When a rare white buffalo was born last Friday at a buffalo ranch in Shelby County, owners Bob and Julie Allen thought the baby had prophecy written in her genes.
The white calf, regarded as a sacred symbol by Lakota Sioux and other Plains Indian tribes, is a granddaughter of the ranch's former big star, award-winning bull Chief Joseph, a hefty 3,000-pound sire. The bull was struck by lightning on Sept. 11, 2001 and died two weeks later.
The appearance of a white buffalo is regarded by some followers of American Indian spirituality as on par with the Christian idea of the second coming of Christ.
As the story goes, Lakota Sioux rituals and beliefs were brought to the tribe by a spiritual being known as the White Buffalo Calf Woman.
A white buffalo calf is interpreted as the sacred reincarnation of the woman. Historically, the white buffalo is "probably about the most spiritual being on the prairie."
The calf is not an albino, its eyes are brown, not pink.
...the signs of our times
...and check out the parent' fur(skin), it looks like a map of the world
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