Connecticut farmhand, 59, is left paralyzed from the waist down after he was attacked by a bull in heat while milking cows – as his sister says he ‘was in the wrong place at wrong time’
A 59-year-old Connecticut farmhand is paralyzed from the waist down after being attacked by a draft bull while milking cows. His sister says he was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’
- Randy Jaquins, 59, lay down with his injuries for “quite some time.”
- The farmhand was attacked by a bull in heat shortly after milking the cows
- His sister Ellen Hull said he was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’
A Connecticut farmhand was paralyzed from the waist down after being attacked by a bull in heat.
Randy Jaquins, 59, had just finished milking cows and was leading the animals back to a barn when he was attacked by the bull at Locust Road Farm in Winsted, Connecticut, on Friday.
“(He) was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” his sister Ellen Hull told Hearst Connecticut Media. “The bull was in heat because it’s their mating season this time of year.”
In addition to his paralysis, Jaquins also suffered a broken neck, and his sister said he told her he lay with his injuries for “quite some time” before he was found.
Randy Jaquins, 59, had just finished milking cows when he was attacked by the bull
Experts warn that bulls are aggressive and unpredictable when they are in mating season
The farmhand remained paralyzed on his own for “quite some time” before he was found
After the farmer was eventually discovered, Jaquins was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Doctors managed to fuse a vertebra in his neck, and Hull said when she visited her brother in hospital, he was conscious and speaking.
“He knows what happened,” she said.
“He told me he had been in the field for quite some time that day before anyone found him.”
Hull added that his recovery will be a “big adjustment,” saying his family “don’t even know at this point how long he will be in hospital.”
In a GoFundMe set up to help with his rehabilitation, his sister said, “We all hope this will be temporary, but we are preparing for the worst.”
Experts warn that bulls can become violent and unpredictable when they are in heat, which happens during the mating season at the height of summer.