You expect to see bulls at the rodeo but not like Sunday night. A rampaging bull ran loose in the parking lot of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
"I've been working here for thirty seven years and this has never happened," said Leroy Schafer, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Chief Operations Officer.
Leroy Schafer said the bull was waiting in a loading docking area. Chuck wagons came racing by the bull startling it before it broke through two fences.
"The bull actually broke its gate and it got into the chuck wagon and it was running behind in between the chuck wagons and went out the door," said Schafer.
The bull went out the door and into the crowd, cutting across two parking lots and nearly missing people. A police officer even tried to use his taser on the bull. Several wranglers tried to stop the bull but it was one wrangler who happened to be at the right place at the right time. He borrowed a horse and a rope and managed to stop him. Schafer said they are now beefing up security.
"Number one, we won't be moving any bulls when the chuck wagons are coming out. Number two, another fence layer will be added at the end of the loading dock area so even if one does get loose it wont get out of the loading dock area," said Schafer.
A rampaging bull in a parking lot might have been the first, and may also be the last. Rodeo officials vow it will never happen again.
"I've been working here for thirty seven years and this has never happened," said Leroy Schafer, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Chief Operations Officer.
Leroy Schafer said the bull was waiting in a loading docking area. Chuck wagons came racing by the bull startling it before it broke through two fences.
"The bull actually broke its gate and it got into the chuck wagon and it was running behind in between the chuck wagons and went out the door," said Schafer.
The bull went out the door and into the crowd, cutting across two parking lots and nearly missing people. A police officer even tried to use his taser on the bull. Several wranglers tried to stop the bull but it was one wrangler who happened to be at the right place at the right time. He borrowed a horse and a rope and managed to stop him. Schafer said they are now beefing up security.
"Number one, we won't be moving any bulls when the chuck wagons are coming out. Number two, another fence layer will be added at the end of the loading dock area so even if one does get loose it wont get out of the loading dock area," said Schafer.
A rampaging bull in a parking lot might have been the first, and may also be the last. Rodeo officials vow it will never happen again.
