Dead cow appears in busy Gilmer intersection
GILMER, Texas — Gilmer Mirror editor Mac Overton reported that a Gilmer resident entered the offices of the newspaper Aug. 19 and informed employees that a dead cow was lying in the rain-soaked intersection just outside the building.
Sure enough, the deceased bovine was sprawled in the street where Highways 271/155 and 154 cross.
“No, I don’t know what happened,” Mr. Overton told Traders Guide of Texas. “I suspect some rancher got to the sale barn and wondered what had happened to his cow.
“This pic will probably be in Saturday’s edition [of The Gilmer Mirror]. Maybe by then police will have more info. Meanwhile, I wonder if someone had rare steak for dinner tonight. Apparently the poor cow must have died instantly, thankfully.”
Mr. Overton said a city employee removed the animal by attaching it by chain to a truck and hauling it away.
PHOTO: A dead cow lies in a busy intersection in Gilmer, Texas, Aug. 19, 2008. Apparently the animal fell off a truck, possibly on the way to a sale barn. [Photo by Mac Overton]