Holy cow! 'Divine' bovine born on farm

STERLING, Conn. (WTNH) - It's that time of year when miracles happen in the most unexpected places. A Connecticut farmer found a divine sign in a manger.

Exactly one week ago, Tuesday, in a Sterling manger a blessed event: young Moses, the calf, was born. The rambunctious little calf was different from all the others from the start.

"He's a very affectionate calf and he really looks at you when you talk to him and he has that look in his eye like he wants to tell you something," said Megan Johnson of Sterling. "He understands."

And there was something else; something the longtime farmers had never seen before: a divine bovine.

"Later in the morning after he dried off and his hair went back into place around 9:00, 9:30 a.m., then we saw the cross was very obvious and it was really quite an eye opener," said Brad Davis of Sterling.

The cross is as clear as day on the forehead of the Jersey-Holstein mix. But the more spiritual event came that first night.

"The moon was out that night and there was a little bit of the moonlight coming in through the windows and his cross was the only thing that showed," said Davis.

It's a sacred cow of sorts.

Usually the Sterling farmers sell their bull calves but this one may have a higher calling. The mark on Moses' forehead could bring masses to the struggling Sterling farm seeking meaning in the divine sign but his owners hope it will instead bring attention to the plight of the farmer; the struggles with higher costs of feed and equipment.

"I think he may be here to open people's eyes and get a message across. Maybe something for farmers? For the dairy farmers possibly that there is hope and the answers are still coming," said Davis.

Answers like legislation to raise milk prices.

Moses is part of a working dairy farm so the folks who run it are sort of hoping there won't be any huge pilgrimage to see him.