Full-grown bull rides shotgun in car through Nebraska town; driver cited

Norfolk, NE — Police in Nebraska pulled over a driver with an unusual passenger, to say the very least, a full-sized Watusi Bull named "Howdy Doody.”

How'd the driver manage that? It took some creativity.

The Norfolk Police Division said they responded to a call of a man driving eastbound on Route 275 with a Watusi Bull in his passenger seat.

"Well, the officers received a call reference, a car driving into town that had a cow in it. They thought that it was going to be, you know, like a calf, something smaller, something that actually fit inside the vehicle,” said police Captain Chad Reiman.

The vehicle was big enough; well, technically.

"As a result, the officer performed a traffic stop and address some traffic violations that were occurring with that particular situation."

The occupant of the vehicle was identified as Lee Meyer of Neligh.

The Watusi Bull's name was “Howdy Doody.”

He was immediately pulled over by Norfolk police and they performed a routine traffic stop.

"The officer wrote him some warnings. There were some citable issues with that situation. The officer chose to write him a warning and ask him to take the animal back home and to leave the city."

Meyer and Howdy Doody are on their way back home and no one was hurt.

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