MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Lightning struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose.

A photograph released by the San Jose Police Department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row.

The newspaper said Friday that veterinarians at the scene confirmed the cause of the deaths, which happened Wednesday. The veterinarians told the newspaper that cows often crowd around fences to seek protection during storms.

Meteorologist Fernando Torena told the newspaper he wasn't surprised that a single lightning bolt killed so many cows. But he called it "very bad luck."

10/26/2008 10:59:37 PM

10/26/2008 11:00:32 PM

Apparently God doesn't think they're all that sacred.

10/26/2008 11:00:44 PM

sucks for the owner

10/26/2008 11:00:56 PM

looks like its time for a cookout

10/26/2008 11:14:32 PM

that's crazy

10/26/2008 11:15:56 PM

i was driving down a backroad a few days ago and saw a deer that got caught mid-body on a barbed wire fence, and two dogs were chewing away at it.

rurality ftl.

10/26/2008 11:40:15 PM

10/26/2008 11:42:28 PM

Quote :

""TONIGHT WE FEAST""

10/26/2008 11:58:21 PM

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10/27/2008 12:00:36 AM

10/27/2008 12:01:30 AM

Those silly Central Americans.

10/27/2008 12:06:21 AM

10/27/2008 12:20:10 AM

steak, anyone?

10/27/2008 12:23:01 AM

10/27/2008 1:40:05 AM

Quote :

"Those silly Central Americans."

Uh, what?

10/27/2008 1:40:45 AM

Quote :

"YOU'VE BEEN THUNDERSTRUCK!!!!!!!!!"

10/27/2008 1:53:16 AM

i can play that clip over and over again and it never gets old

10/27/2008 1:59:14 AM

What do Hindus say to this?

God killed many Gods? WTF.

10/27/2008 5:18:30 AM

All of those cows were Catholic.

10/27/2008 5:51:40 AM

touche

10/27/2008 5:52:06 AM

yeah, it's steak time

10/27/2008 7:22:08 AM

Quote :

"Those silly Central Americans."

What?

10/27/2008 7:30:35 AM

And i dont need a jacket!

E HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEEE

10/27/2008 7:46:11 AM

10/27/2008 7:49:23 AM

10/27/2008 7:50:53 AM

ahahahahaha

10/27/2008 7:51:24 AM

^^lol

10/27/2008 7:55:50 AM

3^ winz

10/27/2008 8:15:29 AM

U R GAY

10/27/2008 8:33:17 AM

lol at the sign pic.

10/27/2008 9:56:08 PM

illiteracy is sad

[Edited on October 27, 2008 at 10:10 PM. Reason : also, UT announcer voice: GOD IS UNSTOPPABLE!!]

10/27/2008 10:09:03 PM

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i read this on my phone a couple of days ago

10/27/2008 10:17:38 PM

10/27/2008 10:19:25 PM

10/27/2008 10:28:45 PM

EAT MOR LITENING

[Edited on October 27, 2008 at 10:29 PM. Reason : H]

10/27/2008 10:29:29 PM

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