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A college student in the Central Valley has been charged with sexually assaulting a sheep in a barn on campus. The accused 23-year-old computer engineering student told police that he was really stressed out and drunk at the time.
The Fresno State student, whose name has not been released, was caught in the school's agricultural barn last Tuesday around 3:30 a.m. with an ewe, according to the Fresno Bee. Another student heard some odd noises coming from the barn and reported the incident to police.
The student told police that he was stressed out over an upcoming midterm. He was arrested and charged with the sexual assault of an animal, according to ABC 7. He was jailed but later released.
The "sheep incident" is the talk of the campus, and yeah, there's a parody Twitter account that's popped up in response to the incident:
Baaaaa means baaaaa.
— Fresno State Sheep (@FresnoStSheep) November 14, 2014
The ewe that is used for breeding is being monitored by a veterinarian, but none of the students in the sheep barn were allowed to talk to media on the record. However, Marisa Burkdoll, a student who works with horses on campus, told ABC 7, "It's just kind of disgusting and revolting and personally makes me angry, I mean why would you do that?"
