Holy cow! When was the last time you saw cows roaming the New York State Thruway? Probably never, until this week. Unconfirmed reports say the cows were trying to jump over the moon. What an "udder" failure.

Take a look at the videos posted below of several cows that escaped their trailers and started roaming around the New York State Thruway. According to the Thruway Authority, the incident took place Monday afternoon on the westbound lanes of I-90, near exit 56, in Erie County.

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This story is all over the "daily-moos" but it is still unclear exactly what led to their escape. Perhaps the cows needed a rest stop while traveling along the New York State Thruway. Maybe their driver didn't want to make the stop so the cows took matters into their own hooves.

New York State Police, along with Thruway commuters, attempted to corral the cows. No word yet regarding the amount of experience any of the citizens had in gathering cows off the highway but now they can say they helped to get traffic 'mooooving" again.

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By 3:30pm, the animals had been corralled and all emergency units have cleared the scene.

By the way these cows were acting, one could assume, they were fully "calf-inated" and really tried to "milk" the situation as much as they could. Thank goodness people were able to "steer" the cows in the right direction.

This is the craziest story I have ever "herd". Looks like my work is done here.

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