STIAN_FIVE-LEGGED COW_IMAGE001A FIVE-LEGGED cow has been hailed a miracle after pregnant women who touch its fifth hoof are blessed with baby boys.Raj Pratap’s three-year-old male calf, called Raju, has become a sensation in Raipur, India, since a woman with four daughters touched the animal’s fifth hoof and begged for her next child to be a boy.When she gave birth to a twins boys in February this year word soon spread that the calf’s fifth leg was ‘lucky’ and pregnant women flocked to ‘be blessed’ by the animal, which is sacred in India.Since news got out about the lucky fifth hoof, Mr Pratap, a cattle herder, has been swamped by women who pay to touch the hoof – with 30 women so far stumping up around 1,000 rupees, around £10, for the privilege.Amazingly, all 30 women have given birth to boys and Mr Pratap is so confident of his ‘miracle calf’ that he offers refunds if the baby born is a girl.Please credit Ben Endley with photo, who has given me permission to send out.STIAN ALEXANDER 07529 679198

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A FIVE-LEGGED cow has been hailed a miracle after pregnant women who touch its fifth hoof are blessed with baby boys.
Raj Pratap’s three-year-old male calf, called Raju, has become a sensation in Raipur, India, since a woman with four daughters touched the animal’s fifth hoof and begged for her next child to be a boy.
When she gave birth to a twins boys in February this year word soon spread that the calf’s fifth leg was ‘lucky’ and pregnant women flocked to ‘be blessed’ by the animal, which is sacred in India.
Since news got out about the lucky fifth hoof, Mr Pratap, a cattle herder, has been swamped by women who pay to touch the hoof – with 30 women so far stumping up around 1,000 rupees, around £10, for the privilege.
Amazingly, all 30 women have given birth to boys and Mr Pratap is so confident of his ‘miracle calf’ that he offers refunds if the baby born is a girl.

Please credit Ben Endley with photo, who has given me permission to send out.

STIAN ALEXANDER 07529 679198