They were on the train and got off at the wrong stop? Or it was a sheep hen party, going to a winery to get sloshed...

I can see the Rift picking up whole herds of various animals and putting them somewhere unlikely. I've written one with sheep and alien tech...

It's a small county, and roads tend to follow the path of least resistance, so they meander all over the place, avoiding woods, and hills, and rivers...