The great ewe-scape! Mischievous sheep pulls the wool over farmers' eyes after figuring out how to unlock her pen and roam free while no-one is looking<br /><br />Staff at a Northumberland farm were blown away by a sheep's getaway antics <br /><br />Hidden footage shows the young ewe successfully unlock a gate to get out<br /><br />Farm staff who had been puzzled after some of their animals kept escaping were astounded to find out that a very clever sheep had figured out how to unlock the gate to her pen so that she can roam free.<br /><br />After weeks of mischief at Whitehouse Farm Centre in Morpeth, Northumberland, staff members set up a hidden camera to find out who was causing chaos.<br /><br />And when the camera captured Lucy the Leicester sheep's escape artistry, they were stunned by her intelligence. <br /><br />Footage showed the ewe putting her head through the wooden fence and sliding the bolt open with her mouth. After a few seconds of struggle as she sampled different manoeuvers, Lucy successfully found the best angle to let herself in and out of the enclosure.<br /><br />Workers at the farm were initially baffled when Lucy, the one-year-old black and white sheep, and her two fellow ewes kept getting away.<br /><br />They decided to record what was going on, and study the footage for clues later.<br /><br />To their surprise, the culprit was none other than their intelligent lamb. <br /><br />In the video, which the farm posted on its Facebook page this week, Lucy can be seen checking left and right for oncoming staff before unlocking the pen and escaping.<br /><br />The incriminating clip has since gone viral, with more than 5,100 shares and some 2,600 comments.<br /><br />'OMG A mystery has been solved today at Whitehouse farm,' they wrote in the post. 'We have been puzzled for sometime how the same pen of sheep keep getting out????<br /><br />Look what we caught on camera today!!!! How intelligent is "Lucy" the Leicester sheep.'<br /><br />Commenters were blown away by Lucy's strategic plan and calculated thinking.<br /><br />'The craziest part was that she knew she needed to open the gate inward,' one poster penned. <br /><br />'Lucy pulled the wool over everyone's eyes - brilliant,' another joked.<br /><br />A third remarked: 'Wow, clever girl.'<br /><br />Elsewhere, one pointed out Lucy's impressive use of techniques.<br /><br />'Brilliant! So much checking and thinking behind her actions,' they said.<br /><br />'She kept looking at the blue rope to see if it was keeping the gate shut (surely that means she’d learned that can sometimes be true).
