US driver pulled over with huge African bull riding shotgun in car

Converted vehicle stopped in Nebraska with gigantic-horned Watusi bovine called Howdy Doody as passenger

Guardian staff
Thu 31 Aug 2023 08.06 EDT


Lee Meyer takes Howdy Doody for a ride through Nebraska. Police said an officer ‘chose to write him a warning and ask him to take the animal back home’. Photograph: News Channel Nebraska


Police in Norfolk, Nebraska, responding to calls of a man driving with a “cow” in his car were stunned to discover a local man with a huge Watusi bull riding shotgun in his vehicle.

“The officers received a call referencing a car driving into town that had a cow in it,” Capt Chad Reiman told News Channel North-East Nebraska. “They thought that it was going to be a calf, something small or something that would actually fit inside the vehicle.”

In fact, the animal was a Watusi bull – a breed of cattle famous in Africa with gigantic horns.

The driver was identified as Lee Meyer of nearby Neligh and police performed a traffic stop on his car. Meyer told them that the Watusi bull’s name was Howdy Doody.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/31/bull-car-riding-shotgun-nebraska-watusi