I saw one of these back in the 80’s. Dead pregnant cow at the bottom of a steep muddy bank of a river where they would never go. Locked gate. Eyes, fetus and udder removed with perfect precision. Udder removal left a perfect inverted hemisphere with burn marks at the edge of the hide. Absolutely no blood, footprints, or tire tracks.
Sheriff and farmer were stumped. Sheriff said happens occastionally.
“Sheriff and farmer were stumped. Sheriff said happens occastionally.”
As someone pointed out on a different thread, cows are insured. Insurance companies pay out for cows that die of “unknown causes,” but not for ones killed by natural causes or predators.
And the Sheriff is usually a local guy elected by his friends. Probably got a few head himself.