Stamau123Dec 2, 2023

Dead longhorn found on Oklahoma State fraternity lawn the day before championship game with Texas

https://lemmy.world/post/9030758

Dead longhorn found on Oklahoma State fraternity lawn the day before championship game with Texas - Lemmy.World

Police say a dead longhorn cow was found on the lawn of an Oklahoma State University fraternity on Friday, the day before the school’s football team plays the University of Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 championship game. Police were notified just after 6:30 a.m. of the dead animal on the lawn of FarmHouse fraternity, according to Stillwater police Officer TJ Low. The carcass had an expletive carved into its side and the stomach was cut open, according to the campus newspaper, The O’Colly. “It’s a very cruel crime to be committed, especially right before the Big 12 Championship,” Low told The Oklahoman. “Nothing is worth doing that kind of crap.”

Show threadmateomauiDec 2, 2023

FarmHouse fraternity

I guess that part is appropriate.

Weird that Texas apparently sacrificed one of their own for this.

Show threadMossy Feathers (She/Her)Dec 2, 2023
I highly doubt it was someone from Texas. I will be trying to keep an eye on this though. I’m already angry that someone did this, I’m going to be livid if it was someone from Texas. The longhorn is one of Texas’ state animals; and even though it’s apparently not illegal to butcher one in Texas, if someone from Texas killed a longhorn like this I’m pretty sure they’d have a target on their back for the rest of their life.
Show threadOkkaiDec 2, 2023

I haven’t seen anyone mention it in this thread, but speculation is this is a feud between two Oklahoma fraternities that have been placing dead animals on each other’s property for months. The longhorn apparently died on one of the students farms and they relocated it.

I can’t confirm any of this, just what I read elsewhere.

Show threadNaibofTabrDec 2, 2023

This explanation makes more sense… got a more up-to-date source?

Still fucked up, even more if there’s a history of dead animals.

Show threadOkkaiDec 2, 2023

Here’s similar statement from an article I found.

Kennedy Thomason, a reporter for The O’Colly, told _WFAA that she speculates this to be a prank from a rival fraternity. She was first on the scene, and her pictures of the steer before it was hauled off have been widely shared.

“I can’t confirm that, but from my own opinion, yeah, that’s what I would say.”_

wfaa.com/…/287-ca3af896-9f69-4509-b837-7c4bc3ce90…

The original statement I made originated from a local OSU podcast. I’m not sure where that was from and can’t source it.

Show thread【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】

The pictures make it so much worse. I pictured a dead cow on some luscious green field in front of a nice old college building.

No, just a dead cow on the sidewalk in the mud, surrounded by the tracked from whatever absolute loser’s pickup truck they used to dump off the dead animal, and it’s in the middle of some neighborhood.

Dec 3, 2023 at 1:01pmWeb
Show threadOkkaiDec 4, 2023
Yea, it doesn’t really matter if this was done because of a rivalry between schools or between fraternities. It’s pretty fucked up regardless. Hopefully, they find the responsible parties and hold them accountable