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Massive Texas longhorn bull ran loose for more than an hour along interstate in Pennsylvania

Massive Texas longhorn bull ran loose for more than an hour along interstate in Pennsylvania
ED. YEAH, THOSE WRANGLERS DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TEXAS LONGHORN BULL IS NOW IN CUSTODY. FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THIS IS DEFINITELY A CRAZY STORY HERE. ALONG INTERSTATE 83 OFF OF FISHING CREEK ROAD IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP AROUND 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON, THIS BULL, WE DON’T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM, SOMEHOW ENDED UP ON INTERSTATE 83. WAS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WAS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE NEIGHBORING ROADS, AND POLICE WERE HERE. A MOTORISTS WERE HERE AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY CRAZY SCENE. JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS MIA CHRISTIANSEN, WHO WORKS AT THIS ICE CREAM STAND. BREWSTER’S ICE CREAM, RIGHT OFF OF THE EXIT, YOU SAW THE BULL BEING ROUNDED UP? YES. TELL ME ABOUT IT. ABOUT 2:00 I CAME INTO WORK AND I HAD STARTED MAKING ICE CREAM WHEN MY COWORKER YELLED, THERE’S A BULL! THERE’S A BULL! AND WHEN I CAME UP, THERE INDEED WAS A BULL AT THE BANK. WHAT DID YOU THINK? I JOKE THAT HE WAS MAKING A DEPOSIT AT FIRST, BUT THEN WE WERE WATCHING HIM RUN AROUND AND HE RAN AROUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THEY CAUGHT HIM. YEAH. WOW. AND WHAT WAS HE DOING IN THE IN THE HOUR THAT HE WAS ON THE LOOSE? HE RAN THROUGH THE BANK PARKING LOT. HE RAN ALONG THE HIGHWAY, HE RAN IN OUR PARKING LOT. WERE YOU WERE YOU WORRIED HE WAS GOING TO GET INTO YOUR BUSINESS? THE ICE CREAM STAND. A LITTLE BIT. WHEN MY COWORKER RAN OUTSIDE TO LOOK AT THE BULL AND TAKE PICTURES, YOU CAUTIONED HER TO BE CAREFUL, I DID, I TOLD HER, DO NOT GO OUTSIDE AND SHE SAW HIM RUNNING AND SHE’S SCREAMING. HE CAME BACK IN. ALL RIGHT. SO WAS THE BULL INJURED? THIS IS YOU TOLD ME THAT THIS BULL HAD REALLY BIG HORNS. HE DID HAVE REALLY BIG HORNS. HE DIDN’T WAS NOT INJURED. AS FAR AS I’M AWARE. NOBODY ELSE WAS INJURED EXCEPT SOMEONE’S TRUCK. HE GOT SOMEBODY’S TRUCK WITH HIS HORNS. OH, OKAY. SO WHAT FINALLY HAPPENED? THEY. HE RAN THROUGH OUR PARKING LOT DOWN TO MAMA’S PIZZERIA, AND THEY GOT HIM PINNED WITH CARS AND PEOPLE TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THEY KIND OF MOSEYED HIM INTO THE TRAILER. DID HE CALM DOWN? I COULDN’T SEE FROM HERE, BUT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE ANGRY ABOUT BEING PINNED AGAINST A WALL. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. DEFINITELY AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE HERE ALONG THE FISHING CREEK ROAD EXIT
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Massive Texas longhorn bull ran loose for more than an hour along interstate in Pennsylvania
A huge Texas Longhorn bull that ran loose for more than an hour along Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania, has been caught.The bull repeatedly eluded capture on Wednesday afternoon as trucks and even a police SUV attempted to corral it near the Fishing Creek Exit on Interstate 83 in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. Lewisberry is located a little over 13 miles from the state capital of Harrisburg.Video above: Witness describes bull's time on the runFairview Township police said the animal escaped a trailer as it was being transported.Video below: Watch one of the failed attempts."With the help of numerous people, we were eventually able to get the steer loaded back into his trailer. There were traffic delays in the area for approximately an hour as we worked to wrangle the getaway bull," police said in a statement. Video below: Bull takes a breather before heading off again

A huge Texas Longhorn bull that ran loose for more than an hour along Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania, has been caught.

The bull repeatedly eluded capture on Wednesday afternoon as trucks and even a police SUV attempted to corral it near the Fishing Creek Exit on Interstate 83 in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania.

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Lewisberry is located a little over 13 miles from the state capital of Harrisburg.

Video above: Witness describes bull's time on the run

Fairview Township police said the animal escaped a trailer as it was being transported.

Video below: Watch one of the failed attempts.


"With the help of numerous people, we were eventually able to get the steer loaded back into his trailer. There were traffic delays in the area for approximately an hour as we worked to wrangle the getaway bull," police said in a statement.

Video below: Bull takes a breather before heading off again