Bizarre calf mutilations found on Colorado ranch
SAN LUIS, Colo. (AP) -- A creepy string of calf mutilations in southern Colorado has a rancher and sheriff's officials mystified.
Four calves were found dead in a pasture just north of the New Mexico state line in recent weeks. The dead calves had their skins peeled back and organs cleared from the rib cage. One calf had its tongue removed.
But rancher Manuel Sanchez has found no signs of human attackers, such as footprints or ATV tracks. And there are no signs of an animal attack by a coyote or mountain lion. Usually predators leave pools of blood or drag marks from carrying away the livestock.
Two officers from the Costilla County Sheriff's Office have investigated the mutilations but say they don't know what's killing the calves.
"There's nothing really to go by," said Sanchez, who's ranched for nearly 50 years. "I can't figure it out."
A spokesman for the sheriff's office told The Pueblo Chieftain that investigators doubt a person butchered the calves because there is no blood at the scene.
"I've butchered a cow before and I know what kind of a mess it leaves," Sgt. James Chavez said.
Some in the area believe the mutilations are the work of aliens. An area UFO chaser, Chuck Zukowski of Colorado Springs, has been to the Costilla County pasture to investigate.
He told the paper there have been other unexplained calf mutilations in the area, including three in March. One of the other calves, found dead on a ranch near Trinidad, had its ears removed, Zukowski said.
"We're trying as much as we can to find a pattern," said Zukowski, who runs a UFO Web site called ufonut.com.
Sanchez said he has sold off his 32 remaining calves out of fear more would be mutilated. He hasn't decided how he'll manage the remaining 40 animals in his herd.
"It's a big loss for a small rancher," he said.
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Interesting, I hope they sent sample in to test for radiation and/or viral infection.
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Quoting stormcris:
Interesting, I hope they sent sample in to test for radiation and/or viral infection.
I hope some one did some kind of testing, this is very odd....
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Cattle mutilations have been going on for decades. All are like the description given here. Some people think the DNA in the bovine is being used to make a "hybrid" human being.
If you have done any reading on UFO theory and evolution of humans, some say we were actually "planted" here by aliens.
Are they now looking for ways to manipulate our gene pool? Who knows?
lol I may end up spoofing this now.
Quoting allycally:
Why do the aliens have to mess with livestock? dont they know about PETA!
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Quoting allycally:
Why do the aliens have to mess with livestock? dont they know about PETA!
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Animal slaughter is one of the first hallmarks of a future homicidal maniac. Serial killer in the making anyone?? Don't these sherrifs watch CSI? They butchered the cows and then moved the bodies away from the crime scene so it wouldn't be as obvious and they wouldn't get caught.
Okay I read way to many murder mysteries... time to switch to romance again.
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on Nov. 26, 2009 at 3:29 PM