A woman was shocked to see a cow standing in her driveway after receiving a motion alert from her Ring doorbell.
Leanne Cross, 36, from Silsden, West Yorkshire, said the unusual moment happened while she was at work.
When her phone detected activity outside her house, she realised something was off, but nothing could have prepared her for what she witnessed.
The footage revealed a cow calmly standing right on her driveway.
Leanne said: ‘My camera said motion detected when I was at work, and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what was at my door.’
She confirmed the animal was not hers and said the incident on December 1, 2021, was entirely unexpected.
The cow was subsequently identified as belonging to a nearby farm, which had reportedly broken through a fence and wandered off into the area.
She added that nothing like this has ever happened before.
It’s not the first time a Ring doorbell has caught a mischievous animal on camera.
A family in Boxley, Kent, captured a young woodpecker that started trying to ‘ring’ their doorbell two years ago.
Joanne and Paul Jones, alongside their nine-year-old son Leo, have affectionately named the adorable bird ‘Woody’ after the notorious cartoon character, Woody Woodpecker.
The Joneses said, ‘We’ve seen him around lots of times on our bird feeders. They had run out, so I think he was asking us to top them up. We all thought it was very funny and a bit cheeky!’
Another homeowner described how their grey American Bully, Bruce, unexpectedly pushed her Ring doorbell.
Bruce was seen panting with excitement as he sprang at the bell in the endearing footage that went viral at the time. He then manages to paw the button and triggers the doorbell noise, to which he hilariously tilts his head clearly in time. After the ringing stops, Bruce gazes straight at the camera, recording the entire exchange before barking.
As for the cow, perhaps it was Delivermoo dropping off the ladies’ milk! Hello, your fresh steak has arrived.
After all, every neighbourhood has a nosey cow!
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