Cow Leads HoCo Police on Chase

As many were gathered outside for cookouts on Memorial Day, police said a cow was having a picnic on US 40 in Howard County.

The animal was hanging out in the median on Route 40 between Marriottsville Road and Pebble Beach Drive, according to police.

The cow's owner had tried to lasso the animal, to no avail.

At 5:30 p.m., police reported the cow, who had been heading east, disappeared into the the woods off Cypress Bay Court, "presumably in search of greener grass."

Photo courtesy of the Howard County Police Department.