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Violent cattle
Spectacular timing on this QOTW. Just two days ago my dad (being a farmer and all) approached a cow that recently gave birth. He was on his cell phone and wasn't paying attention to the animal. She had no prior history of violence, but something about his approach this time pissed her off.

She decided to take it out on him by thrusting the top of her head into his chest. Being a pretty big (as in, stocky) guy, the impact didn't injure him.

What injured him was his landing--flat on his ass. *crunch* The cell phone went flying but the cow ended up standing above it. So he crawled off to the house and called the hospital.

No paralysis to speak of, but he'll be in a brace for a while until 2 vertebrae in his back heal up. As I understand it, the cow is still giving people the evil eye when they approach. (Not really a funny post, but yay me! it's my first!)

Edit: I've also had birds crap on me on two different occasions. So there.
(Thu 24th Apr 2008, 20:53, More)