Very bizarre ride today.

[1976RD400C]

I had an interesting ride this morning. I come around a turn heading down a long straight and I see a cone on each shoulder of the road and a guy waves at me. I slow right down and finally am absolutely crawling when I get there. Where did he go? I catch a glimpse of him way over on the left in a field. I check the road and all looks clear as I crawl forward.  Next thing a know, there is this thin string hooked on my headlight and I'm pulling it along. My brain was in overload checking everything that was going on as I approached but thinking there was a string strung across the road was the last thing I was looking for. Here he comes screaming at me. "I told you to f...ing stop!" I'm trying to get f...ing  cows back across the street"! I said, "why weren't you in the street with your hands up telling me to stop as I got close?" He started screaming "F ...  you f... you" right in my helmet. "Get the f... out of here".  I think the string thing was to corral the cows in the right direction. So, I slowly pulled away, on the public road I was on.  I left calm. His blood pressure must have been through the roof. Smoke was ready to come out of his ears and maybe pop a vein.  Some people have to learn to chill and do things the right way. 

[soonerbillz]

Ya gotta be careful 🧐
 You ever hit a cow roadside?
 It ain't pretty.

[RDryan]

Wow that sounds crazy for sure. I have never hit a cow roadside nor have I ever encountered a string across a  public road. Luckily it was headlight level and not neck level.  

Also very sensible for you and the way you handled it coming to a near crawl as you stated. You were also very calm as stated. Some of us may have been tempted to get off our bikes and knock the idiot out. 

[pdxjim]

Sounds like that dude spends too much time around cows, and not enough time around people.

Or maybe vice-versa.

[TeeZee]

Sounds like that dude spends too much time around cows, and not enough time around people.

Or maybe vice-versa.

Indeed a strange encounter but as stated above you did handle it sensibly. These days everyone seems to be on edge so I do try to keep distance. Divorces, loss of jobs, just a bad day .... who knows what else.

[1976RD400C]

After thinking about it a bit, he was all wound up before I got there dealing with his out-of-control cow situation and then I screwed up his string across the road plan. 

[teazer]

I believe you are correct.  Very mature response.