Furry Cows Escape in Lake County ... Again

LAKE COUNTY, IL — Two mischievous Scottish Highland cows escaped again on Wednesday — just two months after the clever con-artists got away from their home and were found wandering a neighborhood in Lake Villa. This time, the furry cows must have been needing to cool down, because they were found by Lake County Sheriff's Office deputies in a pond.

"These fellas just wanted to 'cowool' off, there's a heatwave coming after all," according to a post on the Lake County Sheriff's Office Twitter page. Local authorities reported the cows missing at about 9 a.m. after getting a call, once again, from the cow's owner. At that time, the cows were last seen in the area of Route 59 and Dering Lane in unincorporated Lake Villa.

They were located a short time later, according to the sheriff's office Twitter page.

Update: don’t have a cow, these fellas just wanted to “cowool” off, there’s a heatwave coming after all! The owners are on the scene working to get the cows to come home! pic.twitter.com/kU5XgpCgH3
— Lake County Sheriff (@LakeCoILSheriff) July 17, 2019

By 10 a.m., the cows were back home.

"Chance the Snapper has nothing on these udderly amazing Highland cattle," the Lake County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter.

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The same cattle were rounded up by the sheriff's office May 13. Deputies had some fun over social media during that incident as well.

"The [cows] told us it was some 'bull' that we wouldn't let them run down Rte 59!! We told them they were moooooving too slow," according to a sheriff's office Facebook post.