what is surprising about this?cattle like any thing else like routine,i once walked through my cattle to retrieve combine the novelty of me on foot and no on quad got them so excited i was pondering do i run or turn and face them?i opted for the latter.There have been two people killed by cows fairly close to us in 2001 and 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-14755592
Years ago in the late 1970's I was bringing the cows out of the field and down the road for milking, a usual afternoon, nothing out of the ordinary ... but as the cows ambled through the gate and turned left towards the yard one of the cows spotted a walker who was stopped, waiting patiently and doing nothing wrong .... blasted cow suddenly turned right for no reason and charged the walker and knocked him to the ground. To say I was shocked was an understatement .... all the cows were quiet and nothing like this had EVER happened before. Thank goodness this was pre-compensation-madness-days and so we didn't hear any more about it after dusting this chap down and apologising profusely. I have no explanation for the cows sudden change of behaviour because the walker was doing absolutely nothing wrong or drawing attention to himself. This was the only time something liked this ever happened .... but there again it only takes one incident. I still go all cold even thinking about it