Runaway bull shuts down Beltway 8

Only in Houston: Traffic was held up on the south Beltway last night when a runaway bull shut down part of the freeway for about 30 minutes. The bull was first spotted headed east near Sabo Road, just west of the Gulf Freeway, at about 11 p.m.

At one point, someone had a rope around the bull, but that person was dragged a little bit and the bull got loose again. The bull jumped the median and started heading west, finally exiting at the Pearland Parkway, and U-turning through the underpass.

Officers from the Houston Police Department and the Constable's office finally managed to round the bull up and tie him to a fence.

Houstonist doesn't have much experience with runaway bulls, but we wouldn't think tying the bull to a fence would be much of a remedy — or at least not for long. No word on where the bull came from or whether it had an EZ Tag.