It was an a-moo-sing Monday morning in the small Vancouver Island community of San Pareil.
During the night, approximately 12 cattle escaped from a farmer鈥檚 corral and milked their newfound freedom by taking a stroll around their neighbourhood near Parksville.
One resident, Jeet Mann, was able to capture footage from his doorbell camera of one such beefy visitor, just before 2 a.m. on Monday.
Kate Jennings, another resident of the neighbourhood, confirmed the cattle were eventually rounded up with the help of police, by 8:30 a.m.
She said she wasn鈥檛 aware of the great escape until after checking the neighbourhood鈥檚 community Facebook group and seeing pictures of cattle on her own lawn.
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鈥淭hey were all very quiet. They were right on our lawn and we didn鈥檛 even hear them. I just thought it was so funny. No one was really worried about them because they were so tame,鈥� she said.
Jennings said the cattle did not damage her property, but she anticipates collecting cow patties from her lawn in the near future.
She believes the cattle are new to the area, since she hasn鈥檛 noticed them in the five years she鈥檚 lived there.
Cpl. Jesse Foreman of the Oceanside RCMP confirmed to PQB News that several cows and at least one bull escaped through a gate from their owner鈥檚 property. An officer attended and assisted with wrangling the cattle back to their property.
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