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An elderly couple killed by a rampaging ram will have likely died instantly because the impact of the animal's horns was akin to being 'hit by a sledgehammer at 80 miles an hour', the victim's son has claimed.

Helge and Gaye Hansen, a husband and wife both in their eighties, were found dead on Thursday morning on their Anzac Valley Road property in Waitakere, New Zealand, where they kept sheep, chicken and cattle.

Gaye's son discovered the pair before he was attacked by the aggressive animal.

He had gone to check on the pair after failing to hear from them for a couple of days.

The ram also confronted police officers before they shot it dead.

Anthony, Helge's son with his ex-wife Jan, said it was 'frickin full-on for both of them to get taken out ... under such weird, crazy circumstances'.

He said his father was 'really cautious around rams' because he used to run a sheep farm and was aware of how vicious the animals could be during mating season.