Infamous animal was found lurking near the pensioner's battered body by an isolated footpath near the village of Cestas, south of Bordeaux, France
A FRENCHMAN out walking in the countryside has been killed by ‘an aggressive sheep’, detectives confirmed today.
Police investigating the death of the 94-year-old came to the macabre conclusion after examining his wounds.
His corpse was found by the side of an isolated footpath near the village of Cestas, south of Bordeaux, France, on Monday afternoon.
There were wounds across his face and body, and a notoriously violent sheep was seen lurking nearby.
The criminal forensics experts now believe the sheep charged the man with his head, knocked him to the ground, and then trampled him to death using his hooves.
“The sheep was a well-known troublemaker, he was always charging at people,” said one local resident.
“Complaints had been made before about the animal, but he was still roaming free.
“Now this has happened.”
Sud Ouest, the local newspaper, confirmed that a number of people had seen the “aggressive sheep”.
And the paper revealed that a local politician who was visiting the dead man’s family in Cestas also fell victim to the animal.
She suffered a fracture and heaving bruising after approaching the animal in the wake of the attack.
A police spokesman confirmed that the sheep was later “rounded up” and has since been put down.
Sheep are thought of as passive creatures, but can actually be extremely aggressive.
This can be for a number of reasons – ranging from illness or old age, to fear that they themselves are being attacked.
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