# skydiving cows **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049 "2004-10-13T18:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JamesL2685](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@JamesL2685](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesL2685)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/1 "2004-10-13T18:38:58Z")
There is an urban legend going around in the UK, more specifically, Manchester, that a Norwiegen (excuse the spelling) fishing trawler was destroyed by cows that fell out of the sky; upon the fishermens rescue investigators did not believe thier story, thinking that it was far more likely to be an insurance scam. Then, a few years later the Russian government admitted that in the chaos of the fall of the USSR military unit “lent” one of thier huge planes to a cattle smuggler who flew a herd of cows but promptly ejected them when they got very rowdy, these cows promptly hit the fishing boat. Is there any credence to this whatsoever? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/2 "2004-10-13T18:43:17Z")
[Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/critters/farce/cowtao.htm) says False. ---
**Author:** ![JamesL2685](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@JamesL2685](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesL2685)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/3 "2004-10-13T18:48:14Z")
many thanks ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/4 "2004-10-13T19:29:42Z")
“As God is my witness, I thought cows could fly!” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/5 "2004-10-13T21:38:44Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > “As God is my witness, I thought cows could fly!” I _have_ a flying cow! And I sent my best friend a flying pig! It flies around her office all day. Well it actually flies around the light fixture, where its tethered. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/6 "2004-10-13T21:42:14Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > “As God is my witness, I thought cows could fly!” [flying cow](http://www.moocow.com/store/toys.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/7 "2004-10-13T22:33:32Z")
“The Fastest animal in the world is a cow that has been droppd out of a helicopter.” ``` --Dave Barry, **Dave Barry Slept Here** ``` ---
**Author:** ![jsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsmith)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/8 "2004-10-14T00:22:45Z")
The story appeared in the local newspaper, Sacbee, in my area (Sacramento) a few years back. Disclaimer: I’m not saying its true just saying its funny that a large newspaper published it as a true story. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/9 "2004-10-14T12:10:14Z")
Hey diddle diddle The cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon The little dog stood in the field as a sentry But alas, the poor cow burned up on re-entry ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/10 "2004-10-20T22:17:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I have a flying cow! And I sent my best friend a flying pig! It flies around her office all day. Well it actually flies around the light fixture, where its tethered. We gave one of these to our friends last Cristmas. I couldn’t resist, becaiuse on the side of the box, among the many features of the Flying Cow, it lists “Soothing Motion”. I always thought our friends could benefit from the Soothing Motion of a cow flying around their living room. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiving-cows/269049/11 "2004-10-20T23:46:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > We gave one of these to our friends last Cristmas. I couldn’t resist, becaiuse on the side of the box, among the many features of the Flying Cow, it lists “Soothing Motion”. > > I always thought our friends could benefit from the Soothing Motion of a cow flying around their living room. And you thought cleaning BIRD poop off your car was a hassle…