Farmers finds his pasture empty, then stumbles upon all 32 of his cows dead in a pile

Given the unpredictability of the world around us, it’s no great surprise that life is so fragile.

Anyone who’s ever lost anyone close to them will know just how quickly things can change, not to mention just how cruel fate can be.

Yet few will have experienced the strange turn of events witnessed by Jared Blackwelder, a farmer from Springfield, Missouri and his wife Misty, who fed their dairy cows as usual one Saturday morning, not knowing the rare disaster that was about to befall them.

The tragedy in question took place in 2017, but the bizarre nature of how it unfolded makes it an equally fascinating read yet today.