Just a crazy story I heard on the radio

[Kreuzung]

Around \'95, it was not unusual that soldiers stole cows in Sibiria.

So some Russian soldiers wanted to steal cows and they did.

To get them away, they used a cargo plane.

In the plane, the cows where scared and they even destabilized the plane.

The soldiers had to throw the cows out of the cargo bay door to prevent a crash.

One of the cows hit a Japanese fisher boat and SUNK IT!

The crew of the boat was recovered but accused \'cause nobody believed that the boat was destroyed by a falling cow.

And the best:

To set them free, Russia validated that this really happened! (Later, a German politician used this as an example for the Russian flight control being unreliable)

[RC1062]

Wat?

That is crazy...

Yes, this:

[mincespy]

[Amram]

I don\'t even....

[RC1062]

Anyone notice the fact that my post was un-edited but includes mincespy\'s message?

[Luigibro606]

HAXX. How?

[Altair1371]

What. The. Hell?!

[Amram]

random guess as to how, but if you edit a post quickly enough after first posting it they don\'t get flagged as edited. I\'ve seen just over 2 minutes before, but its usually around a minute or so.

[iamwearingpants]

[RC1062]

random guess as to how, but if you edit a post quickly enough after first posting it they don\'t get flagged as edited. I\'ve seen just over 2 minutes before, but its usually around a minute or so.

Correct.

[Guest GroundHOG-2010]

Around \'95, it was not unusual that soldiers stole cows in Sibiria.

So some Russian soldiers wanted to steal cows and they did.

To get them away, they used a cargo plane.

In the plane, the cows where scared and they even destabilized the plane.

The soldiers had to throw the cows out of the cargo bay door to prevent a crash.

One of the cows hit a Japanese fisher boat and SUNK IT!

The crew of the boat was recovered but accused \'cause nobody believed that the boat was destroyed by a falling cow.

And the best:

To set them free, Russia validated that this really happened! (Later, a German politician used this as an example for the Russian flight control being unreliable)

To quote someone else on another forum

It\'s not true. The funny thing is though that it has been reported as true by several different newspapers over the years. I guess fact checking isn\'t as important as selling papers. The Reuters news service actually published an explanation that it was all a joke, but some German newspapers then cited Reuters as saying 'Cows Fly' and printed the story as the truth.

Usually the story involves only a single cow. Earlier versions of the story have the cow falling onto a car hood in Scotland. The version you posted has been circulating since the 1990\'s.

http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9551919888/m/2271978189

[Amram]

even as nothing more than a joke, its hilarious and ridiculous, and I can see it happening in various countries too.