Ewe won't believe it: 8ft fleece sheared from sheep

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A Lincoln Longwool sheep on a farm near Spilsby yielded an extraordinary 8-foot fleece during shearing, so much wool that handlers could barely manage the mass of it. The sheep, which had apparently gone unsheared for an unusually long time, produced a fleece of striking proportions. Shearers and farmers expressed amazement at the volume and length of the wool, a testament to how much fiber can accumulate on a single animal when left untended. The discovery has drawn attention to the breed's remarkable wool-producing capacity and raised questions about the sheep's prior care and circumstances.