HOOVED have believed it?

We've an-udderly amoosing tail to tell you.

Have you herd about the 20 cows who stampeded through Northwich town centre - and they didn't even have time to stop for a Mcdonalds.

Drinkers at the Beehive pub scratched their heads in disbelief, cattled with laughter and thought they'd had one too many.

Well it was 8.30pm on Hallowe'en.

No-one is telling us where they came from, although CCTV cameras first picked up sightings of the cattle by Marks and Spencers. The cows made it as far as the Bull Ring, stopping at a red light before mooving off in another direction.

Police eventually rounded them up and returned them to their owner, but mystery surrounds who that might be.

DC Nigel Groom said: "The Christmas rush certainly started early."

It certainly puts a new meaning into the phrase shopping on the hoof.