Police baffled as dozens of 'suicidal' cows throw themselves off cliff in the Alps

dailymail.co.uk ^ | August 29, 2009 | Mail Foreign Service

[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.

[OCCASparky]

Instant ground beef.

[tflabo]

Was the moon a little lower than usual on those nights?

[ScottinVA]

“Suicidal cow ping.”

Ah. I thought that was the ManBearPig disease in the pic.

[the invisib1e hand]

you've gone and busted my bubble.

not that I'd believe it just 'cause it was on Snopes...

[AngelesCrestHighway]

What?....No bovine opthamologists in town?....

[andy58-in-nh]

Even the Wall Street Journal reported this: "Cattle Futures Reach Peaks, Then Plunge Abroad!

[KevinB]

LOFL!

[tflabo]

Enviro wackies must be thrilled-—less belching cows to contribute methane gas for ozone depletions. Unfair that they didn’t get end of cowlife counseling cowever!

[HereInTheHeartland]

The news that Obama won the election, just made it to the cows.

[manic4organic]

Did Chik-Fil-A’s stock tank?

[Puckster]

Actually I’m thinking it’s some punk aliens in their ufo’s doing an updated version of cow tipping....haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Talk about raising the steaks.....I mean stakes!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

WHEN COW TIPPING GOES WRONG???.......PING!!!

[Puckster]

“WHEN COW TIPPING GOES WRONG??”

Right now as we speak, gypsies are migrating to the bottom of the cliff. There will be fresh meat in the local market tomorrow.

[Lucky9teen]

[BenLurkin]

Maybe they were possessed by demons.

[Merlinator]

Actually Al Bore convinced them to throw themselves off the cliff to save the world from their methane emissions/global warming. The cows gave their lives to save the environment!

[Merlinator]

This is now my screen saver at work to ward off my co-workers from screwing around with my computer.

[mowowie]

Sounds like a great beach barbecue in the making.

[massgopguy]

They found a suicide note. “Moo”.

[bgill]

Check their feed for chemicals. Check any new vegetation growth that might cause hallucinations.

If they are falling in one area, are they slipping or is the cliff collapsing under their weight?

Put up a fence.