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Texas is seriously starting to contest Florida's title as the state where the weirdest things happen. Except they probably think that a cow walking down a suburb street with a police car following it isn't in any way peculiar.
But the truth is that it is. It's hard to tell where cows belong these days, and the answer will vary depending on whom you ask: a vegan will tell you it's in a green pasture, a farmer will tell it's in a well-fenced enclosure while a hungry man will point towards a barbecue. And as different their opinions are, they're all correct in their own ways.
One thing everybody will agree on, though, is that they don't belong on the street just outside your house. It's not that we don't like cows or anything, but a larger individual running wild on the streets would pose a serious danger both to itself and to those around. But there's an even worse place for an escaped cow to be: on a highway.
A high-speed car versus cow collision can end in horrible ways for both parties involved, with the latter facing certain death and the former a very long stay in the workshop's bodywork section. Attempting to avoid contact can spare the beast, but can also potentially lead to a different type of accident - either a head-on collision with another car or one with a tree, signpost, etcetera.
So that police Dodge Charger following the young veal isn't there because the officer always wanted to be a cowboy and this was finally his chance to herd a cow. It's because an animal running free on the streets tends to be easier to spot when it has a police car with flashing lights attached to it. The squad car was probably keeping an eye on the livestock while the real cowboys got there to catch the animal and return it where it belonged.
The video is silent for the most part (of its 13 seconds), but the author does drop a line that clarifies that such occurrences aren't that common even in Texas: "Well, you don't see that every day," he can be heard saying. OK, Florida, you get to keep the title. But don't rest on your laurels, you have to keep providing us with ridiculous entertainment.
One thing everybody will agree on, though, is that they don't belong on the street just outside your house. It's not that we don't like cows or anything, but a larger individual running wild on the streets would pose a serious danger both to itself and to those around. But there's an even worse place for an escaped cow to be: on a highway.
A high-speed car versus cow collision can end in horrible ways for both parties involved, with the latter facing certain death and the former a very long stay in the workshop's bodywork section. Attempting to avoid contact can spare the beast, but can also potentially lead to a different type of accident - either a head-on collision with another car or one with a tree, signpost, etcetera.
So that police Dodge Charger following the young veal isn't there because the officer always wanted to be a cowboy and this was finally his chance to herd a cow. It's because an animal running free on the streets tends to be easier to spot when it has a police car with flashing lights attached to it. The squad car was probably keeping an eye on the livestock while the real cowboys got there to catch the animal and return it where it belonged.
The video is silent for the most part (of its 13 seconds), but the author does drop a line that clarifies that such occurrences aren't that common even in Texas: "Well, you don't see that every day," he can be heard saying. OK, Florida, you get to keep the title. But don't rest on your laurels, you have to keep providing us with ridiculous entertainment.
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