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Phantom Cow Haunts Golf Course
There has been a recent addition to the pantheon of desperados in and around Kansas City. From the “Bleeding Kansas” days of the James and Younger brothers, through the machine gun murders of the “Kansas City Massacre” and the benign rule of Boss Tom Pendergast, colorful and dangerous characters have populated the streets and the imaginations of people in this Midwest metropolis.
According to the Kansas City Star dated 6/16/12 the latest shadowy figure emerged in late April of this year when a tractor trailer drove off an interstate bridge, destroyed nearly 200 feet of guardrail, fell to the street below and burst into flames. Sadly the driver died two weeks later. The truck was carrying dozens of cows to a feedlot. All were captured…except one.
In the interest of fair reporting it should be noted no one has suggested the cow was in any way involved in causing the crash. No charges against her have been filed to date.
The canny bovine remained in hiding behind a stone wall near the Sunflower Hills Golf Course for days while the other animals were tracked down, rounded up and sent on their way.
Since that time the cow has eluded capture. From time to time golfers report seeing a lone cow in the twilight on the edge of the course but if pursued she fades into woods and disappears. Police and Park Rangers formed a posse shortly after she was first sighted but she eluded capture.
Her grazing area has been identified between three small lakes. A pen has been set up with a blue plastic bucket of corn, a salt lick and water. So far she has not been trapped. Tracks suggest that the cow roams the course at night avoiding the greens but leaving unmistakable evidence of her presence on the fairways and in the rough.
Authorities believe she has joined a band of wild roving deer for company. She has earned the nickname of the Phantom Cow. The saga of this free spirit continues. When I learn more, gentle reader, I will keep you informed.
I say run free. Moo proudly. What do you say?
According to the Kansas City Star dated 6/16/12 the latest shadowy figure emerged in late April of this year when a tractor trailer drove off an interstate bridge, destroyed nearly 200 feet of guardrail, fell to the street below and burst into flames. Sadly the driver died two weeks later. The truck was carrying dozens of cows to a feedlot. All were captured…except one.
In the interest of fair reporting it should be noted no one has suggested the cow was in any way involved in causing the crash. No charges against her have been filed to date.
The canny bovine remained in hiding behind a stone wall near the Sunflower Hills Golf Course for days while the other animals were tracked down, rounded up and sent on their way.
Since that time the cow has eluded capture. From time to time golfers report seeing a lone cow in the twilight on the edge of the course but if pursued she fades into woods and disappears. Police and Park Rangers formed a posse shortly after she was first sighted but she eluded capture.
Her grazing area has been identified between three small lakes. A pen has been set up with a blue plastic bucket of corn, a salt lick and water. So far she has not been trapped. Tracks suggest that the cow roams the course at night avoiding the greens but leaving unmistakable evidence of her presence on the fairways and in the rough.
Authorities believe she has joined a band of wild roving deer for company. She has earned the nickname of the Phantom Cow. The saga of this free spirit continues. When I learn more, gentle reader, I will keep you informed.
I say run free. Moo proudly. What do you say?
