Drew Knight

KVUE-TV, Austin

KERRVILLE, TEXAS - Moo-ve over Gene Simmons.

A newborn calf in Texas with face markings that look similar to Simmons' signature face paint has become an Internet sensation. Meet Genie the calf, aptly named for her resemblance to the rock star frontman of KISS.

On July 29, the day after Genie’s birth, the central Texas tourism resource Hill Country Visitor shared a Facebook post noting the the calf's striking resemblance to Simmons. In the photo, Genie mirrors her doppelgänger and sticks out her tongue.

Drew Taylor, partner and general sales manager with the Hill Country Visitor, said he was eating at the Cowboy Steak House in Kerrville when Heather Taccetta, an employee of the steakhouse, told him about the calf that had just been born on her cattle ranch.

“I told her, ‘Heather, this is so uncanny. I’m going to blow this up,” Taylor told KVUE. “And she just kind of said, ‘Sure, whatever.’”

Hours after Genie's photo was posted online, he said they were both getting calls from the media for interviews and requests to bring out camera crews.

He said in Genie’s few days of fame, and life in general, they’ve brought her out to the steakhouse where she put on a show for the cameras like she’d done this all before.

“After a while, she just sat down in the shade like ‘whatever, I’m famous,’” Taylor said.

While she may only be a few days old, plans are already in the works for her future. Taylor said Genie’s gotten two monetary offers to become the mascot at nearby dude ranches. They may have to duke it out with Cowboy Steak House, who Taylor said is already planning a statue in Genie’s resemblance to put in the restaurant.