DENVER ( KDVR ) — A driver experienced an unexpected delay after thousands of sheep crossed Highway 40 in northwest Colorado on Friday morning.
Kristin Clayburn was driving on Highway 40, heading to Utah, with her mother at around 8 a.m. However, the trip through Maybell and Dinosaur took an extra 20 minutes after she had to pull over for around 6,000 sheep crossing the road.
Clayburn captured a video of some of the sheep crossing the road. There appears to be thousands of white sheep, and a black sheep, moving through with nothing but the sound of the sheep’s trotters on the cement.
While a herd of about 6,000 sheep is quite a sight, the Colorado local said it’s quite common. Clayburn, who lives in Craig, said it looked like a planned sheep drive. Like a cattle drive, sheep are moved to a different pasture for fresh grazing and to prevent overgrazing in an area.
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Clayburn said there were two rangers on each side herding the sheep across the road…