Man with grownup bull in passenger seat pulled over by police in US’s Nebraska

A automotive driving with a bull in it was pulled over by police in northeast Nebraska’s largest metropolis.

Don’t fear, he didn’t steer.

Norfolk Police Captain Chad Reiman stated it didn’t take lengthy for officers to trace down the modified Ford Crown Victoria sedan with a bull driving shotgun after a 911 name about it driving on the primary freeway getting into the town of roughly 24,000 on Wednesday morning.

“We didn’t have a full understanding of it until we saw it,” Reiman stated.

The automotive that Lee Meyer has pushed in parades throughout the realm for years has half the windshield and roof eliminated to make room for his bull, named Howdy Doody, to trip alongside. A yellow steel cattle gate serves because the passenger aspect door — permitting for the Watusi bull to be tied up — and a set of longhorns serves as a hood decoration.

“It wouldn’t go far without being noticed for sure,” Reiman stated.

A video of the site visitors cease shot by News Channel Nebraska unfold shortly on-line.

An indication on the aspect of Meyer’s automotive from a parade in Burwell late final month declared that Howdy Doody’s eye-catching trip was judged the Best Car Entry in Nebraska’s Big Rodeo Parade.

Reiman stated Meyer advised him that when he went to that parade, he drove Howdy Doody in a correct trailer, so it wasn’t clear why he determined to load the bull into his automotive Wednesday and drive the 36 miles from his residence in Neligh to Norfolk.

Reiman stated Meyer wasn’t headed to a parade Wednesday. Meyer didn’t reply his residence cellphone Thursday morning so he couldn’t be reached instantly for an evidence.

But his spouse, Rhonda, advised the Norfolk radio station that shot video of the site visitors cease that Howdy Doody has been Meyer’s “friend and buddy” ever since he obtained him eight or 9 years in the past.

Videos of Lee Meyer driving Howdy Doody round can readily be discovered on-line from 2017 and 2019.

Rhonda Meyer advised US92 that “Lee thinks he’s a movie star” after the video of his site visitors cease went viral, however that he’s additionally somewhat shy.

Meyer stated Howdy Doody is sort of a member of the household now, however she wasn’t all the time wild about how a lot her husband spent on the bull through the years.

“The amount of money that he’s spent on this whole darn project between the car and the bull I could’ve had a brand new kitchen,” Rhonda Meyer stated.

Reiman stated there have been clearly some site visitors violations associated to Meyer’s automotive, however the officer let him off with a warning so long as he rotated and took Howdy Doody residence.

“We’ve never dealt with anything quite like that before.” Reiman stated.

Edited By:

Sudeep Lavania

Published On:

Sep 1, 2023