Cow Rescued From Pool
1,191 views · Published 9 January 2013 · 2:05 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2013 · News & Politics
Firefighters are known to get a cat out of tree from time to time, but a cow out of a swimming pool? That's exactly what happened late Monday afternoon in Rutherford County.I had let my little poodle out over here, and I looked straight down and the pool cover just didn't look right, said Linda Lewis standing in the backyard of her Rutherfordton home off of Maple Creek Road.Lewis walked about 15 yards down to the pool and was stunned.Oh my God there's a cow drowning in my pool, Lewis says was her first reaction. All I thought was - I got to save it.It was a cow that had been chased out of it's pasture by a neighbor's dog, and run approximately two miles - right into the Lewis's backyard pool.When i saw it was a cow I jumped in and tried to hold her head up because I thought she was drowning, said Lewis.And that was when she discovered the cow didn't travel alone. There was a bull that had sidestepped the water, but was now standing on the pool deck.Her partner was over there staring at me the whole time, and every time I got close to her, he was making that noise - I don't know whether it's a 'moo' or what - but it wasn't good, said Lewis.The cow had gotten a foot tangled in the pool cover, and when Lewis ran inside to get scissors to untangle the cow she called 911. I remember telling them I was _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
