Runaway bull sparks wild California highway chase — until a cowboy comes to the rescue

Nypost · Aug 21, 2026 · 465 words · By Katie Jerkovich

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Add The California Post on Google A runaway bull brought a California highway to a standstill for hours — until cops called in a seasoned cowboy to wrangle the beast.

Common ground

The large bovine went rogue Tuesday night along Highway 35 in San Mateo County, forcing California Highway Patrol officers to deal with a dangerous moving traffic hazard as it tore along the roadway for several miles.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A runaway bull brought a California highway to a standstill for hours”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a runaway bull caused traffic chaos/standstill for hours on Highway 35 in San Mateo County.

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web search NEUTRAL — A runaway bull snarled traffic for hours on Highway 35 in San Mateo County before an experienced cowboy rode to the rescue and helped capture it.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/us-news/bull-causes-traffic-ch…

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web search NEUTRAL — Runaway Bull Prompts Late-Night Highway Response. The animal, which had been on the run for days, continued its trek along the highway as California Highway Patrol officers and San Mateo County Sherif…
https://www.ktvu.com/news/expert-wrangler-lassos-runaway-bul…

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web search NEUTRAL — A late-night bull run on a busy California highway ended safely after quick-thinking cowboys used old-fashioned know-how to corral the animal.
https://internewscast.com/news/us/runaway-bull-lassoed-on-bu…

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Claim 2: “the team secured the bull, and Samuel used his expertise to safely load it into his trailer”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of adult content and unrelated Wikipedia entries. There is no relevant evidence in the provided set to confirm the loading of the bull into a trailer.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Huaynaputina ( WY-nə-puu-TEE-nə; Spanish: [wajnapuˈtina]) is a volcano in a volcanic high plateau in southern Peru. Lying in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, it was formed by the subduction of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaynaputina

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable male boxers. For a list of female boxers, see List of female boxers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol] ) is a Spanish professional association football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_CF

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Claim 3: “Samuel Ramos Palomino... The Sea Horse Ranch foreman”

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Two independent news sources (UPI and Wonderous Worlds of Words) explicitly identify Samuel Ramos Palomino as the foreman at Sea Horse Ranch.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 South American Youth Games (Spanish: Juegos Suramericanos de la Juventud 2026), officially the IV South American Youth Games, is an international multi-sport event held in Panama City, Panama…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article records new taxa of fossil mammals of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2026, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Many of them are described below, along with their typical range of size (for the general dates of extinction, see the…
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Claim 4: “Samuel worked alongside Sheriff’s Office deputies and CHP officers as they followed the bull for several miles”

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The provided evidence for this specific claim contains irrelevant results (Svelte themes, Bitcoin charts, and unrelated Wikipedia entries). No evidence in the provided set confirms the specific detail of following the bull for several miles with deputies.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 6 June 1599 – 6 August 1660) was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish G…
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Claim 5: “The large bovine went rogue Tuesday night along Highway 35 in San Mateo County”

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Web search results confirm the bull was on Highway 35 in San Mateo County during a late-night response. While the specific 'Tuesday' is not explicitly in the snippets, the location and timing (late-night) are corroborated across multiple reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — State Route 35 (SR 35), generally known as Skyline Boulevard for most of its length, is a mostly two-lane state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs along the ridge of the Santa Cruz Mount…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_35

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Mateo is the most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. It is part of the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan region, and is located about 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo,_California

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Mateo County, officially the County of San Mateo, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City is the county s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California

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Claim 6: “Coastside Patrol Bureau Captain Allen and Half Moon Bay City Manager on Wednesday met with Palomino to express their gratitude”

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Two independent sources (Fox News and Total News) confirm that Coastside Patrol Bureau Captain Allen and Half Moon Bay City Manager Chidester met with Palomino to express gratitude.

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web search NEUTRAL — Samuel Ramos Palomino meets with Coastside Patrol Bureau Capt. Allen and Half Moon Bay City Manager Chidester after the overnight response on Highway 35. (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office).
https://www.foxnews.com/us/late-night-bull-run-ends-little-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — To express their gratitude, Coastside Patrol Bureau Capt. Allen and Half Moon Bay City Manager Chidester met with Samuel to thank him personally. They acknowledged his skill, bravery, and quick respon…
https://totalnews.com/sheriff-and-highway-patrol-capture-a-w…

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web search NEUTRAL — Meet Captain Eamonn Allen, newly appointed Chief of Police Services for Half Moon Bay and leader of our Coastside Patrol Bureau.From the Coastside Fire Protection District (CFPD) Director’s meeting on…
https://coastsidebuzz.com/meet-san-mateo-county-sheriff-capt…

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Claim 7: “Palomino, who has 35 years of experience wrangling large animals”

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Two independent sources explicitly state that Palomino has 35 years of experience wrangling/working with large animals.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certif…
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