Minotaur Spotted At Middleton Plantation

Police responded to Middleton Place this past Sunday after receiving a frantic call from a Wisconsin couple that had been picnicking in one of the plantation’s hidden gardens when they spotted by “a wild man beast.”
According to Wisconsinite Yon Yohnson, they had just taken out a big bag of crackers and squeaky cheese curds when what appeared to be a cow burst through the hedge and stumbled into their picnic spread.
“For a second it looked like a man was trying to wrangle the cow but then I saw that it was the cow. I mean, the cow was a man … a man whose bottom half is a cow … a Holstein, I think,” says Yohnson.
Police officers were immediately dispatched into the gardens to hunt down the mutant creature, but all they found was a trail of hoof prints and the occasional empty beer can.
Due to the apparent evidence found following the bizarre report, the Charleston County Police Department contracted Forensic Cryptozoologist Dr. Zeus Haversham to investigate the incident. What he found might shake the very foundations of West Ashley.
“All evidence seems to point to a creature that can only be the bastard offspring of the West Ashley Coburg cow and some hooligan that took a prank a little too far,” says Dr. Haversham.
Pointing out the distinct “C” shaped hoof marks that are unique to the Coburg cow, Dr. Haversham then showed a picture of the hedge damage, which broke almost perfectly in the shape of a man with a cow-shaped bottom half.
“There can be no other explanation. We have a minotaur at Middleton Place,” says Dr. Haversham.
Police will continue to look for the mutant creature over the next few months, and traps consisting of fresh hay and cheap beer will be set throughout a three mile search radius.
When caught, police plan to donate the man-cow to the native animal zoo at Charles Towne Landing.
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