Category: Miscellaneous

Near-miss story – Maxwell’s Tweet

One man went walking with his dog. Next minute, he was running for his life.

One man went walking with his dog, and happened to enter a field of cows. Next minute, he was running for his life.

He captured the terrifying incident on his smart phone and, later, posted it on Twitter as a lesson to others.

“This happened at Pishiobury [near Welwyn Garden City]. I just cried and ran. My dog had to fend for himself. Literally the worst thing ever.”

Listen to it with the sound turned on.
Video on Twitter
Cattle attack, filmed on smartphone, posted to Twitter

Posted with the permission of @JMaxwell.

Cattle kill 6 a year in Northern Ireland

An experienced farmer describes how he was nearly gored.

Farmer Victor Chestnutt is deputy president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union and very aware of the need to handle cattle with caution. As part of Farm Safety Week, he described how he was nearly gored by one of his own cows a few years ago. Continue reading “Cattle kill 6 a year in Northern Ireland”

Domain names purchased

What’s in a name?

OK. What do you call a site about cattle who attack walkers on public footpaths in England and Wales? A site that’s trying to be sensible and mature, responsible and measured, rational and restrained…

Killer Cows, of course.

Forget sensible, mature, restrained, etc. Let’s go for punchy and memorable!

Couldn’t decide which, so I bought them both:

  • killercows.co.uk
  • killercattle.co.uk