A woman fleeing the cops is sorry she took a cowardly direction and cut through a field where a herd of cows corralled her, allowing police to apprehend her Monday night.
The incident took place in Sanford, Florida, where three suspects were trying to make a getaway from the cops in a white Subaru SUV that was reportedly stolen, The HuffPost noted.
The vehicle crashed near a pasture, and police apprehended Erin Thomas, 38, and Jamie Michael Young, 46, and recover 1.3 grams of cocaine, a pipe burnt at both ends, two spoons and two clear-colored needles in the vehicle, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
However, the third suspect, Jennifer Anne Kaufman, 46, managed to get away by bolting into the nearby fields, where she encountered a herd of cows that gave chase.
A pilot in a police helicopter described the scene.
"Actually, a large group of cows is following her for a good visual. It looks like they may attack her," the pilot said, according to The Tampa Bay Times. "She's pretty far into the field now. If you see the large group of cows, they're literally following her and chasing her."
Kaufman reportedly hoofed it all the way to a fence, where police found her uninjured and arrested her on charges of drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, trespassing and resisting an officer, The HuffPost said.
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that the herd of cattle "provided law enforcement a big assist, repeatedly following and helping corral one who strayed on to their turf!"
The owner of the cows told WKMG that he has never seen the animals act aggressively in the past, however, this was also the first time someone had sprinted through his fields.
"I think they didn't realize who they were," he said. "They panicked. The cows were nervous. That would make me panic — if all those big cows come running at you. They didn't know them. They don't know if they're there to hurt them, or steal one of the babies."
Courtney Daigle, a biologist specializing in animal welfare at Texas A&M University, agreed that the cows were likely protecting their own, National Geographic reported.
"It looks like there was a herd of cow-calf pairs in that pasture," Daigle said. "Cows are not territorial, but they do have strong predator defense instincts and will protect their calves."
Daigle added that cows tend to be curious creatures and, while the situation may have begun as predator defense, when Kaufman kept running, it may have sparked a mix of predator protection and curiosity.
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