Dead Cow Washes onto Hudson River Shore Castleton NY 12033

I recently read a story of a dead cow washing up on shore near Seattle WA. Discovered late last month by authorities who have been unable to discover previous owner. This story jogged my memory. It took me to the evening just before I fell asleep to remember the story of a similar incident in the Town of Schodack , near Castleton. I believe this story was told to me by a Malcolm Harris who lived in the Chatham NY area and was a crane operator who worked on the Castleton Thruway Bridge construction project. In the early months of the initial construction on the east shore of the Hudson in what is now the area of a shoreline NYS Park construction workers discovered a dead Holstine cow. It had washed up during the night on this late March morning. As the morning worn on a few locals made quiet inquires to local farmers , no one was missing a member of their herd. So what to do? Now a days the health dept would be called , animal control etc. The workers at the site just wanted to dispose of the dead cow. It was bloated and mangled and some speculated it may have been hit by a passing ship. So somewhere near where the concrete pillars that support the bridge structure are located , a pit was dug. Cleared brush and refuse from the site was gathered up and placed in the pit as well as the cow. Fuel was added and ignited. As the day wore on additional material was added along with additional fuel. It appears the fire smoldered well into late Friday afternoon when it was buried by bulldozer. So that is the story for what it is worth. A piece of odd history now told.