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Dead longhorn found on Oklahoma State fraternity lawn the day before championship game with Texas (apnews.com)
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Police say a dead longhorn cow was found on the lawn of an Oklahoma State University fraternity on Friday, the day before the school’s football team plays the University of Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 championship game.

Police were notified just after 6:30 a.m. of the dead animal on the lawn of FarmHouse fraternity, according to Stillwater police Officer TJ Low.

The carcass had an expletive carved into its side and the stomach was cut open, according to the campus newspaper, The O’Colly.

“It’s a very cruel crime to be committed, especially right before the Big 12 Championship,” Low told The Oklahoman. “Nothing is worth doing that kind of crap.”

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I highly doubt it was someone from Texas. I will be trying to keep an eye on this though. I'm already angry that someone did this, I'm going to be livid if it was someone from Texas. The longhorn is one of Texas' state animals; and even though it's apparently not illegal to butcher one in Texas, if someone from Texas killed a longhorn like this I'm pretty sure they'd have a target on their back for the rest of their life.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I haven't seen anyone mention it in this thread, but speculation is this is a feud between two Oklahoma State fraternities. They have been placing dead animals on each other's property for months and this has nothing to do with the championship game. The longhorn apparently died on one of the students farms and they relocated it.

    I can't confirm any of this, just what I read elsewhere.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This explanation makes more sense... got a more up-to-date source?

    Still fucked up, even more if there's a history of dead animals.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Here's similar statement from an article I found.

    Kennedy Thomason, a reporter for The O'Colly, told _WFAA that she speculates this to be a prank from a rival fraternity. She was first on the scene, and her pictures of the steer before it was hauled off have been widely shared.

    "I can't confirm that, but from my own opinion, yeah, that's what I would say."_

    https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/national/oklahoma-state-university-dead-longhorn-frat/287-ca3af896-9f69-4509-b837-7c4bc3ce9022

    The original statement I made originated from a local OSU podcast. I'm not sure where that was from and can't source it. __

    Edit: For what it's worth "The O'Colly" looks like Oklahoma State's student newspaper?

    https://www.ocolly.com/news/dead-longhorn-found-outside-farmhouse-fraternity-house/article_c27ef918-9063-11ee-989e-6f2f0cdec32e.html

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The pictures make it so much worse. I pictured a dead cow on some luscious green field in front of a nice old college building.

    No, just a dead cow on the sidewalk in the mud, surrounded by muddy tire tracks from whatever absolute loser's pickup truck they used to dump off the dead animal, and it's in the middle of some neighborhood that doesn't have any grass, just mud.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yea, it doesn't really matter if this was done because of a rivalry between schools or between fraternities. It's pretty fucked up regardless. Hopefully, they find the responsible parties and hold them accountable

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah yes....Texas, where they care more about the rights of cattle than the rights of human women.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Bruh, A) Texans love longhorns. Again, it's literally one of the state animals. B) you really think someone from UT is going to drive from Austin all the way up to OSU with a longhorn and kill it on the campus? That's slightly over 1,000 miles (or +1700km). C) you can butcher a longhorn and eat it, but last I checked you can't do that with women (and hopefully you never will).

    I get it, "lol let's make fun of the Texans for having a backwards government lololol". I hate it too. Fuck though man, our major cities are blue and very much care about stuff like abortion and lgbt rights, but our state is ridiculously gerrymandered. It's gonna be a while before we really have a chance to actually fix anything.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not making fun of anything. I thought it was ironic that you were so incensed about a cow when there seems to be bigger problems to tackle in the lone star state. Since this seems to be an issue of great emotional bearing to you, then so be it. Who am I to judge 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's possible to be angry about more than one thing at a time, you know? There are a lot of Texans who are angry or depressed because of our legislature. This is just another thing to throw on the pile.

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