A Holstein bull literally turned on the hand that fed him this week.

And amateur photographer Mr. Clive Francis told The Royal Gazette he watched in shock as the horrific attack unfolded.

Mr. Francis said he visited Spittal Pond on Wednesday afternoon to take photographs for a project assigned by the New York Institute of Photography where he was enrolled.

Passing Mr. Harry Kromer's Spittal Pond dairy farm, he said he saw Mr. John Rebello feeding the bull.

Mr. Francis said he asked if he could take a photograph of the scene and Mr.

Rebello obliged him.

"I asked him what the rings in the bull's nose were for and he said it was to keep the bull calm,'' Mr. Francis said.

"Then I don't know what happened. It happened in a flash. All I heard was Mr.

Rebello screaming. I froze. The only thing moving was my hand on the shutter release.'' Through his lens, Mr. Francis said he saw Mr. Rebello lying on the ground and the bull stabbing him with its horns.

"Each time he moved, the bull would attack him,'' Mr. Francis said. "I could actually feel the ground trembling.'' Mr. Francis said he felt helpless and guilty about shooting the scene.

"This all happened in a matter of three seconds,'' he recalled. "I'm thankful to God that he survived.'' Speaking from his bed -- through an interpreter -- hours after the ordeal, the Acorean farmer said he managed to escape from the angry bull by screaming as loud as he could and crawling backward through an electric fence.

The screams stopped the bull in its tracks, he added.

Mr. Rebello said it was the first time he had been attacked by the bull that he was responsible for feeding twice a day.

But when contacted last night, Mr. Kromer accused Mr. Francis of trespassing on his property.

RAGING BULL -- Amateur photographer Mr. Clive Francis captured this horrific bull attack on farmer Mr. John Rebello earlier this week at Mr. Harry Kromer's dairy farm near Spittal Pond in Smith's Parish.