Lightning has killed 16 cows which were sheltering during a
storm at a farm in East Lothian.
It is thought one of the cows was struck and that the lightning
conducted through a puddle to kill the other cows.
The incident occurred at Saltoun House Farm, Pencaitland. In an
interview with BBC Scotland, farm manager Jim McDougal spoke of his
sadness.
“It is a shocking thing to see. I felt numbness, it was
unbelievable," said Mr McDougal.
“They were all either sitting or lying where they had fallen in
a regimented row. I have never seen anything like it in my
life.
“The cows were singed and we could smell it in the air when we
arrived,” he told the BBC.
“I am very upset, but it was a freak act of nature so there was
nothing I could do about it.”
