"His farm was his dream, and I had the privilege of helping him with it for a little while," girlfriend Jennifer Green said in a statement.

July 14 (UPI) -- Police in an Oklahoma town confirmed Monday that a farmer was killed by his own water buffalo last week.

The farm where Bradley McMichael, 47, died has been in his family for three generations. His fiancée described him as an experienced farmer who had worked with livestock since his teenage years.