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Hey, I got a funny story about Buffalos on the runway.

In CFB Moosejaw we had a zoo just up the road towards MJ. A captive 1000 pound Buffalo decided he wanted a taste of freedom so jumped the fence and meandered over to the base, where he jumped the fence again and wandered out onto the runways. So the MPs and runway staff were busy trying to herd the animal (who was content just to sample the base's grass) and all flying had to cease.

My buddy Rick came back to work after lunch and there was the unusual silence of nothing flying so he asked why. Someone said there was a Buffalo on the runway. Rick asked "Did it stall?"

We were called with the wrecker at around 4PM to help load the tranquilized animal into the zoo's pickup truck. However, a month later, the same Buffalo decided to do it again, meandered through the PMQs and right through the front gate, where he had a heart attack from all the tranquilizer darts and had to be put down. The zoo closed a few months later.