Rancher Trey Woody called the gruesome sight one of the 'wildest and craziest' things he'd ever seen.
Nearly two dozen cows were instantly electrocuted in northern Texas when a metal fence they were lined up against was struck by lightning.
Footage of the deceased livestock was posted online by rancher Bobby"Trey" Woody III, who discovered the eerie scene on his family's farm near Annona, Texas, last month. "We had a bad thunder storm hit our ranch a few days ago, and we didn't think nothing of it," Woody wrote on Facebook on August 28."Well this morning when my dad went out to check the cows, this is what he found. Lighting struck a fence near where some of our cattle were laying and killed them."
Rancher Bobby Woody III says the voltage that killed his cattle was so powerful it left scorch marks on their stomachs.Twenty-three cows in all were killed, 15 heifers and 8 calves, each with scorch marks on their upturned bellies indicating how strong the voltage was.
Back in 2016, 19 cows were electrocuted at once when lightning struck a tree in a pasture in Tyler, East Texas."All of a sudden, a lightning bolt came down and the cows just fell, in the blink of an eye," witness Victor Benson toldWe've always been told how dangerous lightening is and to never stand under a tree during a storm. Well this afternoon I got to see first hand the results. 20 head dead. Sad day at the Anderson houseð¢.
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