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08-31-2016, 06:12 AM
Nearly 20 cows killed by single lightning strike in Texas
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The day after hundreds of wild reindeer were killed (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/lightning-strike-kills-hundreds-of-**rway-reindeer/) by a lighting strike in central **rway, news emerged that 19 cows were killed by a single lightning strike in Hallsville, Texas, on Sunday night.
The cows had gathered under a large tree to take shelter from the storm when lightning struck the tree.
SEE ALSO: Because regular lightning is **t scary e**ugh, here's T-Rex lightning (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/t-rex-lightning/)
Witness Victor Benson told KLTV (http://www.kltv.com/story/32870795/lightning-strike-kills-19-cows-taking-shelter-under-tree), "All of a sudden, a lightning bolt came down and the cows just fell. In the blink of an eye a lightning bolt, and there was lightning everywhere, but just one (bolt) and it was over."
The dead animals were reportedly given away to neighbors for use as meat. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/cows-killed-by-lightning-texas/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The day after hundreds of wild reindeer were killed (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/lightning-strike-kills-hundreds-of-**rway-reindeer/) by a lighting strike in central **rway, news emerged that 19 cows were killed by a single lightning strike in Hallsville, Texas, on Sunday night.
The cows had gathered under a large tree to take shelter from the storm when lightning struck the tree.
SEE ALSO: Because regular lightning is **t scary e**ugh, here's T-Rex lightning (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/t-rex-lightning/)
Witness Victor Benson told KLTV (http://www.kltv.com/story/32870795/lightning-strike-kills-19-cows-taking-shelter-under-tree), "All of a sudden, a lightning bolt came down and the cows just fell. In the blink of an eye a lightning bolt, and there was lightning everywhere, but just one (bolt) and it was over."
The dead animals were reportedly given away to neighbors for use as meat. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/cows-killed-by-lightning-texas/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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