In the late 1970’s, we lived in northeast Wyoming, in the Black Hills. My husband was a Forest Service Ranger. He was administering a timber sale for a rancher with whom we developed a close friendship. One morning in late August, the rancher called him and asked him to come to his property and bring the Sheriff and Game Warden with him. I went also because the rancher’s wife was a friend.What the rancher showed us was rather stunning. He found a five-month old calf, lying on his side in the middle of his pasture. We had a rather wet summer, so the grass was pretty high, but starting to cure. The tall grass had not been trampled down around the calf. Other than the rancher’s, there were no tracks. The calf had been completely eviscerated, tongue removed, genitalia removed, eyeballs removed (even the eye lids). The hide was not torn, it appeared to be cut (lasered?). There was not a speck of blood anywhere.
The rancher’s two border collies would not go near the carcass. In fact, they would go no closer than about 20 feet. They layed down and cowered. Not typical behavior for those dogs.
My husband called the University of Wyoming and they sent some game biologists up the following day. They were completely baffled, as well. One interesting thing they did find. There was NO insect life within about 10 feet of the carcass. Usually there would be some maggot infestation by then. There weren’t even ants or beetles around........nor had the coyotes, vultures or other scavengers approached.
We are not kooks. We are both college educated and have always been rather pragmatic and practical people. What we saw that day remains a mystery to us and to those involved. There just wasn’t a known answer. It was not the work of natural predators. No person could have been there without leaving signs.
Reading back over this, I know it sounds kinda nuts. But I know what we saw.
I would think these U of W biologists would have written some sort of report on such a finding. Could you find out their names?
“My husband called the University of Wyoming and they sent some game biologists up the following day. They were completely baffled, as well.
One interesting thing they did find. There was NO insect life within about 10 feet of the carcass. Usually there would be some maggot infestation by then. There weren’t even ants or beetles around........nor had the coyotes, vultures or other scavengers approached.”
Having read this, I now recall that same observation from a lot of the cattle mutilation reports I read about in the 90’s.
Like your anonymous Freepmailer, I’m baffled by it too, yet not ready to ascribe it to aliens. There’s just no evidence for that, though it’s hard to come to almost any other conclusion.
That’s a very standard kind of case.
Thanks.
and to your source . . . who has also FREEPMAILED me, IIRC.