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Police baffled as dozens of 'suicidal' cows throw themselves off cliff in the Alps
dailymail.co.uk ^ | August 29, 2009 | Mail Foreign Service

Posted on 08/28/2009 10:51:46 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

In the picturesque Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen the locals are worried.

Dozens of alpine cows appear to be committing suicide by throwing themselves off a cliff near the small village in the Alps.

In the space of just three days 28 cows and bulls have mysteriously died after they plunged hundreds of metres to rocks below where they were killed instantly.

In each case local mountain rescue services using a helicopter had to be called in to remove the bodies because of the danger to the local groundwater of pollution.

A police spokesman said: 'There are no large carnivores living in the Alps anymore who would once have disposed of the bodies so they have to be moved.

'We are investigating because cows growing up in the mountains normally can estimate dangers and do not plunge down cliffs.'

According to local reports there had been violent thunderstorms in the area which may well have have spooked the animals.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: massdying; napl
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1 posted on 08/28/2009 10:51:47 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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COWABUNGA!


2 posted on 08/28/2009 10:52:36 AM PDT by Keli Kilohana (Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Globull Varming


3 posted on 08/28/2009 10:53:09 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If I was a cow in the alps, I’d throw myself off a cliff too.


4 posted on 08/28/2009 10:53:13 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: Free ThinkerNY

massive-lemmings alert.


5 posted on 08/28/2009 10:53:27 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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7 posted on 08/28/2009 10:54:05 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: the invisib1e hand; All

Lemming actually do not throw themselves over cliffs.....that is an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.asp


8 posted on 08/28/2009 10:54:56 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I've been skiing there, beautiful place!


9 posted on 08/28/2009 10:56:03 AM PDT by Species8472 (Limit all politicians to two terms, one in office and one in prison. (Illinois Already Does This)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Life imitates South Park.

10 posted on 08/28/2009 10:56:13 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: JoeProBono

I can’t stop laughing.


11 posted on 08/28/2009 10:56:40 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Mmmmmm. Milkshakes!


12 posted on 08/28/2009 10:57:18 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A result of genetic experiments in cross-breeding with lemmings, I’ll bet.


13 posted on 08/28/2009 10:57:41 AM PDT by WayneS (with apologies to the writers of the Simpsons)
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14 posted on 08/28/2009 10:58:00 AM PDT by acad1228 (Palin / Watts in 2012!!!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Isn’t it more of a rural legend?

I’ve seen very few lemmings in urban areas.

;^)


15 posted on 08/28/2009 10:58:34 AM PDT by WayneS (with apologies to the writers of the Simpsons)
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To: dfwgator

yer a little faster than I was.


16 posted on 08/28/2009 10:58:57 AM PDT by acad1228 (Palin / Watts in 2012!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They had just learned that their relatives in the States voted for Obozo (ACORN rented several cattle haulers and shuttled between the Chicago Stock Yards and the polling place all day) and simply couldn’t handle the shame.


17 posted on 08/28/2009 10:59:15 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Red in Blue PA

According to Lemming Lore, SNOPES.COM is, itself, an urban legend.


18 posted on 08/28/2009 11:00:06 AM PDT by Lazamataz (It's Claire Wolfe Time.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Ahhhh.

I see. They used stunt-lemmings in the filming of that movie.

Do they get paid scale?


19 posted on 08/28/2009 11:01:20 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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Suicidal cow ping.

20 posted on 08/28/2009 11:02:30 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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