PIC FROM Kennedy News and Media (PICTURED: SHARON ELEY, 51, OUT HIKING BEFORE THE HORROR COW ATTACK) A dog walker was almost strangled and battered to death by a herd of rampaging COWS when she crossed a public field. Keen hiker Sharon Eley was surrounded by 20 cows, led by an agitated 'ringleader', who tossed her to the ground twice before they repeatedly headbutted her in the five-minute attack in May. However the 51-year-old, from Blacko, Lancashire, was almost garrotted when the strap on her leather bag wrapped around her throat, leaving her with a huge ligature mark commonly seen on hanging victims. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266
Sharon Eley was surrounded by 20 cows who tossed her to the ground and headbutted her when she got up (Picture: Kennedy)

A dog walker was almost strangled and battered to death by a herd of rampaging cows.

Sharon Eley was crossing a public field with her friend and their two dogs when she was surrounded by 20 cows in the Pendle countryside, Lancashire.

Led by an agitated ‘ringleader’, the cows tossed her to the ground twice before repeatedly headbutting her.

The 51-year-old glamping business owner was almost garrotted when the strap on her leather bag wrapped around her throat, leaving her with a huge ligature mark commonly seen on hanging victims. 

Sharon suffered a catalogue of other horror injuries, including 15 broken ribs, a punctured lung, a dislocated and shattered left ankle, a broken clavicle and severe bruising.

The five-minute onslaught only stopped when other walkers entered the field and distracted the cows.

After dragging herself to her feet for a third time, Sharon had a stand-off with one remaining cow who eventually backed down.

Sharon feared she’d die at the hands of the angry herd, and was forced to painfully crawl to the edge of the field and haul herself over a dry-stone wall to safety.

PIC FROM Kennedy News and Media (PICTURED: SHARON ELEY, 51, IN HOSPITAL AFTER THE HORROR COW ATTACK) A dog walker was almost strangled and battered to death by a herd of rampaging COWS when she crossed a public field. Keen hiker Sharon Eley was surrounded by 20 cows, led by an agitated 'ringleader', who tossed her to the ground twice before they repeatedly headbutted her in the five-minute attack in May. However the 51-year-old, from Blacko, Lancashire, was almost garrotted when the strap on her leather bag wrapped around her throat, leaving her with a huge ligature mark commonly seen on hanging victims. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266
Sharon was repeatedly headbutted in the five-minute attack (Picture: Kennedy)
PIC FROM Kennedy News and Media (PICTURED: SHARON ELEY, 51, IN HOSPITAL WITH HER LEG IN CAST AFTER UNDERGOING SURGERY) A dog walker was almost strangled and battered to death by a herd of rampaging COWS when she crossed a public field. Keen hiker Sharon Eley was surrounded by 20 cows, led by an agitated 'ringleader', who tossed her to the ground twice before they repeatedly headbutted her in the five-minute attack in May. However the 51-year-old, from Blacko, Lancashire, was almost garrotted when the strap on her leather bag wrapped around her throat, leaving her with a huge ligature mark commonly seen on hanging victims. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266
Sharon broke 15 ribs and her clavicle, punctured a lung, and dislocated and shattered her left ankle (Picture: Kennedy)
PIC FROM Kennedy News and Media (PICTURED: SHARON ELEY, 51, UNDERWENT TWO OPERATIONS ON HER SHATTERED LEFT ANKLE) A dog walker was almost strangled and battered to death by a herd of rampaging COWS when she crossed a public field. Keen hiker Sharon Eley was surrounded by 20 cows, led by an agitated 'ringleader', who tossed her to the ground twice before they repeatedly headbutted her in the five-minute attack in May. However the 51-year-old, from Blacko, Lancashire, was almost garrotted when the strap on her leather bag wrapped around her throat, leaving her with a huge ligature mark commonly seen on hanging victims. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266
Sharon’s left ankle was shattered by the cows (Picture: Kennedy)

A mountain rescue team rushed to the field after her friend phoned 999, and she was taken to hospital.

Sharon underwent two surgeries on her ankle and a month later was finally allowed home in June.

Still on the road to recover, she is urging walkers to be aware of their surroundings so that if the worst should happen they can get help.

She said: ‘It was terrifying. I thought “oh my god I’m actually going to die by a cow attack, I’ve not done my will”.

PIC FROM Kennedy News and Media (PICTURED: SHARON ELEY, 51, IN HOSPITAL AFTER THE HORROR COW ATTACK) A dog walker was almost strangled and battered to death by a herd of rampaging COWS when she crossed a public field. Keen hiker Sharon Eley was surrounded by 20 cows, led by an agitated 'ringleader', who tossed her to the ground twice before they repeatedly headbutted her in the five-minute attack in May. However the 51-year-old, from Blacko, Lancashire, was almost garrotted when the strap on her leather bag wrapped around her throat, leaving her with a huge ligature mark commonly seen on hanging victims. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266
Sharon in hospital after the horror cow attack (Picture: Kennedy)
PIC FROM Kennedy News and Media (PICTURED: SHARON ELEY, 51, RECOVERING AT HOME WITH FIVE-YEAR-OLD LHASA APSO RALPHIE) A dog walker was almost strangled and battered to death by a herd of rampaging COWS when she crossed a public field. Keen hiker Sharon Eley was surrounded by 20 cows, led by an agitated 'ringleader', who tossed her to the ground twice before they repeatedly headbutted her in the five-minute attack in May. However the 51-year-old, from Blacko, Lancashire, was almost garrotted when the strap on her leather bag wrapped around her throat, leaving her with a huge ligature mark commonly seen on hanging victims. DISCLAIMER: While Kennedy News and Media uses its best endeavours to establish the copyright and authenticity of all pictures supplied, it accepts no liability for any damage, loss or legal action caused by the use of images supplied and the publication of images is solely at your discretion. SEE KENNEDY NEWS COPY - 0161 697 4266
Sharon is now recovering at home with her dog (Picture: Kennedy)

‘They pushed me over, I was on my hands and knees and I didn’t know how to get out.

‘They’d got all around me and all I could see was hooves after hooves after hooves.

‘I stood up and then they pushed me down again. I was on my hands and knees again and then they were headbutting me on my back.

‘I was wearing a hard leather backpack handbag and they were hitting it. The next minute they’d snapped the arm off my backpack, that had gone round my neck and it was choking me.

‘I’m very lucky to be alive.’

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