley-face-markings-appear-on-sheep-heres-whos-behind-it/
[Thanks to Gefn for the ping!]
[Thanks to Gefn for the ping!]
I thought it might be some idiot PETA radical environmentalists. “I know - we’ll brand the sheep so they can’t use their wool so they won’t kill them!”
I’m just grateful that the flocks were attacked by sheep taggers, rather than sheep baggers, or worse, sheep shaggers.
ROFL
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