10-25-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On October 25th, 2024, in the small farming community of Liberal, Kansas, Old Bertha the cow did something that locals would be talking about for years to come. Like most days, Bertha awoke that morning completely unaware of the strange turn her day was about to take. As Farmer John did his early chores, Bertha chewed her cud and watched with mild interest. What Bertha didn't know was that the neighbors dog Rusty had dug an elaborate system of tunnels under the pasture the previous night.

As Bertha wandered over to her favorite grazing spot by the fence, the ground suddenly gave way beneath her. With an ungainly bellow of surprise, Bertha crashed through the grass and soil and found herself in Rusty's subterranean maze. Disoriented and confused, Bertha began shuffling down the tunnels, turning this way and that as the light above grew more distant. The residents of Liberal were just starting their day unaware that old Bertha was having a most unexpected adventure beneath their feet. After what seemed like hours Bertha spied a ray of light up ahead. With great relief, she burst out of a hole that had opened in Farmer Johnson's back pasture, covering the startled Mrs. Johnson with clumps of fresh dirt. Bertha's subterranean misadventure was over, but the story had only just begun.