July 30 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Oklahoma were called to a resident's home where a wayward cow had wandered onto the property and plunged into the backyard swimming pool.
The Drumright Fire Department responded to Gordon Brown's Drumright home to rescue the buoyant bovine.
"While I was getting my coffee, my wife said, 'Gordon, there's a cow in the yard!'" Brown told KOTV.
The cow soon found its way into the couple's 4-foot-deep, above-ground pool. Firefighters arrived soon after.
"They was kind of scratching their heads. I think this is probably the first time they'd ever fished a cow out of the pool," Brown said.
Firefighter Jamey Martin recorded video of the ensuing rescue.
"This was unique as in it was a livestock, an actual cow, and not only a cow, but a cow in a swimming pool," Martin said.
The firefighters used some chains and a truck winch to escort the cow back to dry land.
"The cow actually did participate in its own rescue. We were just there to guide them," Martin said.
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