In addition, ranchers usually have security measures to detect or deter humans and animal predators. And the animal mutilation problem occurs in various areas around the country, not just in Oregon.
The highly regarded French physicist and UFO researcher Jacques Vallée regards animal mutilation as part of the high strangeness of the UFO phenomenon. Vallée's broader hypothesis was that the phenomenon included not just UFOs but also interdimensional travel and a range of mysterious entities, with the manipulation of both mass and elite opinion and actions being among their goals.
Touch any part of the phenomenon and it sucks you into mystery upon mystery.