We had an exploding cow at Guetersloh c. 1968.
I may have told this one before but here goes ................
Not on the airfield but immediately south there was the biggest daytime thunderstorm I have EVER seen, and it went on and on. [the forecast was a no-brainer, so a warning was out good and early, which made a nice change].
Heaving it down with rain, but that would not stop my intrepid observer venturing forth to the screen at 15 minutes to.
He'd got to the raincoat/hat bit when there was a massive lightning strike and almost simultaneous thunder. We were both looking at the cows quietly grazing, thinking they were deaf or stupid.
The one that took the lightning bolt exploded, entrails, tail, horns .............
Intrepid Observer turns white.
"No", says I "I wouldn't go out, and neither will you".
The only time I was ever a party to inventing parts of an ob.
I had lunch with said observer a few weeks ago. Lucky Jim.