Case File Status: Explained Background On August 29, 2017, a mutilated cow was found in Naselle, Washington. On September 6, 2017, the story was published in the Capital Press. It is archived here under fair use and for archival purposes. ...
Posts by Category: Cattle Mutilations
Identification of Black Particulates found near a Bovine Excision Site (Colorado, March 8, 2009)
Background The background of this event was related to this laboratory via a phone conversation with W. C. Levengood on 13 July 2009. A bovine excision occurred on a ranch in Colorado on March 8, 2009. Black particulates were found near the ...
Analysis of Soil Samples Related to a Calf Mutilation in Depuyer, Montana (Discovered October, 2007)
Background A calf was found mutilated in the southern (inside) rim of a 33 ft. circle of dirt on October 2007 in Depuyer, Montana. The dirt was hydrophobic, and the stubble inside the circle was flattened. The rancher reported he found the calf ...
Analysis of the Vitreous Fluid from Cow (#8) Mutilated April 7, 2003 (Valparaiso, Nebraska)
Background A cow (#8) was found mutilated on the morning of April 7, 2003. “….knife marks were found near the animal’s teat which was intact but partially removed. No blackening was noted around the animal’s mouth or tongue, but a bite shaped ...
Analysis of Samples from a Cow Mutilated in the Fall of 2001 (Logan, Utah)
Background A cow was found mutilated in northern Utah (near Logan) in the fall of 2001. The object is to look for any components that should not be normally present in the animal. To accomplish this, samples of liver tissue, blood, and vitreous ...
