50 cows somehow got loose at a UK hospital

Maybe they all just wanted to see a doctor.
 By 
Peter Allen Clark
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Moooove along, nothing to see here.

A large number of cows got loose around a hospital in Lincoln, UK, on Friday, presumably anxious to get a start on traveling for the three-day weekend. 


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The Lincolnshire Echo reports that an eyewitness spotted about 50 cows milling around St. George's Hospital. The cows did not get into the hospital, instead they preferred to just get the lay of the land and wait for someone to notice them.

While these cows probably just escaped through an open fence in the eastern English countryside and meandered to the hospital, the Lincolnshire Echo prefers to keep readers guessing. It quotes one person at the scene who mysteriously said: "I have no idea how they came to be there."

Luckily, Lucy Parry, a reporter with the BBC was on site to share some very important pictures of the goings on. 



A police spokesman told the Lincolnshire Echo that the owners had been notified and the cows would be returned to their field. 

That cumbersome process was also captured by Parry. 



We get it, cows. We'd love to start the weekend early as well.


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Peter Allen Clark

I have done neat stuff all over these United States from sailing lessons on the Puget Sound to motorcycle maintenance on the backroads of upstate New York. My professional experience extends from newspaper reporting in the mountains of Eastern Oregon to fixing espresso machines throughout Kentucky. I also have kept a cat alive for 10 years.

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