Bull Loose In Boiling Springs Despite Trooper's Best Efforts

BOILING SPRINGS, SC — A young bull is on the lam in Boiling Springs.

Media outlets reported a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper responded Tuesday to a call of the animal roaming in the neighborhood, north of Spartanburg. Photographs showed the trooper staring down the bull.

The bull ran into the yard of Cindi Knox and Phillip Ledesma, who told WSPA that most officers aren't trained to be cowboys. Ledesma credited the trooper for trying though. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

The trooper called for backup from other agencies, but the bull ran off into the woods.

Loose animal calls aren't uncommon, Highway Patrol spokesman Joe Hovis said, but the trooper's attempt to corral the bull was a step above an ordinary response.

Photo credit: “no bull” by carol patterson is licensed under CC BY 2.0