Nov 06 2007

When Cows Fall

Published by Gaius at 9:19 am under Animals

A Michigan couple were very very, very lucky on Sunday. While driving along in their minivan minding their own business, the quiet of the morning was shattered - as was their vehicle - when a 600 pound cow hurtled out of the sky and landed on the hood.

A Michigan couple is lucky to be alive after their minivan was hit by a falling cow on Sunday.

According to a report in the Wenatchee World newspaper, Charles Everson, Jr. and his wife Linda were driving on Highway 150 about one mile east of Mason in Chelan County when a cow fell about 200 feet off a cliff and landed on the hood of their minivan.

"It was 'bam'- you just saw something come down and hit the hood," Everson told the newspaper from a hotel room in Manson.

Everson, 49, and his wife were visiting the area from Westland, Michigan, near Detroit, and were headed back to their hotel after attending a church service.

The newspaper cites Everson saying he didn't see the animal until it hit and didn't realize what happened until after the impact.

"I'm like, 'I don't believe this, I don't believe this, I don't believe this,'" Everson told the newspaper.

(The original article is here - no pictures, though.) While we here at Blue Crab Boulevard could spend some time speculating on whether the hurtling heifer of horror jumped, fell or was pushed off the cliff that would be irresponsible. Instead, we believe we have the actual answer as to how the cow became a hood ornament: it did not fall off the cliff. It actually fell from outer space. And you know what that means!

It was a mooteorite.

8 Responses to “When Cows Fall”

  1. # feeblemindon 06 Nov 2007 at 9:44 am

    Kamikaze Cows?

  2. # feeblemindon 06 Nov 2007 at 9:45 am

    Whoops. I meant Kamicowzi Cows.

  3. # pst314on 06 Nov 2007 at 11:53 am

    Kamikazi? Would that be the code of Mooshido?

  4. # McGeheeon 06 Nov 2007 at 12:47 pm

    It was no accident — witnesses herd the cow yell, “Cowabunga!” before it jumped.

  5. # Gaiuson 06 Nov 2007 at 12:50 pm

    I just knew this one would bring out the worst Best in reader’s comments…..

  6. # wheelson 06 Nov 2007 at 5:01 pm

    In order to come up with another related pun, I’m going to have to ruminant on this for a while.

    Perhaps, though, the cow wasn’t falling from outer space, but from Heaven, and it wasn’t meant to stop when it reached the earth. In which case, its story should appear in the Bovine Comedy, shouldn’t it?

  7. # mockinbirdon 06 Nov 2007 at 5:02 pm

    I certainly hope no milk was damaged or lost. There very well may be a law suit.

  8. # Gaiuson 06 Nov 2007 at 5:03 pm

    The Seventh Corral of Hell?