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Farmer sees divine sign in cow born at Conn. dairy

Tue Dec 8, 2009 9:49 PM EST
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STERLING — A holy cow in Connecticut, perhaps? Or maybe a divine bovine?

A calf with a white marking on its forehead in the approximate shape of a cross was born last week at a dairy farm in Sterling, a small rustic town on the Rhode Island border.

Owner Brad Davis tells WFSB-TV he thinks the marking may be a message from above, though he's still trying to figure out what that message might be.

The mostly brown calf is half Jersey, half Holstein. Neighborhood children have named it Moses.

The chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Dairy Science tells the Norwich Bulletin newspaper it's not unusual for a Holstein cow to have a white marking on its head. But department chairman Ric Grummer says the cross shape is unique.

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Al 616

Holy Hamburgers, Batman!

  • 1 vote
Reply#1 - Tue Dec 8, 2009 11:17 PM EST
Britlassy

Lets see...... An Iron, window, egg, and now a calf.....

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Reply#2 - Tue Dec 8, 2009 11:34 PM EST
Will-1079968

Holy crap! A coincidence! Nothing more than a mere resemblence!

  • 1 vote
Reply#3 - Wed Dec 9, 2009 6:05 AM EST
Pvt-Public

A calf born at a dairy farm in Sterling last week has a white marking on its forehead in the approximate shape of a cross. The calf's owner, Brad Davis, told WFSB-TV that he thinks the marking may be a message from above, though he's still trying to figure out what that message might be.

An approximate shape does not make it so. And the message just might be, get glasses and things won't look so .... approximate.

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Reply#4 - Wed Dec 9, 2009 8:37 AM EST
Kareem in my Coffee

Loony Toons!!!

  • 1 vote
Reply#5 - Wed Dec 9, 2009 8:38 AM EST
Nan-813417

Had to see the pic:

http://www.popfi.com/2009/12/10/i-wont-make-a-holy-cow-pun/

  • 2 votes
Reply#6 - Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:59 AM EST
cuzzenbud

Since they believe the cow is divine, does that mean whoever eats it doesn’t have to bless it at the dinner table?

  • 2 votes
Reply#7 - Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:32 AM EST
Nan-813417

I still have a pic of Miss Americow on my fridge. Has map of US on her side. Very cool! Unusual pigment formations in cows is a particular weakness of mine.

  • 2 votes
Reply#8 - Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:23 PM EST
MinnieApolis

You want to see more? They have a clip posted on YouTube, too. It is here at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBDeoMH_noU

  • 1 vote
Reply#9 - Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:01 PM EST
Kareem in my Coffee

Looks like a cross on acid actually.

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Reply#10 - Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:22 PM EST
Tina-293371

The "message" might be that the cow was born with a white mark on its forehead that looks like a cross.

  • 1 vote
Reply#11 - Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:07 PM EST
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