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

An Oklahoma man died after officials say he was attacked by two water buffalo he bought a day earlier. On July 10, Bradley McMichael went to a livestock auction and purchased two water buffalo, according to a July 14 news release from the Jones Police Department.

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