Thread: Turkish sheep die in 'mass jump'

Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep followed each other over a cliff, say Turkish newspaper reports.
First one sheep went over the cliff edge, only to be followed by the whole flock, according to the reports.
More than 400 sheep died in the 15-metre fall - their bodies cushioning the fall of 1,100 others who followed.
The sheep belonged to villagers in the eastern Van province. Papers say the sheep were worth around £42,000 in all.
"Every family had an average of 20 sheep," one villager told the Aksam daily newspaper.
"But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."

link BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkish sheep die in 'mass jump'

American voters could learn something here...................

Vote late and your fall will be padded earlier voters...?

Sorry. Stupid post by me. I missed the fact that there were survivors. Ruins my plan. Apologies.

Originally Posted by blue bar

Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep followed each other over a cliff,

Must have been a sheer cliff.


Let's see if this post gets deleted again.

Was it posted and deleted before? Off the BBC...?

It was the second post on this thread.


Shear sheep.

Sheer cliff.

Well I thought it was funny. Maybe we can't offend sheep nowl

ahh ok

Can't imagine why that would get deleted. Strange. Must has gotten deleted really fast, as I was on this thread quickly and it was gone before I posted.

All seems pretty benign to me.

where was withnall ?

he has been known to be involved in the mass jumping of sheep before

Kebab anyone?

Why the sudden interest in a 9 year old BBC report about Turkish sheep? Have the sheep been found now? Where? Diego Garcia? Indian Ocean? Chiang Mai?

^ It was my daaaady, thats why!

I'd jump off a cliff if I had to live in Turkey

Originally Posted by blue bar

Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep followed each other over a cliff, say Turkish newspaper reports.

Oh no, I just realised, could this be the beginning of revelations about, yew know, another celebrity?

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

American voters could learn something here...................

Yes, the metaphor could easily fit world masses.