British cop says pack of vicious cows almost killed him

British media claim that a pack of vicious cows attacked a British police officer while he was walking his golden retriever, Zak, across a field earlier this month.

Yes, you read that right, the perps were cows.

"Suddenly, one cow started mooing and then others began running towards me. There were about 50 of them, some were cows with calves but all were fully grown," Chris Poole, 50, tells The Worthing Herald. "We were surrounded but I wasn't scared and waved and shooed them away as they came close. They were focused on Zak and became more agitated as they got nearer and nearer. Then I felt this cow butt me hard in the back. I fell to the ground and let go of Zak's lead. There were hooves all around me and I was being repeatedly head butted as I lay there."

Poole spent 11 days in the hospital, were the Beeb says doctors treated him for broken ribs, a punctured lung and severed artery.

"It was unlucky the cows attacked... it is very rare but obviously it can happen," Poole tells BBC news.

The Daily Mail says cows are blamed for killing at least eight people in the last 10 years.