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I knew these cows were a bit jittery, but I thought I had plenty of room to give them a wide berth and my path took me round their field towards a footbridge and away from where they were stationed. So my route took me away from them.
A couple of watch cows spotted me but didnt pay to much attention, just gave me the stink eye. But as I stopped to look at a song thrush in a bush I heard a rumbling behind me. The calves had decided to stampede and their mothers went with them. They were heading towards my exit point which was the footbridge, and the rear guard was closer to my entry point than I was at this point. They were hurtling in my direction and my only way to escape was to hop over a barbed wire fence and jump a stream into the next field.
The stream was about 5 foot wide, which is quite a way for a standing jump, but I got over and noticed that the gate to this field was open , the cows were streaming over the footbridge and heading towards it. I had to flee as fast as I could across the field and hide in a foxes den under a tree before they saw me. When I got my breath back I was able to climb over a fence and walk safely along the hedge line without them seeing me. But then there was a break in the hedge where there was nothing but a strand or two of barbed wire. The feckers saw me again and came charging after me . I am just glad that they dont like barbed wire because it would not have taken much for them to knock through it if they wanted.
They are pretty smart too. The advance guard , having blocked off my access to my footbridge exit earlier, then headed straight for the gate where the footpath would take me.
Never underestimate a cow on 15:56 - May 15 by textbackup
Couple of fields full of them down Playford way where I walk the dogs. A massive Bull in one of the fields too… no signs up either, which I thought was a legal requirement.
Bulls do give me that vibe that they could attack at anytime and it's quite common to stumble across them at anytime when walking through fields in England.
It would be my luck after plenty of Hiking in the US amongst Bears and Mountain Lions (Saw one in Utah once) I get done by a cow or something.
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Never underestimate a cow on 15:20 - May 15 by bluelagos
Do a lot of countryside walking and only ever seen one herd stampede, would defo cause major injury or death to anyone in the way.
They kill lots of people each year, easily spooked by dogs apparently.
Also been chased by a llama (they are horrible fckers) and had a face off with a deer once. Neither nice encounters.
When i lived in Stebbing we used to walk over the fields to the village pitch to play footie in the goalposts pitch was on a meadow which some cows happily grazed on most of the time without any problems... but every now and then they just used to decide it would be fun to " see us off"... dont know what triggered it was completely random ...... the chase down to leap over the field gate must have generated a few unofficial 100 yrd uk records!
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Never underestimate a cow on 15:20 - May 15 by bluelagos
Do a lot of countryside walking and only ever seen one herd stampede, would defo cause major injury or death to anyone in the way.
They kill lots of people each year, easily spooked by dogs apparently.
Also been chased by a llama (they are horrible fckers) and had a face off with a deer once. Neither nice encounters.
One idea is to charge at 'em obliquely and get them to veer off, but that relies on them having space to turn into and you having a stout pair of trousers.
I once got cornered by a couple of massive and semi-feral bulls in Australia but I managed to get behind a tree with a metal fencepost in my hands. Fortunately they started having a go at each other and I got through the wire, and got the flock out of Dodge.
Bulls do give me that vibe that they could attack at anytime and it's quite common to stumble across them at anytime when walking through fields in England.
It would be my luck after plenty of Hiking in the US amongst Bears and Mountain Lions (Saw one in Utah once) I get done by a cow or something.
It’s honestly amazing how big they are too. Muscles on muscles. Heading to the Suffolk show in a couple of weeks and getting close to one is always a bit of a highlight.
Never underestimate a cow on 18:06 - May 15 by textbackup
It’s honestly amazing how big they are too. Muscles on muscles. Heading to the Suffolk show in a couple of weeks and getting close to one is always a bit of a highlight.
Never underestimate a cow on 18:06 - May 15 by textbackup
It’s honestly amazing how big they are too. Muscles on muscles. Heading to the Suffolk show in a couple of weeks and getting close to one is always a bit of a highlight.
It is a bit boring through that England doesn't have any dangerous wildlife though!
Must be cows statistically, that's rubbish.
I always wondered if black bears would survive in the UK. Giving the population density it probably wouldn't go very well lol
That said they are surprisingly tame in place like the Smokey Mountains with the amount of tourists around, they really don't bother you.
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Never underestimate a cow on 18:47 - May 15 by textbackup
Yeah it would be decent to need to keep an eye out for something savage, hopefully the wolves and polar bears escape Jimmys farm one day.
Was speaking to a lady last week that lost her dog after a bite from an adder. Big German shepherd too. So maybe we aren’t fully in the clear
The Black Cat/Panther thing was always a bit of Myth I think (unfortunately).
I was at Zion National Park during Covid as Utah was pretty open with reduced numbers in the parks, they used to only allow a small groups at a time, so I would always get the 6am bus and basically have the trails almost myself.
Saw a fricking mountain lion chilling up a tree in the distance. Sure I'd have gone on without incident but walked very slowly back towards the entrance and waited for the 7am bus to turn up and tried another trail with a few others haha.
Did tell the rangers though, they do want to know when it comes to them things!
Said with the reduced numbers of people allowed in during 2020 they were a lot more sightings. They are everywhere from there down to Arizona though.
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Never underestimate a cow on 20:56 - May 15 with 269 views
You were very lucky. Cows with calves kill lots of people each year and you are right. They are very quick. Much faster than a human. Or maybe most humans. Definitely don't take a dog into field of cows with calves, it won't end well.
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