Cattle stampede creates cowboy showdown at local supermarket

Perhaps mistaking a petrol station for the Wild West, two cows stampeded through a petrol station shop closely followed by two cowboys.

Like something out of a John Wayne film, the runaways from a passing parade left shop workers and spectators stunned as they were rounded up and herded out from the shop by cowboys.

Although not something you would usually expect to see at a petrol station, apparently escaping cattle are quite a common site in the area during the parade. Last year a bull managed to run through a walk-in bank, but escaped before the cowboys were called in.

It is uncertain what the cows were hoping to find in the shop - perhaps this week's copy of Heatmagazine or maybe a chocolate bar or two.

However, according to spectators the cows were very unwilling to leave and it took a while for the cowboys to successfully herd the two out of the shop.

Maybe they wanted to finish reading up on the latest Katie and Peter divorce saga?

[Image © Scoobymoo via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence]

# posted by Fuse @ 8:14 AM