Once again terror struck Glen Lachart on Tuesday, when the legendary giant cow of Cair Duine attacked a local man, leaving him stunned and disfigured.

John MacGregor (37) was returning from laying a carpet for his wife's younger sister Agnes (22) late on Tuesday evening, when he decided to take a shortcut home across the boglands which surround many parts of the village.

As he carefully made his way across the soggy marshland, "an enormous shadow" passed over him, causing him to start. When John turned round he found himself standing before the giant bovine.

"It was huge!" a still shaken John told us, "It must've been bigger than a house, with great big horns the size of cabers.  It was easily the biggest cow I've ever seen."

Added John: " And I've seen a few big cows in my time."

Before John had a chance to move, the cow attacked, scarring him with its pointy horns before disappearing into the night.

John's wife, Peggy, was in bed when her husband returned home, and didn't find out about the cow attack until he had undressed to join her.

"I noticed the big scratches on John as soon as he took his shirt off," Peggy recalled, "dozens of them there were right down his back, along with the carpet burns he must've gotten while laying Aggie's carpet. And what looked like three big whip marks."

"I asked him where he got them from," continued Peggy, "which is when he told me about the Cair Duine cow attacking him, scratching him with those big horns and whipping him with it's big, cow tail!"

"I'll be making sure he takes the long way round when he makes his next twice-weekly visit to help Aggie put in her lightbulbs."

Despite there being no real evidence to support the existence of the Cair Duine Cow - so named after the golf course on which it made it's first documented appearance - John's encounter is just one of many which have baffled villagers and cow experts alike.

The Glen Lachart Star approached Veterinarian and Cow Expert Dr Richard Heuston PhD for his opinion on the giant cow, but he wasn't in.