Two "aggressive" water buffaloes fatally attacked an Oklahoma man before confronting — and delaying — police and firefighters who responded to care for the victim, authorities said Monday

Police in an Oklahoma town confirmed Monday that a farmer was killed by his own water buffalo last week. In a press release from the Jones Police Department, Chief Bryan Farrington announced that officers responded to the farm of Bradley McMichael on Friday night but were initially unable to reach him due to the presence of a water buffalo acting aggressively.

A farmer in Oklahoma was killed by two water buffaloes he had purchased at a livestock auction the day before, police said.