Posted on 06/23/2006 4:58:43 PM PDT by blam
Helicopter rescues man chased by cows
(Filed: 23/06/2006)
A man and his dog had to be rescued from a bog by helicopter after being chased by a herd of cows, police have said.
Cows can become angry
The drama began when Tony Faye, 45, from Paignton, Devon, took his nine-year-old collie cross, Bailey, for a walk in fields close to the Double Locks hotel, near Exeter Canal.
At some point during their stroll, a herd of cows apparently took a dislike to the pair and began pursuing them, forcing the man and his pet into a muddy bog.
"I hit the mud and the cows were still following, so I walked out even further," Mr Faye said.
"It was getting deeper and deeper - I thought I was going to die," he told the BBC.
"He rang the police on his mobile phone and said he had been chased into the swamp by some cows," said Baxter Provan, Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman.
"He said he was hanging on to a branch and was sinking in the mud."
Devon Fire and Rescue personnel, using specialist rescue equipment brought from Plymouth, 40 miles away, were taken to the scene by the helicopter.
The police in the helicopter spotted man and dog at 9.26pm waist deep in mud and clinging to a tree.
The man was examined by ambulance personnel at the scene, but did not need hospital treatment. The dog did not require veterinary treatment, said the fire service.
Talk about yer mad cows....... :o
Nine times out of ten, a cow will sheer off if you stand your ground (notice I'm not talking about bulls, now.) I have had to hit them on the nose with a bucket before, but not very often. I don't like Holsteins, they're mean, but Jerseys are sweet and I've never even had to speak harshly to a Jersey.
Notice that the news story is remarkably deficient on what breed of cow, how many, etc. Or maybe they left before the police showed up, and the silly man didn't know what they were.
He sounds like a wuss. . . . and so does his dog.
Lucky for him it was the longest day of the year....
idiot.... cows smarter than this cluck
hahahahahahaha
"Hey there! Ya got any salt in your pocket? How 'bout some corn? Hey . . . why are you running away?"
When did Jimmy carter go to Great Brittan?
That's almost certainly the case. I've never heard of cows going after a human before.
I'll say. Translation: he refused to ask for directions.
Moo, moo, moo, dirka dirka muhammad jihad!
Sigh, another terrorist attack by the cow-ardly moo-jhadin.
Blade: The rodeo clown is the most DANGEROUS job, ’cause he gets CLOSEST to the BULL. He gets the BEST of the BULL! HOOK to the left! HOOK to the right! And if the bull rider’s in trouble, he’s gotta protect him, even if it means gettin’ his ribs pulled out, or bein’ freight-trained...Harry Monroe: Freight-trained?!
Blade: Run over, just like a freight train, only with a bull, it’s worse, cause a freight train don’t BACK UP and FINISH the JOB.
— Stir Crazy.
Lucky for this wuss they weren't range longhorns. Range longhorns would have shishkobobed him and his dog in a matter of minutes.
It is a bovine conspiracy.
It isn't my fault.
Nor is it my coffee's fault.
Humor ping.
My grandmother used to have a gentle cow named Flossie.
Are you sure?
People are saying that Ann Coulter was mean to some Jersey cows.
Someone should have brought in Jack, the ferocious New Jersey cat who chased a bear up a tree not long ago.
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