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09-08-2011, 18:02
OGDEN -- Charges may ensue for an Ogden man who startled the neighbors by butchering a cow in his driveway over the weekend.
Police were called to the scene at 1:44 p.m. Sunday after the cow's owner began harvesting the animal. A patrolman was responding to a caller who saw a cow being trailered to the home in the 2700 block of Gramercy Avenue.
The caller then reported hearing the cow's audible mooing, followed by what sounded like a gunshot, said Police Lt. Troy Burnett. Then the mooing stopped.
The patrolman's report said when he arrived at the scene a half-block above Monroe Boulevard, "the cow was in the process of losing its head," Burnett said. (:D)
Link: http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/09/06/police-called-after-man-butchers-cow-his-driveway
I've seen plenty of deer butchered while hanging from swing sets, but I can't recall a "cow" being "harvested". (Were they even sure it was a cow? Who checked?)
"It boggles my mind," Burnett said. "It's not illegal, but it's absurd that people would think slaughtering a cow in their driveway is OK. Maybe on the west side of the county on one of the farms. But in the middle of a high density residential area?"
It's funnier in the city, though.
If any children had witnessed the butchering, and become upset, that could possibly constitute disorderly conduct, said Burnett and Mike Junk, Ogden city's senior prosecutor.
Because they see where their burgers come from? :rolleyes:
Pat
p.s.: I know that this guy was stupid...but the reaction is still funny.
Police were called to the scene at 1:44 p.m. Sunday after the cow's owner began harvesting the animal. A patrolman was responding to a caller who saw a cow being trailered to the home in the 2700 block of Gramercy Avenue.
The caller then reported hearing the cow's audible mooing, followed by what sounded like a gunshot, said Police Lt. Troy Burnett. Then the mooing stopped.
The patrolman's report said when he arrived at the scene a half-block above Monroe Boulevard, "the cow was in the process of losing its head," Burnett said. (:D)
Link: http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/09/06/police-called-after-man-butchers-cow-his-driveway
I've seen plenty of deer butchered while hanging from swing sets, but I can't recall a "cow" being "harvested". (Were they even sure it was a cow? Who checked?)
"It boggles my mind," Burnett said. "It's not illegal, but it's absurd that people would think slaughtering a cow in their driveway is OK. Maybe on the west side of the county on one of the farms. But in the middle of a high density residential area?"
It's funnier in the city, though.
If any children had witnessed the butchering, and become upset, that could possibly constitute disorderly conduct, said Burnett and Mike Junk, Ogden city's senior prosecutor.
Because they see where their burgers come from? :rolleyes:
Pat
p.s.: I know that this guy was stupid...but the reaction is still funny.