Peebles woman crushed by cows near Newtonmore feared for her life

Woman Plays Dead After Being Crushed By Cows, Survives With 10 Broken Ribs

Mary-Jane Parker was attacked by cows while hiking in Newtonmore and survived by pretending to be dead.

Woman Suffers 10 Broken Ribs and Bruised Lungs After Being 'Crushed' by Cows: ‘I Decided to Play Dead’

Mary-Jane Parker also sustained a wound to her left calf muscle, which she said “was ripped open from knee to ankle and the muscle was hanging out"Getty Stock image of highland cattle on the Isle of SkyeNEED TO KNOWMary-Jane Parker, 61, was "crushed" by a herd of cattle in the Scottish Highlands in AugustThe cows trampled and dragged the hiker before she was tossed in the air and crashed back down to the groundParker sustained several injuries, …

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​“I lay still, pretending to be dead. I could feel one of the animals snuffling at my head. A second was licking my bleeding wounds while a third kept pawing at my foot. The danger was far from over.”

Peebles woman crushed by cows near Newtonmore feared for her life

Mary-Jane Parker, from Peebles, suffered 10 broken ribs and multiple other injuries in the Highlands.