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Coast mystery: Cow washes up on beach
San Francisco Chronicle ^
Posted on 01/12/2005 2:51:43 PM PST by FreeManWhoCan
The highest tide of the year brought an unusual visitor to Ocean Beach Tuesday afternoon -- a dead cow.
While it is not unusual for dead sea animals such as sea lions and whales to wash up on the beach, this was the first time anyone could remember that a cow ended up on the coast of San Francisco.
The all-black animal is bigger than a calf and smaller than a dairy cow. It ended up at the foot of Noriega Street and was reported to the National Park Police by a visitor at about 4 p.m.
Where the animal came from or how it got in the ocean is a mystery. "We've never had a dead cow on the beach before,'' said National Park Service spokesman Rich Wideman.
It will be buried in...
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: bovine; cow
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Holy cow!
To: FreeManWhoCan
I've said it many times: Cows should not go water skiing without a life jacket...
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:53:56 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
Surfin bovine...cow a bunga
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:54:47 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: FreeManWhoCan
Don't raise cows for their intelligence. Good chance the calf got in the water and started swimming and the current just took it away. Where are the sharks when you need them?
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:54:53 PM PST
by
vetvetdoug
(In memory of T/Sgt. Secundino "Dean" Baldonado, Jarales, NM-KIA Bien Hoa AFB, RVN 1965)
To: FreeManWhoCan
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:54:53 PM PST
by
REDWOOD99
To: FreeManWhoCan
An APB has just been issued for Scott Peterson...
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:55:08 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: FreeManWhoCan
Tsunami victim from Sri Lanka, i'm sure.
Ocean currents probably picked his carcass up & there ya go.
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:56:44 PM PST
by
gimme1ibertee
(A liberal is a mental case is a liberal.)
To: FreeManWhoCan
Lot's of cows near the coast further north of SF bay. What are the currents?
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:57:02 PM PST
by
WildTurkey
(When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
To: joesnuffy
cow a bunga Perhaps it was bungee jumping from the Golden Gate bridge.
Or maybe an intentional suicide from the bridge.
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:58:26 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: FreeManWhoCan
Gives new meaning to "Surf and Turf". ;>))
To: FreeManWhoCan
Helen Thomas passed out while swimming?
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posted on
01/12/2005 2:59:54 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Rooting for a Jets-Vikings Superbowl!)
To: WildTurkey
"What are the currents?"
About $64.00 per hundred weight.
To: FreeManWhoCan
From the San Franfreako Chronicle, huh? Sounds like an autopsy is in order. Could be a lover's quarrel gone violent. Poor moo moo.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:02:08 PM PST
by
OB1kNOb
To: FreeManWhoCan
Let me guess there is an Italian heritage rancher in Marin County missing a cow. Should not of gone in the surf? Now this is Barbra Boxer territory, she should have prepared for this.
To: FreeManWhoCan
Another unsuccessful escape from "the Rock"???
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:03:10 PM PST
by
ssaftler
(Soros: Kerry = $25,000,000.00 Tsunami victims = $0.00)
To: FreeManWhoCan
His parents are about to hear a discourageing word...
To: FreeManWhoCan
Why take a bath when you can just wash up on the beach?
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:03:52 PM PST
by
AndrewB
To: FreeManWhoCan
I'd check it for fins. Could be an example of the long-extinct aquatic cow.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:04:46 PM PST
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: FreeManWhoCan
This may explain it!
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:12:41 PM PST
by
trussell
(I Never Frown, even when I am sad, because I never know who is falling in love with my Smile!!!)
To: joesnuffy
Surfin bovine...cow a bunga ````````````````````````(__)
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Cow surfing at Malibu
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:13:05 PM PST
by
WildTurkey
(When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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