Incident number: 1203
Response ID: 317,000,654
Date of incident: 28.09.25
Location: Great Barford. Not far from Bedford. Public footpath near the river
Status: Four people (2 children) with no dog on PROW
Alesya’a story
“We walked on a path near the river. Walked to the end of the field, a group of what appeared to be young cows were quite far away in another corner. We simply walked. No dog. Two young kids (5 and 10). Suddenly we seen cows start to run. There was nowhere for us to run or hide so we stepped to the edge of the river bank near a tree with an intention to jump in the river should cows attack. The cows surrounded us and kept coming so close I even petted one of the cows as I tried to calm the situation down and tried to somehow show the cows we are not a threat. There was one that looked like young bull. We were properly surrounded for about 10 minutes and kids were very scared. Then somehow I managed to convince the most eager cow to let us pass, and we were able to leave.
Very distressing.”
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