Posted on 11/27/2009 1:08:52 PM PST by rellimpank
SAN LUIS, Colo.—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.
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In the fall of 1976 I was at Petersen Field, Colorado, and they were mutilating the calves then. I remember ranchers patrolling at night trying to catch the cult culprits.
You post a good question, I’m surprised he’s never covered this story....
LOL sorry, wrong thread post
Fox Mulder, call your office.
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.I'm thinking it's Homo heidelbergensis.
I appreciate the invite but Colorado is too far to travel for a run-of-the-mill mutilation party. But I’m free for New Year’s if something good turns up.
:’D
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