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Scary Cows Spark Rescue Mission
Updated:11:05, Wednesday July 11, 2007
Seven schoolgirls have sparked a major search and rescue mission - after being frightened by a herd of cows.
The terrified pupils, aged 14 and 15, were on a geography field trip in Swanage, Dorset, when they sent out an SOS.
They were dropped off three miles from their outdoor centre and told to find their way back using a map.
But the teenagers, from St Albans in Hertfordshire, got stuck on a hill when they came across a herd of cows in a field blocking their way.
A coastguard rescue team, police and an ambulance were scrambled to rescue them after one of the girls called for help on her mobile phone.
A Hertfordshire County Council spokeswoman said: "The children were concerned because they realised they were going to have to walk through a field with cows in it.
"They called their parents and then the centre.
"Someone from the centre went out to meet them and persuaded them the cows weren't dangerous.
"They got to the other side of the field but were feeling tired and it started to rain so someone from the centre called the coastguards."
The Year 10 girls were on a residential field trip run by the Allnatt Group as part of their geography coursework and were staying at the Chatsworth Centre in Swanage.
Maire Lynch, the headteacher of Loreto College in St Albans, said: "None of the girls suffered any injuries, although one girl who complained of feeling cold was taken to hospital to be checked over by medical staff.
"She was discharged later the same night."
She said two other girls were suffering from aching knees and all three were resting at the centre while the others continued their activities.
http://news.sky.com/...1274591,00.html
Updated:11:05, Wednesday July 11, 2007
Seven schoolgirls have sparked a major search and rescue mission - after being frightened by a herd of cows.
The terrified pupils, aged 14 and 15, were on a geography field trip in Swanage, Dorset, when they sent out an SOS.
They were dropped off three miles from their outdoor centre and told to find their way back using a map.
But the teenagers, from St Albans in Hertfordshire, got stuck on a hill when they came across a herd of cows in a field blocking their way.
A coastguard rescue team, police and an ambulance were scrambled to rescue them after one of the girls called for help on her mobile phone.
A Hertfordshire County Council spokeswoman said: "The children were concerned because they realised they were going to have to walk through a field with cows in it.
"They called their parents and then the centre.
"Someone from the centre went out to meet them and persuaded them the cows weren't dangerous.
"They got to the other side of the field but were feeling tired and it started to rain so someone from the centre called the coastguards."
The Year 10 girls were on a residential field trip run by the Allnatt Group as part of their geography coursework and were staying at the Chatsworth Centre in Swanage.
Maire Lynch, the headteacher of Loreto College in St Albans, said: "None of the girls suffered any injuries, although one girl who complained of feeling cold was taken to hospital to be checked over by medical staff.
"She was discharged later the same night."
She said two other girls were suffering from aching knees and all three were resting at the centre while the others continued their activities.
http://news.sky.com/...1274591,00.html
Jesus Christ, what can I say in their defense? They're not American, they're fellow Brits. They're not so entrenched in city life they'd think meat grows on trees, as they come from a town only 20 miles or so from me, and I know full well that folks here know what cows are. So they're just plain thick. Great, we've not just caught The Stupid, we're contagious.
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