(Image: Pic by Trudie Maitland courtesy of Forest of Dean News Centre)

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Police are currently rounding up a movie loving bovine on the loose in Coleford.

Town centre shopper and staff were astonished to see the small black cow wandering around the middle of the market town this morning.

Boar have become a familiar site on the streets of the Forest, but this cow seems to be a first.

And this picture by Trudie Maitland seems to suggest the cow wanted to catch a film.

She captured the cow gazing at the posters outside the Studio Cinema on the High Street.

It is unclear if he was looking at Dunkirk, Despicable Me 3 or Planet of the Apes which are all showing in the town which is gearing up for the annual music festival this weekend.

After mooving down the High Street the cow wandered into the car park at the Forest of Dean District Council HQ where police kept watch and sent for the farmer.

Stephanie Marsden works in Mike's Autos next to the cinema and actually walked past the cow without noticing.

"Somebody called me in to a doorway at Tesco and said you've just walked past a black cow," she said.

"People were standing around amazed. It's not something you expect to see on Friday morning."

A council employee said they were astonished as they walked their son to nursery and he pointed out the cow in the middle of the road.

"It was really, really random," she said. "The cars had stopped for it and it then went into the council car park.

"Somebody called the police who are with it now waiting for the farmer."

The image has sparked debate on social media with wit Jerry Green quickly coming up with ten moves the cow could be looking for.





.1. Apocolypse Cow

2. Seven Brides for Seven Udders

3. Raging Bull

4. Oh Brother, Where art Cow?

5. Bovine secrets of the Moo-Moo sisterhood

6. Moo Velvet

7. The Naked Gun Two and a Calf

8. Sergeant Heifer's Lonely Hearts Club Band

9. The Silage of the Lambs