Morning commuters in New Jersey had a bullish obstacle to overcome.
New Jersey Transitrevealed on social mediathat there was a 45-minute delay for trains going from Newark Penn Station to Pennsylvania Station in New York City on Thursday morning due to a bull standing on the tracks.
The agency shared a photo of the animal — a brown bull with white horns — lounging in the middle of the tracks near the edge of a railway station.
New Jersey Transit did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
A source who had been on their morning commute at Newark Penn Station on Wednesday recalled to PEOPLE that they had “heard some commotion, like people laughing and screaming” at the station around 10:15 a.m.
Jorge Pinto, who works at Abreu Truck Services in Newark, told PEOPLE in a statement that he heard reports of bull sightings near his workplace earlier in the morning. Abreu Truck Services is 2.5 miles from Newark Penn Station and less than a mile from a slaughterhouse.
“So there I was chatting with the lunch truck guy ordering a bacon, egg, and cheese like I usually do at that time when he starts telling me about a cow on Frelinghuysen… I get inside and start eating my sandwich when my coworker [begins] to show me pictures of a cow on Frelinghuysen,” Pinto shared. “I couldn’t believe it.”
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Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue in Wantage, New Jersey, announced that it picked up the wayward bull.
On Tuesday evening, the sanctuary shared a video on Facebook of the bull, named Ricardo, at the facility.
source: people.com
