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Frozen Colorado cows may have to be exploded
Fox News ^ | 4/18/12 | Staff

Posted on 04/21/2012 7:09:56 AM PDT by Pontiac

It may take explosives to dislodge the frozen carcasses of a small herd of cows found in an old ranger's cabin high in the Rocky Mountains.

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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cows; explosives
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To: Pontiac

Think of that cabin as a meat locker.


21 posted on 04/21/2012 7:48:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Mr. K

I was thinking the same thing. Not only would you have millions of cow parts, you’d also have a blown up cabin. That exploding whale video left a lasting impression on me. Yuck!


22 posted on 04/21/2012 7:48:36 AM PDT by stansblugrassgrl (PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!! YEEEEEHAW!)
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To: Pontiac
They're Feds.

The most expensive solution is the correct solution.

23 posted on 04/21/2012 7:49:09 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (For every black person murdered by a white, thirty-nine white people are murdered by blacks.)
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To: Pontiac

I have pieces of frozen cow in my freezer...


24 posted on 04/21/2012 7:49:13 AM PDT by baddog 219
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To: stansblugrassgrl
. Not only would you have millions of cow parts

Parts is Parts.

25 posted on 04/21/2012 7:50:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Calvin Locke
Of course, the decay could have been slowed from all the leftover chromium and arsenic sites.

Back in the early days they used mercury in tanning which almost entirely stops decompostion.

26 posted on 04/21/2012 7:53:14 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

Herefords Therefords Everywherefords


27 posted on 04/21/2012 7:53:53 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Cows in Berkeley????? Who knew?)
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To: Pontiac

Cowboom.......


28 posted on 04/21/2012 7:54:18 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Pontiac
It says they've disposed of elk this way. Animals die and rot. Its nature. Does the national forest service just comb through the woods looking for animals to blow up? Why not just let them decay and get eaten by wolves? Like I said, its nature.

Me thinks they've got a few too many pyromaniacs in the NFS.

29 posted on 04/21/2012 7:55:50 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (The brain is the weapon; everything else is just accessories. --FReeper Joe Brower)
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To: Dr. Sivana
In WWII, the US Army had this thing called a pack howitzer (75mm). Could be disassembled into something like half a dozen or so pack-animal transportable pieces.

Would be a lot more fun than just one dynamite blast.

30 posted on 04/21/2012 7:56:20 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Pontiac

Need Wile E. Coyote to consult on best approach here.


31 posted on 04/21/2012 7:56:23 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Paladin2
Of course, the decay could have been slowed from all the leftover chromium and arsenic sites.

Back in the early days they used mercury in tanning which almost entirely stops decompostion.

First problem is that log houses if well caulked are naturally well insulated. This means the cows will thaw slowly. The ones nearer the outside will thaw first and the ones in the middle will stay frozen longer.

Rotting large animals will liquefy internally and bloat with gas until their skin ruptures spilling the liquefied internal organs. With the large animals and large amount of liquid the concern is that this bacterial soup will contaminate the spring water that locals drink from.

The reason you can not leave the cows to the wolves is that wolves are highly territorial and this amount of bovine flesh could not be consumed by the local pack by it self before the contamination of the spring water.

32 posted on 04/21/2012 7:56:54 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

It’s the government. I see half a dozen environmental impact studies to be done. Proposals will be written. Bids will be let out; minority and woman and LGBT contractors will be given first dibs.

I see this taking probably 10 years, $200 million and 250 people to get done.

Alternatively; if a 18 year Iowa farm kid was put in charge; you would 3 guys go up with a winch and rope and have it done in 2 hours.


33 posted on 04/21/2012 8:03:53 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (We are the 53%. 47% of Americans pay no taxes; end the free ride...)
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To: Celtic Cross
It says they've disposed of elk this way. Animals die and rot. Its nature.

It is not natural for six or more cows to be frozen solid inside a mountain cabin. They also have cows frozen outside the cabin. What I don’t understand is the worry about using trucks.

rangers are worried about using trucks in a wilderness area, where the government bars permanent improvements and tries to preserve the natural habitat.

34 posted on 04/21/2012 8:07:49 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

Only cows and no bulls? It violates the new violence against women act.


35 posted on 04/21/2012 8:10:21 AM PDT by relictele (We are officially OUT of other people's money!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Hehe. Love that. Hadn’t seen it before but certainly remember the line.


36 posted on 04/21/2012 8:12:17 AM PDT by relictele (We are officially OUT of other people's money!)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
Alternatively; if a 18 year Iowa farm kid was put in charge; you would 3 guys go up with a winch and rope and have it done in 2 hours.

Wow!

Let’s hire those three farm boys to run NASA. We will be on Mars by June.

37 posted on 04/21/2012 8:12:31 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
These guys never watched early westerns?

All they have to do is tie a few branches to the truck bumper and drag it behind them, problem solved!.

Sheesh!

38 posted on 04/21/2012 8:15:06 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: bunkerhill7

ROTFLMAO!


39 posted on 04/21/2012 8:18:34 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: Pontiac; jazusamo; girlangler; B4Ranch; GladesGuru; SierraWasp

Government wilderness rules ban chainsaws and all mechanized vehicles.

The eco terrorists want to create more wilderness areas.

UN Agenda 21


40 posted on 04/21/2012 8:18:46 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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