Calf bears uncanny resemblance to KISS rocker Gene Simmons
<p>A Texas rancher has spotted a surprising similarity between a newborn calf and a legendary rocker, KISS frontman Gene Simmons.</p>
<p>Heather Leonard Taccetta, who works at the Cowboy Steak House in Kerrville, Texas, posted a photo saying the calf born on July 28 with facial markings – complete with the long tongue poking out – uncannily resembled the KISS rocker.</p>
<p><img width="536" height="322" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/31/20/42D8124800000578-4746792-image-a-84_1501528614829.jpg" alt="Face markings on newborn calf Genie bear an uncanny resemblance to the stage makeup worn by KISS frontman Gene Simmons, who has worn the black and white makeup for decades" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="i-ec77b3a4bcac69ad"/></p>
<p>Taccetta sent a photo of the newborn named, Genie, to her local tourism board, Hill Country Tourism, which posted the image on its Hill Country Visitor Facebook page. </p>
<p>In the Facebook <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hill.country.visitor/" target="_blank">post</a></strong></span>, tourism officials cheekily asked: “Where were you on our [sic] about November 25, 2016?”</p>
<p>The post went on to reveal that the KISS was playing on the radio when the calf was conceived.</p>
<p>The photo was also shared on the official KISS <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KISS/?fref=mentions" target="_blank">Facebook</a></strong></span> page, which left fans highly amused.</p>
<p>Even Simmons himself responded, tweeting about the look-a-like cow and exclaiming, “This is real, folks!!!”</p>
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<p dir="ltr">This is real, folks!!! Calf called Genie is born on Texas ranch and looks EXACTLY like Kiss rocker Gene Simmons <a href="https://t.co/m6CcUlA7cy">https://t.co/m6CcUlA7cy</a></p>
— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) <a href="https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/891836678192549889">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
<p>Hill Country Visitor said that the “love child” of a Holstein cow and Simmons has saved it from the slaughterhouse. </p>
<p>“Obviously, we can't serve this fine specimen,” tourism officials said in their Facebook post. “We may just keep Genie as we call her, as a Mascot for the Steakhouse.”</p>
