A bull wandered into a Bank Leumi branch on Monday in the central Israeli city of Lod. Courtesy of Screenshot

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Talk about a bull market. An escaped bovine spent over an hour rampaging through a Bank Leumi office compound in the central Israeli city of Lod on Monday morning, terrifying workers and passerby before being corralled by its owner.

לוד. שור זועם במתחמי בנק לאומי.

רחמנות על היהודים שצריכים לגור באותה עיר עם אסופות השבטים הברברים מהגרי העבודה מהחיג'אז. pic.twitter.com/og4b0HRz4f

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— Daniel Bursan (@DanielBursan) August 22, 2022

According to Hebrew media reports, nobody was injured after the animal got loose from its owner, who managed to subdue it after an hour-long incident in which it damaged several cars in the bank parking lot before entering the building and reenacting the running of the bulls through the hallways.

האנשים מתלוננים על נחש בשקית שיש שור בבנק.

שוק שורי הבורסה עולה! pic.twitter.com/aKsJqOZoDU

— Abu Dementia -Après nous, le déluge (@era972) August 22, 2022

Video from the scene showed the bull sliding across the office building’s slick tile floor, chased by several men.

Some trader at an Israeli bank (Leumi in Lod) clearly took the concept of a “bull market” a bit too seriously. pic.twitter.com/Jlrd6ZY22A

— Daniel Sugarman (@Daniel_Sugarman) August 22, 2022

“In the early morning hours a bull entered one of Bank Leumi’s office buildings in Lod,” Bank Leumi said in a statement published by news site Mako. “He was caught and led outside the premises. At the same time, the case was reported to the local authorities and the city’s veterinary service to handle the incident. There were no injured and no damage was done.

השור נרדם אחרי שהחץ פעל את פעולתו. סוף פרק שור מועד pic.twitter.com/WmFEzs58hW

— מאיר ליוש Meir Layosh (@MeirLayosh) August 22, 2022

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