{"id":1165,"date":"2015-04-19T05:07:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T05:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2020-06-12T16:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T16:02:21","slug":"missouri-rancher-suspects-something-out-of-the-ordinary-is-mutilating-and-killing-cattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/missouri-rancher-suspects-something-out-of-the-ordinary-is-mutilating-and-killing-cattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri rancher suspects something out of the ordinary is mutilating and killing cattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1168\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow2_20130729190052_640_480.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow2_20130729190052_640_480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of cow mutilated in the field.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow2_20130729190052_640_480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow2_20130729190052_640_480-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow2_20130729190052_640_480-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow2_20130729190052_640_480-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow2_20130729190052_640_480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of cow mutilated in the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The following was published on July 29, 2013, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kshb.com\/news\/state\/missouri\/missouri-rancher-suspects-aliens-mutilated-her-cows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KSHB<\/a>. It is archived here for reference:<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/v9.anv.bz\/scripts\/anv_mcp_9.js\" type=\"mce-text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"mce-text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ var p = new anv_pl_def(); p.config = {}; p.config.width = 640; p.config.height = 360; p.loadVideoExpressV3('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|1000011|SPS'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>By\u00a0Zach Tecklenburg, KHSB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>HENRY COUNTY, Mo. &#8211; A Missouri rancher is getting tired of making disturbing discoveries on her Henry County land. Lyn Mitchell said she is out of reasonable explanations for what&#8217;s to blame for killing her livestock.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Mitchell said she&#8217;s normally a private person, but the deaths of three of her cattle have her speaking out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s just something I want some answers to,&#8221; she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Mitchell found the first cow in December 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;She had obviously been cut on the side of her jaw,&#8221; Mitchell said. &#8220;Her tongue was gone, her ear was gone.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>She initially assumed the animal had fallen victim to teenagers or was part of a sacrificial ritual, until earlier this month. Mitchell made the next discovery on July 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1169\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow1_20130729185952_640_480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow1_20130729185952_640_480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the wounds on the cow.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow1_20130729185952_640_480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow1_20130729185952_640_480-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow1_20130729185952_640_480-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow1_20130729185952_640_480-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cow1_20130729185952_640_480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of the wounds on the cow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;I looked first to see her tongue was gone, then immediately noticed the udder had been completely removed,&#8221; Mitchell said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The reproductive organs were gone too, Mitchell said.\u00a0A char mark outlining the cow&#8217;s body &#8211; still visible today &#8211; made the death even more mysterious.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Finally on July 19, Mitchell found the third cow. She said its heart was exposed and its teats were cut off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>All three animals&#8217; tongues were also cut out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Mitchell said the cuts all looked surgical with clean, precise incisions. And in all three deaths, Mitchell said there was no blood despite the animals&#8217; gaping wounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Since the cows graze in such an isolated place, nobody saw or heard a thing. Mitchell said the sheriff&#8217;s department and a veterinarian have investigated, but can&#8217;t come up with an answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;The more it happens, the more questions you get. And the more you learn, you find more and more things that make you ask more questions,&#8221; Mitchell said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>With all other reasonable causes debunked, Mitchell said she is open to the possibility that extraterrestrial life could be responsible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Similar cases of animal mutilation have been reported in Missouri in the past few years. The FBI nearly investigated in the 1970s. With the unsolved mysteries looming, aliens have become a common answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Mitchell is considering installing cameras to catch the person or thing in action the next time they visit her ranch.\u00a0She just wants the killing to stop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Something happened to these cows and it&#8217;s not something that you see every day, it&#8217;s not in your normal, so something else is going on,&#8221; Mitchell said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was published on July 29, 2013, by KSHB. It is archived here for reference: By\u00a0Zach Tecklenburg, KHSB HENRY COUNTY, Mo. &#8211; A Missouri rancher is getting tired of making disturbing discoveries on her Henry County land. 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