MISSOULA- Missoula Police spent quite sometime early Wednesday afternoon trying to find a pair of wayward cows after getting reports that some brown bovines were wandering in the area on Reserve Street and Mullan Road.

The cows were finally nabbed after they decided to wander down to the Clark Fork River near the Reserve Street Bridge. Police and animal control officers helped the owner of the meandering animals get them back where they belong.

It took our reporter awhile to follow the cattle drive and it was a challenge to stay hot on the trail of the would-be escapees. Once we put the word out on Facebook the comments started pouring in!

Some folks, like Rebecca Fyffe, urged the cows to make a break for it while Facebook friend Linda Winchell voiced her ‘concern’, posting: “Oh no….. not whole herd of ‘Molly Browns’!!!!!”

Natasha Osborn had this to post, “the most dangerous thing in the world…..smart cows! Apparently they knew where they were going!”

But the day’s events may have been best summed up by Elaine Brown who posted, “Only in Montana… That is to funny… Just like the sheep that escape once in a while on Mullan Road…” and Grace Applegate who posted, “all the crazy stuff happens in my neighborhood…”

At last check the cows were safe and sound as KPAX News Director Mike Powers who cracked the great Missoula cow caper!