Wayward Sheep Baaaacks Up Traffic on Schooley's Mountain

File this one to the “Only in Long Valley” category.

Motorists on the northern side of Schooley’s Mountain Road found themselves in a wooly situation Saturday afternoon, when a herd of sheep lost their way and clogged up the county road.

The herd mulled around the road just after noon in the area of Cataract Park, according to a Long Valley Patch reader who submitted a photo from the scene.

“Not sure where they came from,” the unidentified reader said in an email. “There were two blonde dogs with them trying to keep the herd together … looked like long-haired labs. Eventually folks got out of their cars and helped the sheepdogs get the herd out of harm’s way.”

No motorists or sheep were harmed as a result of the traffic jam.

Stray farm animals walking down Long Valley roads are not rare occurrences. Have you seen one get loose? If so, where, and what was the animal? Tell us your Only in Long Valley story in the comments below.

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