Bull runs amok through caravan park, forcing some campers to scramble up trees for safety
Caravanners at an Australian caravan park were forced to seek safety yesterday after a bull aggressively rampaged through their site.
Some caravanners were forced to climb up trees after the long-horned bull decided to cause carnage at McArthur River Caravan Park in Borroloola, about 450 miles from Darwin.
Colin Coutts, the park’s manager, went to investigate after discovering something in the park was amiss. Having climbed into his utility vehicle, it was at this point he discovered the bull had decided enough caravanning was enough.
Upon noticing the bull had gone within close proximity of one of the hitched caravans to investigate what it was, Coutts hopped out of the ute in an attempt to make the bull retreat.
Coutts said: “I went to shoo him and he turned around and had a go at me and put me up on the back of the ute.”
Police were called to the scene and attempted to entice the bull to go back the way it had came, but he became aggressive once again and tried to attack the police car. The police sadly had to shoot the bull as a result of the aggressive behaviour displayed.
Duty Superintendent Brendan Muldoon commented that it was a local bull which was owned by a member of the community.
“It was a bit of a danger to people at the caravan park,” Superintendent Muldoon said. “I know there were 50 people at the park at this time, quite a few obviously saw it and called police to assist.”
Though a few campers had to climb trees to escape the bull, no one was hurt in the incident.
