Mickey Mouse Cow?
Kim Dyer
out about it here. Apparently there is a story in a recent USA Today about
a cow with markings that look like the graphic for Mickey Mouse. Farmer
sold it to Disney for an "undisclosed" sum, and the animal will go to a
petting zoo in Disney****?
Now, when *I* heard the story first a few months ago, Disney refused to
buy the animal, partly because the guy wanted too much and partly because
they don't have a petting zoo. Has something changed? Do any of the parks
have a petting zoo ... or anyplace such an animal could be housed?
Is there any truth at all to this piece of DisneyLore???
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Jeff Orum
AND.... The cow's name is Mickey Moo!
Andy Michael USGS Guest
>This came up on a folklore list, and I thought I would try to find something
>out about it here. Apparently there is a story in a recent USA Today about
>a cow with markings that look like the graphic for Mickey Mouse. Farmer
>sold it to Disney for an "undisclosed" sum, and the animal will go to a
>petting zoo in Disney****?
>
>Now, when *I* heard the story first a few months ago, Disney refused to
>buy the animal, partly because the guy wanted too much and partly because
>they don't have a petting zoo. Has something changed? Do any of the parks
>have a petting zoo ... or anyplace such an animal could be housed?
>
>Is there any truth at all to this piece of DisneyLore???
by Big Thunder Mtn, but I've never gone it cause it closes early. I
did however see the cow from the train. -andy
Lazlo Nibble
> This came up on a folklore list, and I thought I would try to find something
> out about it here. Apparently there is a story in a recent USA Today about
> a cow with markings that look like the graphic for Mickey Mouse. Farmer
> sold it to Disney for an "undisclosed" sum, and the animal will go to a
> petting zoo in Disney****?
>
> Is there any truth at all to this piece of DisneyLore???
Today's ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE ran a story and photo on this, credited to
the AP. Yes, there is such a cow . . . she's a Holstein named Minnie
(ha!) who has no markings at all on her left side except for three
circles that mimic the Mickey Mouse silhouette almost exactly. She's
going to Walt Disney World for the petting zoo, and should arrive at
the park this coming Sunday. Her former owner is one Melvin Brockberg
of Edgerton, Minnesota. The sale follows a two-year-old letter-writing
campaign to Disney which was started by Brockberg's niece.
If you're in WDW, it's probably worth the trip to see Minnie. You'll
be surprised at just how much like Mickey the markings look. (If it
had happened in New Mexico, someone would have started a cult. :-)
Lazlo (la...@hydra.unm.edu)
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Ray Roux
The petting zoo is in Big Thunder Ranch, not far from Big Thunder Mtn.
By the way, the cow is called "Mickey Moo" and about 2 or 3 months ago
had a baby (which is also in a pen near the petting zoo). The baby doesn't
have the Mickey design.
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Dail Magee, Jr.
>
> AND.... The cow's name is Mickey Moo!
*bzzzt!* According to both television and newspaper stories that
I've seen on the subject, the cow's name is Minnie. (What self-
respecting cow would call herself Mickey? :-)
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Sincere apologies to any female Mickeys out there in net.land
Idealistic Bibliomystic
In article <58...@microsoft.UUCP> dai...@microsoft.UUCP (Dail Magee, Jr.) writes:
>In article <5248...@hpindda.cup.hp.com> or...@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Jeff Orum) writes:
>>
>> AND.... The cow's name is Mickey Moo!
>
>*bzzzt!* According to both television and newspaper stories that
>I've seen on the subject, the cow's name is Minnie. (What self-
>respecting cow would call herself Mickey? :-)
Well, according to the show "Diz Kids" on the Disney Channel, the
naems is Mickey Moo. They outa know, right? I saw this a month or two
ago.
Of course, it's possible there's another cow and they've named this
one Minnie to match with Mickey Moo. Although it seems unlikely, I've
gotten the impression from the different reports on this group that
two different cows are being talked about.
>
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>
>Sincere apologies to any female Mickeys out there in net.land
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Chris Allison
Before this gets too out of hand, my understanding is there are
two of these beasts. One name Minnie Moo housed at Disneyland for several
years and a new one named Mickey Moo that Disney recently aquired.
Patty Winter
>Today's ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE ran a story and photo on this, credited to
>the AP. Yes, there is such a cow . . . she's a Holstein named Minnie
>(ha!) who has no markings at all on her left side except for three
>circles that mimic the Mickey Mouse silhouette almost exactly. She's
>going to Walt Disney World for the petting zoo, and should arrive at
>the park this coming Sunday. Her former owner is one Melvin Brockberg
>of Edgerton, Minnesota. The sale follows a two-year-old letter-writing
>campaign to Disney which was started by Brockberg's niece.
Well, there may be *two* such cows then, because I saw the original
Mickey Moo this past week at Disneyland. (As someone else mentioned,
she's in the Big Thunder Ranch.) I have photos to prove it.
Here's the exact text from the sign on her corral:
MICKEY MOO
A neighbor, walking past a dairy farm
in North Whitefield, Maine
noticed that the spots on one side of this
handsome Holstein bore a striking
resemblance to Mickey Mouse.
See for yourself.
It's right there in black and white.
I didn't ask any of the ranchhands whether there's another cow, or
whether this one is being transferred. ("Excuse me, is this cow
moving to Florida?") I suppose they've heard sillier questions, though...
Maybe the next netperson to visit DL or WDW can ask.
And you can take it up with the Disney folks as to why a female bovine
is called "Mickey".
Patty
p.s. Full report on our visit to follow after I get caught up on
my real work! Executive synopsis: Star Tours itself is worth the
price of admission. And Pirates is down until Dec. 22. :-(
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Nick Noble
>Today's ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE ran a story and photo on this, credited to
>the AP. Yes, there is such a cow . . . she's a Holstein named Minnie
>(ha!) who has no markings at all on her left side except for three
>circles that mimic the Mickey Mouse silhouette almost exactly. She's
>going to Walt Disney World for the petting zoo, and should arrive at
heard of cow tipping.
Michael Kerner
River Country and Pioneer Hall. 'cant miss it.
Also, cow tipping is supposedly an old country sport where a bunch of folks
go running up to the cow, and throw their weight at it/at its neck, etc,
trying to tip it over. I've heard a couple of scary stories where people
have accidentally tipped a bull (in the dark), but I cannot verify or deny
any of these claims.
Mikey.
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