A 911 name a few shifting automobile with a farm animal inside it in one in every of northeast Nebraska’s greatest cities was no bull.
Norfolk Police Capt. Chad Reiman stated it didn’t take lengthy for officers to trace down the modified Ford Crown Victoria sedan with a bull using shotgun on the principle freeway getting into town of roughly 24,000 Wednesday morning.
A Watusi bull stretches past his seat in a automobile in Norfolk, Neb., in this picture offered by Information Channel Nebraska.
“We didn’t have a full understanding of it till we noticed it,” Reiman stated.
The automobile that Lee Meyer has pushed in parades throughout the world for years has half the windshield and roof eliminated to make room for his bull, named Howdy Doody, to journey 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 with out being observed for certain,” Reiman stated.
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A video of the site visitors cease shot by Information Channel Nebraska unfold shortly on-line.
An indication on the aspect of Meyer’s automobile from a parade in Burwell late final month declared that Howdy Doody’s eye-catching journey was judged the Finest Automobile Entry in Nebraska’s Large Rodeo Parade.
On this picture offered by Information Channel Nebraska, a Watusi bull named Howdy Doody rides within the passenger seat of a automobile owned by Lee Meyer on Wednesday in Norfolk, Neb. Meyer’s spouse, Rhonda, says the bull has been her husband’s “pal and buddy” ever since he acquired him eight or 9 years in the past.
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 automobile Wednesday and drive the 36 miles from his residence in Neligh to Norfolk.
Reiman stated Meyer wasn’t headed to a parade Wednesday. Meyer couldn’t be reached for an evidence Thursday morning.
However his spouse, Rhonda, advised the Norfolk radio station that shot video of the site visitors cease that Howdy Doody has been Meyer’s “pal and buddy” ever since he acquired him eight or 9 years in the past.
Rhonda Meyer advised US92 that “Lee thinks he’s a film 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 over time.
“The amount of cash that he’s spent on this entire darn mission between the automobile and the bull I may’ve had a model new kitchen,” Rhonda Meyer stated.
Reiman stated there have been clearly some site visitors violations associated to Meyer’s automobile, however the officer let him off with a warning so long as he circled and took Howdy Doody residence.
“We’ve by no means handled something fairly like that earlier than.” Reiman stated.
Our greatest Omaha workers images & movies of August 2023
Emil Stubblefield, 8, does a cartwheel whereas associates Eyan Carodine, 9, Roman Marshall, 10, Revelle Partee, 11, Khiry Partee, 14, and Kayden Partee, 9, play with a backyard hose in a kiddie pool close to Fontenelle Boulevard and Browne Road in Omaha on Monday, August 21, 2023. Omaha is in an extreme warmth warning till Thursday night time.
Nebraska’s Jordan Zade (37) flips to thrown in in the course of the Nebraska vs. Creighton girls’s soccer match at Creighton College in Omaha on Thursday, August 17, 2023.
Creighton’s Hannah Luke (9) will get a hug from teammate Lara Kazandjian (8) after getting an 82nd-minute tying purpose within the Nebraska vs. Creighton girls’s soccer match at Creighton College in Omaha on Thursday, August 17, 2023. The sport led to a 2-2 draw.
A trio of kittens on the Felius Cat Cafe at 522 S. twenty fourth Road in Omaha on Thursday, August 17, 2023. The cafe and animal rescue is shifting to a bigger house at 5015 Dodge Road.
Head coach Matt Rhule talks with Luke Reimer (4) throughout a Nebraska soccer fall apply on the Hawks Championship Heart in Lincoln on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.
Jeff Sims (7) holds the ball throughout a Nebraska soccer fall apply on the Hawks Championship Heart in Lincoln on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.
Alejandro Tosti reacts after finishing the Pinnacle Financial institution Championship at The Membership at Indian Creek in Omaha on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
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Shaunie Cobb, 2, seems to be out the window of her household’s first residence, a part of the Habitat for Humanity of Omaha’s improvement Bluestem Prairie on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Shaunie’s mom, Future Gunter, acquired the keys at this time.
Individuals watch the beginning of the Terence Bud Crawford victory parade from the roof of The Financial institution residences close to twentieth and Farnam Streets in Omaha on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023.
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From left: Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb hearken to Sen.Deb Fischer, R-Neb converse on the Federal Legislative Summit on the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.
From left: Nebraska freshman Bergen Reilly, Caroline Jurevicius, Laney Choboy, and Andi Jackson all react to a photograph that Nebraska Director of Images Scott Bruhn simply took of them on group image day on the Bob Devaney on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.
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Gamers’ silhouettes throughout apply at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Tuesday.
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Father Steven Boes prepares to finish the brand new Boys City Training Heart after the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.
Father Steven Boes speaks earlier than the ribbon reducing of the brand new Boys City Training Heart on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.
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Heavy rains prompted site visitors barrels to drift onto a storm drain on Saddle Creek Street north of Farnam Road on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
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Adonis Marcial Rodriguez, 20, trains with posters from Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford’s previous fights hanging over him at B&B Sports activities Academy close to thirtieth and Sprague Streets in Omaha on Monday. After victory in a combat on Saturday night time, Omaha-native and co-founder of the gymnasium, Crawford is the undisputed welterweight champion boxer.
Connor Raastad, 12, exhibits Nebraska defensive lineman Ty Robinson (99) easy methods to placed on Connor’s corn hat throughout fan day on the Hawks Championship Heart in Lincoln on Sunday.
Kendall Reed and Cole Lange place their lanterns within the pond in the course of the Water Lantern Competition on the Gene Leahy Mall in Omaha on Saturday.
Ye Kyaw, proper, paddles after the boat misplaced energy in Lake Cunningham in Omaha on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Omaha is in an extreme warmth warning till Thursday night time.
Omaha Westside’s Nick Anglim (33) tackles Omaha Creighton Prep’s Tony Coniglio (5) in the course of the first quarter in Omaha on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst (14) spikes the ball towards UNO’s Amanda Hardt (9) and UNO’s McKenna Ruch (4) in the course of the third set of a Volleyball Day in Nebraska match at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
