HILLCREST — A miniature bull got loose on a neighborhood street in Hillcrest on Sunday afternoon, Dave and Brenda Wetzel of Hillcrest Avenue said.

The Wetzels were home when they saw a neighbor was being visited by a friend with a livestock trailer. The bull started to get upset in the trailer when something got stuck on his head. When the owner opened the small door to the trailer to help him, the bull pushed him out of the way and got out of the trailer and into the street and later into a neighbor's yard, Dave Wetzel said.

"There were three sides of fence there and a few of us got out there with the trailer and eventually got the bull calmed down and got him back into the trailer," Dave Wetzel said. "He charged me twice, but he didn’t get me. The first time he almost got me. It was close, probably a couple inches. We finally got him calmed down and eating grass and we talked to him and got a little rope around his neck. Three of us got him in the trailer and back home. It was pretty exciting have a big bull out there running around in a backyard."

Nobody was hurt in the incident, including the bull, a Belted Highland Cross mini bull named Bentley.

"He probably weighed close to 1,000 pounds," Dave Wetzel said. "The owner lives in Amboy. They sent us a picture when they got home and unloaded him. They were really happy we were there to help when he got out. It was kind of a freak thing. He got something on his head and the owner wanted to make sure he didn't hurt himself or the trailer. The bull saw the door open and thought he was home."

Brenda Wetzel said nine neighbors in total got involved to try to help with the loose bull. The owner was only in the village with the trailer and bull for a few minutes to show it to a friend's family.

The Wetzels have lived at their Hillcrest Avenue home for 41 years. They've had an experience with a deer running through their yard and a chicken in their garage, but nothing like a loose bull.

Dave Wetzel said the neighbors didn't get police or animal control involved, because, "there wasn't really any time for that."

"There were three of us in the backyard," Dave Wetzel said. "I was pretty much the only one he actually chased after. He was just running around for a while and then calmed down. I’m from Southern Mississippi so I kind of understand the language bulls have. We could tell he was really upset to start with. We just kept talking to him and got him calmed down and led him back to the trailer. And then we all took a big breath. The owner had just bought it that day. That was his first experience with that bull. It's a mini bull, but he was full grown and had a full-grown attitude."