I have quite an odd story from a train journey I made in October/November 2016 from Lincoln to Leicester. Everything was going alright until 20 minutes into the journey, there was a loud 'bump'. Nothing happened, though, and the train journey continued as normal the rest of the way. That is, until 5 minutes away from our destination, the train suddenly stopped! Nobody knew what was happening. People working on the train were making frequent, hurried trips from one end of the train to another. Several times throughout the next 15 minutes, one of the people working on the train would apologise for delays and update us on everything they discovered - which was pretty much nothing.
Then, after what felt like hours spent constantly confused, our train driver came out to tell us exactly what was going on. He told us that there was a blockage somewhere in the train. This confirmed one of my theories, and also strengthened my belief that the seemingly harmless 'bump' I heard had something to do with this. I was sure we had hit something back then. But what? The train driver then told us that we had hit some sheep. It was very sad to hear this, and I hope that their ends came quickly (they probably did, luckily.)
The most interesting thing I remember from this was that someone asked the driver, "Why didn't you call the police when you hit the sheep?" The train driver replied, "We only hit two sheep! You have to hit 5 sheep before you call the police!"
Well, I guess...the more you know...
I hope you enjoyed that story, and thank you for reading :)
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