New Hampshire man killed by his Scottish Highland cattle

NEW HAMPSHIRE -- A New Hampshire man was fatally injured last weekend in a confrontation with a bull on his farm.

Christopher G. Merrill, 51, was found dead on his Hampton Falls farm on Sunday, according to the Union Leader.

 

Police went to the property after Merrill's family reported him missing.

“He died on the land that he loved, and I think it was mean to be. Maybe God said, ‘You know what? This is how you loved and this is how you died,' and that’s it,” said his wife, Elizabeth Merrill.

 

"Animals are funny, and a couple of days before the animal was making funny noises, it could have been in heat."

She said the family has five bulls on the property, and her husband intended to plant a Christmas tree farm.

“(The bulls) would keep the brush down, and they were going to be part of that whole vision,” she said.

In his obituary, Merrill was described as a “true outdoorsman” who enjoyed working on his farm, snowmobiling, hunting and fishing.

Merrill and his wife have three children.

"In a couple of weeks, we would have been married 24 years. I feel blessed that I had him in my life," she said.

(WCVB - May 30, 2015)