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CCTV captured the moment a herd of escaped water buffalo stampeded through a couple's garden and took a dip in the pool at their Essex home.
Eight buffalo fell through the cover and into the £70,000 pool at Andy and Lynette Smith's residence in Colchester. The animals then stampeded through the flower beds in the couple's garden and wrecked their fencing.
The animals, which had escaped from a nearby rare breeds farm, caused £25,000 worth of damage to the Smiths' property during the 15-minute incident last July.
NFU Mutual, which insures the farmer, told the BBC that couple's compensation claim has been 'settled and paid' despite a delay of nearly a year.
It is understood that no buffalo were injured during the incident and that the farmer managed to safely get them out of the water.
CCTV captured the moment a herd of escaped water buffalo stampeded through a couple's garden and took a dip in the pool at their Essex home
Eight buffalo fell through the cover and into the £70,000 pool at Andy and Lynette Smith's residence in Colchester. The animals then stampeded through the flower beds in the couple's garden and wrecked their fencing
The herd stampeded the property last July after an electric fence at the farm failed, allowing the animals to breach the separation between their field and the garden.
CCTV footage revealed that the buffalo wandered into the garden early in the morning. One of the animals then stepped onto the pool cover and fell through, prompting the other buffalo to run across the lawn.
In the 15 minutes that followed, seven other buffalo fell into the pool, leaving the water murky and dark in colour.
Mr Smith claims his wife called 999 as the incident unfolded but says they were told 'the fire brigade don't accept hoax
