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Wednesday, February 6, 2002

Dog and Cows Steal Pickup Truck


Scotty: This is incredible!

McCoy: Is she telling us that [Dogs] and [Cows] are conspiring ...together?

Star Trek VI

ALVA, OK (USA) — According to an article in NewsOK, a gang of farmyard car-thieves pulled off the animal heist of the century when they cleverly liberated a man of his pickup truck.  While one cow created a roadside diversion on Lyle Sneary's Oklahoma farm, prompting Mr. Sneary to exit his truck, "Rancher" the dog locked the doors and took off.  Meanwhile, adding insult to absurdity, the rest of the herd of cows charged at the hapless man.

It would've been the perfect crime, except that the dog crashed the truck into a tree several yards down the path.

"That part of the day I was not real happy," says Mr. Sneary.

Some time after the incident, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Chris West stopped by the house and assessed the situation, reporting: "I'm going to have to revoke Rancher's driver's license."


An Alaskan Malamute demonstrates an accident just waiting to happen.
(Photo: Corbis.com)

Mr. Sneary describes how he and Rancher, a Blue Heeler, were feeding cattle in a pasture when the dog noticed a cow that was down.  The two drove to the heifer, and Mr. Sneary left Rancher inside the pickup truck while he went to check on the cow.

He managed to get the cow back on her feet and fed her some hay.  That's when the rest of the herd began to charge toward him, coming for the food.

The farmer started yelling and waving at the herd, causing Rancher to get excited inside the cab of the pickup truck.  First the dog jumped on the automatic door lock, locking the vehicle. Then he jumped on the dash, knocking the gear shift out of park.  Then he stomped on it.


Scoop secret camera captures another potential conspiracy in the works.  On the left is "Woody" who is available for adoption from Pets for Life, Japan
...if you can trust him.

When Mr. Sneary saw the truck moving, he jumped onto the sideboard and tried to reach inside the window to control the vehicle, but it was heading straight for a tree.

At the last instant, the man bailed out and rolled into a field where he watched his truck slam into the tree, smashing the front end.

The man and dog had to walk a mile and a half to a telephone so they could call Mrs. Sneary.

Lyle... you've got a lot of 'splainin' to do!

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