STIGMAT A NUMBER FIVE FALL-WINTER 1978 $1.00 THE PROJECT STIGMA REPORT ON THE CONTINUING INVESTIGATION INTO THE OCCURRENCE OF ANIMAL MUTILATIONS ABOVE: THE MUTILATIONS.- JULY-OCTOBEfi 1978 REGARDING STIGMATA #6 There will be another edition of STIGMATA. It will appear no later than July 1, 1979 (barring unforseen developments) and it could be published much sooner. If publication is to be continued it will be announ¬ ced at that time. To receive STIGMATA #6 send $1.00 (cash or checks payable to "Project Stigma") to: Project Stigma - P. 0. Box 1094 - Paris, TX 75460 29 MORE Those who have followed the mutilation situation will not be overly shocked to learn that these events persist* There are fairly isolated Incidents around the country, but the im¬ pervious assault has also been appearing in "waves" in some¬ what restricted areas - counties, for instance, like Rio Ar¬ riba in New Mexico, Benton in Arkansas and Lincoln in Missou¬ ri. The list is, as always, incomplete, merely representative rather than definitive. We ask our readers to advise us of any further mutilations. Don* t assume that we know about all inci¬ dents, because we may not. Mutilations have occurred in the following areas in the period July through October, 1978: July: September: Arkansas - Washington Co. Missouri - Lincoln Co. New Mexico - Rio Arriba Co,(2) Texas - Deaf Smith Co.(2) Idaho - Boundary Co. Kansas - Wilson Co. Missoari - Jackson Co* New Mexico - Taos Co. August: October: Arkansas - Benton Co. Colorado - Garfield Ca. Colorado - La Plata Co. Colorado - Washington Co. Missouri - Lincoln Co. Wisconsin - Lincoln Co. Arkansas - Benton Co.(4) Colorado - Logan Co.(2) Montana - Cascade Co.(?) New Mexico - Rio Arriba(4) Washington - Pierce Co.(2) Washington - Snohomish (2) The following three incidents can be added to the chrono¬ logy for the first half of 1978 that appeared in STIGMATA #4. All occurred in May: Arkansas (Washington Co.), New Mexico (yet another for Rio Arriba Co., a borse near Lindreth) and Washing¬ ton (Snohomish Co.). STIGMATA © Copyright 1978 by Thomas R. Adams. Permission is hereby granted to quote freely from STIGMATA as long as cre¬ dit is given to Project Stigma/STIGMATA; P.0. Box 1094; Paris, Texas 75460* Hello| Dane Edwards, wherever you are. 30 A CLOSER LOOK Arkansas Benton County - A somewhat persistent wave of mutilations has befuddled the sheriff's office in Bentonvllle. They received a rush of publicity earlier this year when the HEW YORK TIMES saw "fit" to send a reporter to NW Arkansas. Suggestions of a link between the mutilations and altars and other evidence of cultist activity have been generally discounted by now (see STIGMATA #4)* No UFOs or helicopters or any other attendant phenomena have been reported. Sheriff's Lt. Don Rystrom says, "Nobody's seen anything or heard anything". One mutilated calf was discovered in August, then four during October, all "clas¬ sic". Examining veterinarians at Oklahoma State University found only "25 cc's of blood-tinged pericardial fluid" in one calf. 0SU1 claims that their veterinary school is unable to grad¬ uate a vet who can "do the type of surgery that's being done". When Project Stigma called Lt. Rystrom on November 6th, he re¬ ported that two more mutilations had been discovered that day, and one case was reported in adjoining Washington County that same morning, Colorado Logan County - A horse and a cow were reported in Logan County in October 1978 - the first mutilations to he officially re¬ ported this year in the county that, it is said, leads the na¬ tion in the mutilation count. However, around the first of Sep¬ tember, Mr. Grant Callison of Galesburg, Illinois, an investi¬ gator for the Mutual UFO Network, stopped to chat with two po¬ licemen who were having coffee In a restaurant in the Logan Co. seat of Sterling. Both officers told Callison that the mutila¬ tions had di m inished somewhat, but had not stopped. Quoting Callison, "The policemen stated that the ranchers were reluctant to report mutilations and when they did they requested that the report and their names not be released to the news media. They have had enough publicity already. That explains why even the people who live in Sterling are not aware the mutilations are continuing". On the other hand, a Logan County sheriff's spokes¬ man denied to Missouri reporter John Gagnon that such official- ly-unreported mutilations had occurred. At least two mutilations were reported in August in Washington County, which adjoins Lo¬ gan County on the south. And in Yuma County to the east, news¬ man T.C. Mitchell of the YUMA PIONEER has heard rumors of mutes this year in southern Yuma County; none "officially" reported, which may be due to the sheriff's non-receptive attitude. 31 4 Colorado (Continued) La Plata County - A six-month-old calf was found classically mutilated 5 miles from U.S. Highway 160 near the town of Man- cos. The animal, which had been seen alive and well on Tuesday, August 29» 1978, was discovered dead and mutilated on Thursday, August 31st, The La Plata County Sheriff's Office investigated, as did a local veterinarian. The vet was convinced that it was a "real" mutilation and he thought a "cult" of some sort was likely involved. The vet speculated that the a ni mal had been tranquilized and kept standing while blood and body parts were being removed; then the calf was swatted and made to run until it fell dead. There would seem to be little evidence to support this. Ho blood was found on the animal or in the area. Ho tracks or other signs were found during a sweep of a wide radius a- round the site. The area in which the carcass was found was reached after a rugged, rocky ride on a Forest Service road, and the area of the site itself was muddy. This was of interest because the vet found the animal looking as though it were ready for presentation at a show. The calf had been cleaned, combed, washed, scrubbed, the hooves polished, leaving no dirt or mud between the toes. The carcass was missing the left eye, tongue, rectum, sex or¬ gans and a portion of the lips. Two small puncture wounds were reportedly found on the left side of the neck near the jugular vein. The animal was found in heavy timber, so it seemed un¬ likely that the carcass was placed at the site from the air. Unlike other parts of Colorado, few if any mutilations have been reported in the Durango-Cortez area. At least one case was re¬ ported in 1975 near Dove Creek, 35 miles northwest of Cortez, but the August find near Mancos represented the first for that area. Mississipp i Mutilators have struck at least three counties in Mississippi this year: Copiah, Hinds and Lincoln. As many as 8 have occur¬ red in Copiah Co., where Sheriff Earl Guess remarked, "It's the weirdest thing I've ever witnessed". Sheriff Guess, who had ob¬ served an unidentified helicopter himself, is working in his in¬ vestigation with John Edwards, director of the Mississippi Live¬ stock Theft Bureau. An unknown number of mutilations occurred in Lincoln Co., which adjoins Copiah Co. on the south and Pike Co. on the north. Those playing the name game will find it of inter— est that in ... 32 5 Missouri • A wave of mutilations has transpired this year in Lincoln County, which adjoins Pike County, Missouri on the south (those fans of quirky nomenclature will note yet another Lincoln Co, in our chronology, plus a couple of Washington counties, not to mention Washington State). The mutilations and UFO activi¬ ty around the town of ElBberry received considerable publici¬ ty this past summer. One could even purchase T-shirts proclaim¬ ing Elsberry to be "Mutilated Cow Country", At least half a do¬ zen mutilations were reported in Lincoln County through August, Investigators David Perkins, Cari Seawell and Bill McIntyre were in Elsberry around the first of August. They found a witness who saw a UFO over a man's field the night before a mutilation was discovered there. A dog that had harked furiously at the ap¬ proximate time of the UFO sighting later disappeared (Some ani¬ mals do become agitated during UFO events and/or mutilation in¬ cidents; others become abnormally subdued - see "Animal Reac¬ tions" in this issue). Kew Mexico Rio Arriba County - In STIGMATA #4 we discussed the plague of mutilations in this northern Mew Mexico county. When we were in the area in June, New Mexico State Police Officer Gabe Valdez expected more Incidents to occur. Only time would tell and tell it did. Three cows and a two-month-old calf were found mutila¬ ted about 18 miles southwest of Dulce on Wednesday, October 4* 1978, having apparently been attacked the previous night. The three cows appeared unquestionably to have been classically mu¬ tilated, but investigator Valdez is not convinced regarding the calf. The latter was missing its tongue but the carcass had been fed upon by coyotes; the three cows were u n touched by predators. The four animals were found within one-half mile of each other on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, One of the cows was owned by Tribal Police Chief Raleigh Tafoya, who has been struck by mutilators before. It is reported that the incisions on the carcasses were not as clean and precise as can be seen in similar cases. The rectal and sex organ cuts were quite circular, ■■though somewhat ragged and uneven, and it has been suggested that perhaps novice or apprentice mutilators were to blame. Rough circles, about 18" in diameter, were found on at least one cow, where the hair had been removed and the skin was blackened. The hair of one car¬ cass was falling out in tufts a few days after death. 33 6 New Mexico (continued) Rio Arriba County (continued) - In 1967 the first nuclear de¬ vice designed to stimulate the production of natural gas from a well was exploded at what has come to be known as "The Gas- buggy" site. The three cows and a calf described above were dis¬ covered near this site. Gabe Valdez estimates that more than half of the Rio Arriba mutilations this year have been found in "gas country"* Word has reached us of the mutilation of a horse near Lindreth, NM, in May of this year. The mare was owned by a law officer who found the carcass in mid-morning after the night of the at¬ tack. He said the carcass was "covered with flies" - but they were all dead. In the same pasture area, about a quarter of a mile from the mutilation site, a local resident, hiking through the area that same morning, found the carcasses of numerous chipmunks and rabbits scattered about, with no visible signs of death* Taos County - An apparently-bonafide bull mutilation occurred in a remote area of Taos County in mid-September, almost lost amid reports of cattle, pet rabbits and fowl which had been slain in Taos County over a period of several months. It is unclear whe¬ ther any of these killings were witnessed, but the press and populace placed the blame of roaming packs of domestic dogs. Then in September a 1200-lb. bull was found dead near Rodarte, minus eyes, genitals, anus and tongue - and it appeared to be a classic mutilation, quite separate and apart from the effects on livestock of the "dog-pack" attacks. Deputy Joe Gonzales re¬ ported on the apparently-knife-produced cuts and the lack of hair on two areas on the carcass - one a heart-shaped region on the chest and another area on the head. It appeared that preda¬ tors had avoided the carcass. Texas Deaf Smith County - Deaf Smith leads all counties in the Texas Panhandle and High Plains in fed cattle production (AMARILLO NEWS-GLOBE, July 2, 1978) as well as in reported cattle mutila¬ tions. The county seat, of course, is Hereford. An Interfrater¬ nity Council spokesman at nearby West Texas State University denied that ■!fraternity rites" were to blame for the mutes, squelching rumors of "Animal House" antics. At least six muti¬ lations (5 cows, 1 horse) have been reported in Deaf Smith Co. this year, with an unknown number rumored but unreported. Offi- 34 Texas (continued) 7 cials and observers in the area seemed convinced of the classic nature of the acts* Sheriff Travis McPherson, says a series of UPO sightings were reported around the time of the mid-1978 mutilation wave. Several cars and a tractor reportedly died as strange lights or objects passed in the vicinity. There have been rumors of mutilations having happened this year in other Panhandle counties, including Randall, Donley and Moore, but no supporting data has come to light. Washington Cattle mutilations have been reported in Snohomish and Skagit Counties (and a horse in the latter), but the big story in Wash¬ ington this year has been the revelation that up to 22 horse or dog mutilations have taken place in Pierce County (Seat: Tacoma) within the past years. At least three horses were castrated (unlike most cases, these animals usually survive the attack) in September, and an additional ten horses were missing and pre¬ sumed stolen. County Commissioners pressed for stiff penalties against any mutilators, assuming some may be caught. Sources : Arkansas - DAILY MEWS; Rogers, Ark.;10-9-78, Lt, Don Rystrom, Lucius Farish. Colorado — Bill Jackson, Grant Cal11son, John Gagnon, T.C.Mitchell, Howard Burgess, Joe Wade Plunk, DURANGO HERALD (Colo.);9-1-78. Mississippi - DAILY LEADER; Brookhaven,Miss.; 6-19-78, Bill Jack- son, John Gagnon Missouri - ELSBERRY (MO) DEMOCRAT; 8-10-78, ST. LOUIS POST-DIS¬ PATCH; 8-13-78, NATIONAL ENQUIRER; 8-29-78, Lincoln Co. Sheriff Cliston L. Hilton, Margaret Ann Watts, Bill Jackson, David Perkins. New Mexico - RIO GRANDE SUN (Espanola, NM), 10-12-78; ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, 10-8-78; Howard Burgess, Gabe Valdez, TAL Levesque, TAOS (NM) NEWS, 9-21-78. Texas - AMARILLO (TX) DAILY NEWS, 7-2»7-5, 8-3-78; LUBBOCK (TX) AVALANCHE-JOURNAL, 7-23-78; SAN ANTONIO (TX) NEWS, 7-11-78; CAN¬ YON (TX) NEWS, 7-6-78; Tommy Roy Blann, Larry Statser, Deaf Smith County Deputy Art Burton, Ann Rosenbloom. Washington - TACOMA (Wash.) NEWS-TRIBUNE,9-6, 9-1V78; Jacob Davidson, Jerry Phillips, Tommy Roy Blann. Also : Regarding New Mexico - "Night Mutilators of the Southwest" by Ray Nelson; UFO REPORT (Web Offset Industries, Ltd.; 333 Johnson Avenue; New York, NY 11206); November 1978; price: St.25 plus 35c postage. 35 8 MINDBLOWING SOUL-SUCKERS?? One must not be confined to seeking answers where one ex¬ pects them to be found. If necessary, all extant knowledge must be approached and sifted through, as we await serendipity. As unjustified and indiscriminate conceptual boundaries fall away from the topic at hand, we can feel free to flow guiltless in and out of mental fantasylandB, keeping a grip on the reins. The mind can ride for free with sensibility and rationality intact and in command. So let us consider possibilities, a "stranger” line of think¬ ing, perhaps. Yet what aspect of thiscan be said to lack strange¬ ness? In the autumn of 1972, likely in October, Mr. Ed Foley was driving between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. He advised the Aer¬ ial Phenomena Research Organization of Tucson that, during that trip, he experienced a most striking DFO encounter. We will not fully describe the event here, but at one point Mr. Foley was hit by a peculiar beam of light from a robot-like object that emerged from the UFO; at that point Foley experienced an altera¬ tion of consciousness, as though he had abandoned his physical body and mentally or astrally boarded the large circular craft that was (apparently) hovering nearby. In this state the witness found he could easily receive and understand information that was imparted to him by the occupants of the craft. Foley "understood" that they required "life essence" to replace that which was vir¬ tually used up on their home planet. Quoting from a report on the Foley case by writer and investigator Wendelle C. Stevens: They have had to resort to artificial replenishment of this essence of life which is why they were here. They indicated that they go many places where organic life ex¬ ists to extract the necessary essence for their survival. This essence is obtained from simpler forms of organic life like vegetation and plankton in the sea but Is also seasoned with life essence from living animals and crea¬ tures except man, which they recognize as different and not fair game. ...They take blood and vital fluids and brain juices, and secretions from some glands of various animals (see "Ordeal in Arkansas" in STIGMATA #4, wherein two human¬ oids tell a woman that they sustain themselves with "juice"). They apparently need and use this in some way to help replenish their diminishing supply of life es¬ sence. They are not concerned about the flesh and leave It intact. They carefully avoid humans as much as possi¬ ble in their harvesting of the fluid substances ... 36 In assessing some of the other more unusual spe regarding the mutilations* we shall mention a conce not necessarily infuse the element of extraterrestr picture. culations pt which does ial Into the A correspondent of ours has passed along the fo he catagorizes as pure speculation (which means pos maybe not so). He asks "what if" there existed an o which had dabbled in the headier realms of "black m|; what if they had succeeded in creating a "thought powerful entity brought into being by the sheer for couched in ritual and agreement among these occulti impressively powerful, and proficient themselves, Pe got a bit out of hand when the "thought form" became ful to control and began demanding "blood sacrifice life essence. The speculation adds that forces of government/military are fully cognizant of this and and supporting this secret society if indeed the fe are not a part of the organization itself. There ha; of "state sorcerers" who worked in the twilight re occult to stop Hitler and his "magic". Both magic (a powerhouse combination) are employed to obtain of animal victims to be fed to the increasingly powfi form. It is also likely in this scenario that the of attempts are being made to find a way of destro "Monster From The Id" (for those of you who remembe Planet") even as the creature grows increasingly st doubtedly the hope would be that this thought-form satisfied with the life force of lower animals, witj ing a "taste" for its creators. In February of 1975 the "Lou Staples Tonight" show on KRLD radio in Dallas presented a discussion, of mutilations then occurring in Texas. A caller, bl Fredericksburg, Texas who had just returned from a to Hew Orleans, claimed that he, a "happy Catholic' 1 "Voodoo Museum" in the French Quarter area of Hew Orleans, He got into a discussion with some people who ly running the museum. He asked if they had heard tions that were then going on in Texas and elsewher (quantity unknown) said they were well aware of the: After about half-an-hour or so of probing, the Texan one person at the museum to open up a bit, his impr been that they knew more about mutilations then the! They claimed to know that the animal parte and bloc to "direct power or energy" in whatever direction 1lowing, which sibly so, or rganization agio", and orm"**, a very ce of will, sts, who were rhaps things e too power- " and, again, he federal are funding deral forces ve been rumors g|ions of the d technology he life force erful thought- ost desperate ng this r "Forbidden ronger. Un- would remain hout develop- an yi all-in talk on the rash man from business trip went to a ere apparent- f the mutila- e. The people phenomenon, finally got ession having y were telling, d were needed r to whatever 37 10 end was desired; the person at the museum suggested that those involved in this were practitioners of black and ‘’white 1 * magic, and that there might be a battle of sorts going on between op¬ posing forces (a familiar and venerable concept in some occult¬ ist circles) and that maybe even both sides are involved in the mutilations to further their own aims - but nevertheless there is a tremendous amount of energy that is being sought and "con¬ jured up"* Speculation? Yes, all of the above, and we do not necessari¬ ly subscribe to any of it. But if any readers have conclusive proof that any or all of these conjectures are not true, we'd like to hear from you* MISC. MUTE MEANDERINGS We've learned of an incident in the western U.S. wherein 2 people came upon a UFO and one was abducted, examined and return¬ ed. During the turmoil a calf was levitated into the craft along a beam of some sort, to''be dismembered as the human abductee watched. An Investigation, to include hypnotic regression, is underway* Project Stigma has been requesting, under the Freedom of In¬ formation Act, information from Federal agencies regarding mu¬ tilations and investigations thereof. We are attempting to co¬ operate in this venture with other individuals and groups who are doing the same, and we will anticipate a progress report in a future edition. Writer and playwright Izzy Zane informs us of the following: A recent candidate for sheriff in a Colorado bounty claimed that his opponent, the incumbent sheriff, received a letter from "the government" which told him that the mutilations were "okay" and that the sheriff should ignore them and not worry about them. The incumbent denies the existence of such a letter. There are indications that the State of Idaho Is Involved in a mutilation probe, and an investigator for a state agency told a California writer that there was a cover-up in that investiga¬ tion* Beyond that, no one in Boise admits to this. Garfield Co. (Colo.) nndershieriff Jack McNeel told the Glenwood Springs (CO) POST that he sends samples to Idaho where "all" such evidence is "being compiled". McNeel's superior. Sheriff Robert Hart later told Project Stigma he knew nothing about this. Whatever. 38 PSYCHICS AND THE "AWFUL TRUTH" 11 A PRELIMINARY REPORT Psychics and sensitives have been utilized for years in crime investigations by police agencies. Sometimes such practitioners make the news, but most such, psychic investigations are conducted quietly. Some psychic analyses are successful; many are not. But it is a tool to be utilized and Project Stigma advocates its use in re¬ search and investigation into the animal mutilation phenomenon. We take information obtained through remote viewing, psychometry, radiesthesia and other such means with a grain of salt. Such data should not stand alone. The crucial and imperative methodology requires combining these subjective impressions with objective fact-finding. Although psy can be a powerful ally, such powers cannot be so easily controlled at all times. Real psychic powers - as opposed to rationalization or mere guesswork - cannot be turned on and off to the extent that most psychics would have us believe. It Is im¬ portant to gather information from many sources using various me¬ thods; that is, the more psychics used and the more impressions gained, the better. It is also difficult if not impossible to know with assurance where such information is originating. Are psychics and mediums extending their own consciousness directly to the source or event? Do they tap some pool of universal know¬ ledge? Or could those who are especially sensitive be vulnerable and subjected to input from sources whose aims are diversion and deceit? We cannot know with certainty. The need for correlations among a great quantity of data Is emphasized. Same psychics have already taken a "look" Into the mutila¬ tions problem. All too often, there seems to be something ap¬ proaching a "common thread" among their Impressions* The major¬ ity of these psychics (of whom we are aware) seem to find the mu¬ tilations decidedly frightening. Most such sensitives feel so threatened after an initial foray into the subject that they re¬ fuse to continue probing the mutilations. A few have tried to go deeper into the matter. So far the impressions are varied. Some see the mutilations as a result of some kind of governmental tes¬ ting program. Others feel that cultist activity Is involved. Then there are those who find evidence of extraterrestrial Involve¬ ment, In other words, all major theories are represented thus far. We will present a further report in a later STIGMATA. If any psy¬ chics gain impressions, - we urge that they contact Project Stigma. 39 "MUTE TESTIMONY 11 FROM THE VICTIMS Above left and right: Natrona Co. f Wyoming, April 1978. Credit: Lonnie Johnson; Salt Lake City, Utah. Below left and right: Van Zandt fto., Texas, March 1975, Credit: Grand Saline tTexas) Police Department* 40 41 LETTERS I don't remember the exact year, but it was either 1934 or 1935 soon after I went to Missouri to live with my grandpar¬ ents. We found a hog slaughtered in a mysterious way in a pas¬ ture after we had seen some shiny object flying over the farm at about tree-top level and, we thought it went down in the pas¬ ture across the creek from the house. By the time my grandfa¬ ther and I walked over there it was gone, but there was a ring about 25 feet in radius burned in the grass and the hog was lay¬ ing in the middle of it. At that time we had never heard of UFOs and my grandfather said it looked like some gypsies had killed the hog and burned the ring in the grass, so we let it go at that and buried the hog. I don't think my grandfather ever said anything to anyone about it as there were lots of gypsies a- round then and we all hated them. Leon J. Sale Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Just a summary of my conclusions on the animal mutilation mystery; It is 95% E.T. (editor's note; “extraterrestrial") caused. “They" require great quantities of biological material for use in a bio-interface control program - similar to our use of, say, eggs in immunization programs. The bio-materials are used to keep the human race healthy. Consider how many human¬ oids seem to breathe, eat, etc. in our atmosphere in a 24-hour day. They, I contend, represent the edge of a vast interstellar evolutionary heirarchy originating from multitudinous stellar systems. As laboratory animals are unaware (writer's emphasis) of the various measures being taken to keep them healthy, so are we, except..., I contend, the superpower intelligence com¬ munity. Vincent R. White Kansas City, Missouri If any of our readers have copies of any articles regarding mu¬ tilations which appeared in the MOUNT VERNON NEWS, Mount Vernon, South Dakota (near Mitchell) in late 1974 or early 1975* please let us know at: P.0. Box 1094; Paris, Texas 75460. In an editorial in the June 8, 1970 edition of the TOPEKA (Kans.) DAILY CAPITOL, It was reported that Kansas State University sci-? entiats found tljat bright lights calm cattle and enable workers to move among them without spooking them.(Credit: Steve Hicks) 42 ODD ENTITIES “ In the space allotted we will be unable to explore these accounts in detail. We'll refer the reader to the source material in Flying Saucer Review , the excellent British publication. They may or may not provide substan¬ tial insight into the Worth American animal mutilations - but can we ignore these reports entirely? South America is not without its offerings of the mys¬ terious and quizzical. We will examine Bolivia for a tale told by writer Oscar A. Galindez (translated by Gordon Creighton) . On some undetermined night in 1968, at the vil¬ lage of Otoco in SW Bolivia, Senora Valentina Flores obser¬ ved a plastic net-like material covering a pen which con¬ tained her herd of sheep. In the pen was a being perhaps 43 inches in height who was in the act of killing her sheep with "a tubular instrument with a hook on the end of it". Senora Flores was attacked by the humanoid, which threw the instrument at her before it returned, boomerang-style, to the creature. The being, wearing a "rucksack" or backpack¬ like contrivance, eventually rose into tije air with " a most extraordinary noise" and departed. The police initia¬ ted an official investigation and determined that there were dead sheep, all missing "certain small portions of their digestive organs". The humanoid featured in this case is compared favorably by Galindez to an entity photographed a- longside a UFO in Italy in 1952, photos which have serious supporters as well as detractors. No known animal killings, though, were associated with this 1952 event. The same can be said of a Puerto Rican account, again from the pages of FSR , by Sebastian Robiou Lamarche (trans¬ lated by Creighton). A 3J-ft.-tall humanoid (the approxi¬ mate height of the Bolivian entity) was observed by Senor Adrian de Olraos Ordonez from the balcony of his home In Quebradillas, P.R., on July 12, 1977* The creature wore a helmet and something "like a rucksack" on its back. Emit¬ ting a sound like "an electric drill", the being rose into the air and disappeared. In the creature*s right hand, the witness had noticed a matchbox-sized object "with a sharp point to it". Cattle In the area acted "crazy" and dogs bar¬ ked "frenziedly". In his commentary on this incident, Creigh¬ ton notes that while there are discrepancies, there are also similarities in common with the Bolivian event. Creighton also suggests that, while there were no animal mutilations 43 16 or deaths on the night of the Puerto Rican incident, the crea¬ ture may have been disturbed before such attacks could be car¬ ried out ( a series of classic mutilations did occur in Puerto Rico in 1975). We then come to a case uncovered by well-known ufologist and writer Wendelle C. Stevensf who found himself in Bolivia in 1975. He was told of a group of shepherds in Western Boli¬ via, perhaps 150 miles from La Paz, who observed a disc-shaped craft descending over their flock. The sheep were zapped with thin beams of white light, which felled them. Then the craft was lowered almost to the ground and three figures emerged. The humanoids were wearing a tank-like apparatus on their backs, to which was attached a sort of wand. This wand was touched to the head and neck of the sheep as the creatures mov¬ ed among the fallen flock. The observing sheep herders became immobilized or semi-paralyzed until the craft and its occupants departed as tney had arrived. The herders were salvaging the meat from the sheep when they found the carcasses bloodless and the brain cavities empty. There is an element of this case that might either elevate the degree of strangeness of things in Bo¬ livia or diminish tne plausibility of both Bolivian incidents cited here* According to the story encountered by Stevens in 1975 (which had occurred a few years earlier) the herders dis¬ covered 2k dead sheep. Just coincidence? Or could it be an in¬ dication of a tall tale gotten out of hand? Or simply varying versions of the same altogether-real incident? We will hope for clarifying data and writer Stevens will attempt to sort it all out on an upcoming venture to South America. Sources : (1) FLYING SAUCER REVIEW; West Mailing, Maidstone, Kent, Eng¬ land (Vol. 16, No. 4 , July/August 1970) (2) FLYING SAUCER REVIEW(Vol, 23, No. 6 , April 1978) (3) Wendelle C. Stevens, report dated May 21, 1977 ANIMAL REACTIONS Widely circulated are the accounts of peculiar reactions on the part of both predators and domestic animals in the vi¬ cinity of mutilated carcasses. The speculation, of course, has been that there is "something" about such carcasses that these "lower" a n imals can detect but humans cannot. It has been sug¬ gested that the carcasses are rendered off-limits by the in¬ jection of some chemical or biochemical agent, either to kill 44 17 the animal or assist in pumping out the blood, or perhaps a chem-bio-bacteriological warfare agent has been introduced so that the animal's reaction to it can be monitored* A scientist recently proposed to Project Stigma that the problem may not necessarily be "chemical". It has been discovered that labora¬ tory rats can detect or "smell" X-rays; so if the mute victims have been subjected to radiation, nuclear or otherwise, preda¬ tors and other animals might pick up on it* To exemplify the problem we present here a very brief catalog of animal reac¬ tions to mutilation events, both before and after the fact: (1) Logan Co., Colorado - June 1976 - only tracks near a muti¬ lated heifer were those of a coyote, which approached the car¬ cass to within 7 or 8 feet, then retreated. (2) Logan Co., Colorado - Sept. 1976 - signs of a coyote cir¬ cling mutilated carcass, but never closer than 20-25 feet. (3) Logan Co., Colorado - Sept. 1976 - again, signs of a coy¬ ote circling carcass, but never coming too close. (4) Kimball Co., Nebraska - August 1975 - (2 copters seen by cow's owner. Hr. Hillman, on night of mutilation); tracks of a single coyote were found to within 10-12 feet of carcass, (5) Adams Co., Idaho - June 1975 - Though carcasses In area usually attract predators within 24 hours, 6 mutes lay un¬ touched for "days"(one appeared to have been chewed on slight¬ ly); Sheriff Hileman, who had "been around livestock all my life", found it to be "a highly unusual occurrence"; Council, Idaho vet. Dr. Fred Stovner, said bear tracks and manure were found around the mute carcasses, but the bears never touched them. (6) Carbon Co., Utah - October 1975 - sheriff found coyote tracks around carcass, which remained untouched. (7) Jones Co., Texas - December 1974 - sheriff says coyote prints were all around carcass, which lacked even "one tooth mark" after ten days. "Any other animal would have been de¬ voured in days". (8) Furnas Co,, Nebraska - October 1975 - After ten days no predator had touched a carcass except to apparently pull off a small piece of hide on the belly; no flies, despite presence of nearby feed lot; carcass showed little deterioration though weather was warm with mid-70's prevailing; odor of carcass was not unbearable as expected; owner Mr. Hays had a cow die dur¬ ing calving in the spring - "coyotes cleaned out the ribcage 45 18 before morning". (9) Garfield Co., Colorado - April 1976 - Sheriff Ed Hogue's German Shepherd ( "has never been shy of approaching carcass¬ es") refused to go near mutilated animal, just "circled a- round"; this "bothers" Hogue. (10) Madison Co., Montana - Summer 1976 - Deputy Richard Laing had dog with him while investigating mute; dog "did not leave the vehicle"; was "cowering, shaking and crying". (11) Madison Co., Iowa - October 1975 - Mutilated cow found Wed., 10-19-75; thought to have been mutilated perhaps 4 days earlier; on Sun., 10-12-75 owner Orville Henry saw lights "flashing on and off" in tree tops near pasture; thought it was coon hunters; then on Mon., 10-13-75 Henry went to dump load of silage; as he neared his herd they "all ran like hell to get away from me. That was unusual. They usually walk right up to me". (12) Little River Co., Arkansas - August 1977; As Ezekial Green entered his pasture, his herd began to move toward him; but as he approached a mutilated carcass, the herd suddenly turned and "stampeded" from the area. (13) Fremont Co., Idaho - October 1975 - a farmer was per¬ plexed because of his normally vicious dog; when a mutilation occurred on the property, the dog never barked. (14) Twin Falls Co., Idaho - October 1975 - near Murtaugh on Gunnell farm; dogs at Gunnell place and at neighbors did not bark during night of mutilation, which occurred in nearby pasture. (15) Crowley Co., Colorado - September 1975; the night a bull was mutilated, a dog wanted to get into a ranch house so bad¬ ly that it ran completely through a screen door. (16) Butte Co,, California - October 1975 - for a week before a mutilation occurred, other cattle simply refused to enter an area of pasture that was thick and wet with clover. The calf was then found mutilated in that section of the pasture. (17) Snohomish Co,, Washington - may 1978 - pregnant cow dis¬ covered mutilated 100 yards from farmhouse; small Dachshund and large Collie mix were at site; neither dog would go clo¬ ser than 25 ft. from carcass; owner found his dogs' reaction most unusual. 46 19 It should be noted that predators have fed up minority) mutilated carcasses. In fact, in those it can be instructive to note the difference betW gically precise incisions and the gnawing and tea; of predators. Also, while most canines of the gu have been rendered silent, there are numerous cas barking, whining and howling dogs on nights of mu: 6 on some l the instances, een the stir¬ ring bites gjurd-dog type es involving tilations. 3»J Sources : (1) Sterling (Colo.) JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, Sterling JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, 9-14-76; Q) Sterling advocate, 9 - 18 - 76 ; ( 4 ) western Nebraska observer Kebr.), 8-28-75; (5) IDAHO STATESMAN-(BOISE^ : 6 - Twin Falls (Ida.) TIMES-NEWS, 10-21-75? (£) Fort STAR-TELEGRAM, 1-25-75; ( 8 ) Hastings (Nebr.) DaII^ 11-8-75; (2) Grand Junction (Colo.) DAILY SENTINEf: (12) Anaconda (Mont.) LEADER, 1-19-77; (11) Des REGISTER, 10-17-75; ( 12 ) Texarkana (Tex.-Ark.) G 21-77? (12) Idaho Falls (Ida.) POST-REGISTER, 10 Twin Falls (Ida.) TIMES-NEWS, 10-31-75; ( 15 ) Mrs Richmond, personal communication; (l 6 ) 0 roville (d MERCURY-REGISTER, 10-25-75; (l£) Report by inves Jerry Phillips of Everett, Washington; provided Davidson. ,-8-76; (fi) JOURNAL- (Kimball, -75; ( 6 ) Worth (Tex.) Y TRIBUNE, L, 4-20-76; oines (Iowa) ^ZETTE, 8- 2-75; (i£) Don S. allf.) tyigator Jacob a. by MUTILATE THIS BULL? YOU & WHAT ARMY? An enraged and disorderly 1,000-lb. bull escaped from the Cattleman’s Livestock Commission in Paris, Texas,, to enliven a blah Monday in May of 1976. Paris Police and Lzimar County deputies pursued the lumbering vagabond through the streets of Paris for 2-J hours, as the desperate bull was apparently trying to reach Project Stigma headquarters. As the animal continued to rampage, the owner ordered it killed. Deputy Jerry Morris fired 30-30 and 30.06 caliber shells into the bull with virtually no effect. The animal went down twice but quickly rose again to charge about the residentisil area. All six bullets fired by Morris entered the hull's skull. Even¬ tually, it took two shotgun blasts fired by a patrolman to kill the animal. This gives some indication of the task facing who would attack angry and/or frightened bovine great many victims are calves and other smaller not all. Source : THE PARIS (Tex.) NEWS, 5-18-76 mutilators ffcargantua. A animals, but 47 20 URUGUAYAN DOG-ZAP This South American case may be of interest, examined in the light of our present meager knowledge about mutilations. Although no mutilation, per se , was involved, this event resul¬ ted in the odd death of a dog following a UFO incident. Worth- western Uruguay was plagued by a series of UFO sightings in Feb¬ ruary and March of 1977* It is reported that family members and ranchhands witnessed UFOs on perhaps a dozen occasions on the large cattle and sheep ranch of Angel Maria Tonna, Uruguay. On the early morning of February 18, Tonna, his son and his foreman observed a "fire-disc, like two plates facing each other". The object flew and hovered over the sometimes at tree-level or lower. Topo, a 5-year-cld 60-lb. po¬ lice dog, ran to attack the object as it hovered e!0 feet above the ground; but the dog suddenly "stopped on a 11 title mound, sat down and began whining". an In the hours following the ten-minute Incident around as he normally would but he wouldn't eat thing", and the Tonna's thought it unusual that T4 the house all day. Topo's body was found on the mi third day following the incident, on the same mou he had howled at the bright orange object. In an ducted by a university veterinarian, it was found under the skin of the dog had apparently melted the pores to solidify again on the outside, sugge to an abnormally high temperature. The vet found rupturing of the blood vessels had occurred, and "was caused by an increase in temperature that co ural". Plus, "the liver, normally dark and red, yellow, caused by a high fever. All the blood ves low, too". The dog's hair was not burned nor were bruises found on the skin. wa Rancher Tonna suffered a reddened and irritated right arm (with which he had shielded his eyes from the UFO). He refused a physician's recommendation to have his arm examined for pos¬ sible radiation exposure. It was later reported that Tonna was in "very poor health". Much is omitted from this brief account. Readers are referred to the source material as Identified below. This event should not be overlooked because of the possibility of very high temperatures being produced internally in the dog. Similar conditions have been proposed in some livestock mutila¬ tions in the U.S.(see STIGMATA #4). Source : "Severe Physiologi¬ cal Effects in Uruguay" by Mario Rodriguez in the April 1978 , Topo "walked /drink any- po stayed in iprning of the from which autopsy con- that the fat d come through sting exposure that massive judged it iijildn* t be nat- s completely £els were yel- any marks or 48 21 edition of THE MUFON UFO JOURNAL (Copyright 1978 by-the MUFON UFO JOURNAL, 103 Oldtowne Road, Seguin, Texas 78155). This Journal of the Mutual UFO Network is priced at $8.00 per year* CHOPPERS Virtually all mutilation investigators at one time or an¬ other have had to wrestle with the consistent enigma of the uni¬ dentified and unmarked helicopters which have been all-too-pre- valent at or near some mutilation sites (while other nrute-infes- ted areas have been Just as curiously void of helicopter acti¬ vity). It occurred to us, in considering comments regarding an investigation-iii-progress (below) that it might be useful to summarize some of the predominant speculations on the origins and purposes of the (apparent) mystery helicopters. Thus, our attempt follows: (1) The helicopters originate from the same source(s) as UFOs - and likely are, in fact, UFOs themselves, disguised to re¬ semble terrestrial aircraft (there exist numerous accounts of mysterious and unmarked fixed-wing craft, as well) to divert at¬ tention, possibly, to the government and military, or at least from the non-terrestrials or ufonauts. (2) The helicopters originate from within some shudderingly- formidable, well-organized, endlessly-financed "cult", that is, a M civillen" organization or cooperative network a>f organiza¬ tions, likely with occult tendencies and motives - perhaps some venerable terrestrial secret society possessing the most funda¬ mental and profound of esoteric knowledge* And who is to say, even, that their motives must necessarily be evil? They may not do cattle a world of good, but they could be acting with benevo¬ lent, even altruistic, intentions toward humanity* (3) The helicopters originate with the U.S. Government, and they are directly Involved In carrying out the mutilation "mis¬ sion", perhaps, as has been proposed, as a part of an illegal but altogether necessary (in their eyes) chemical-biological- bacteriological warfare testing program. (4) The helicopters originate with the U. S. Government, and they are as curious about the entire affair as the rest of us, and they are present in the vicinity of mutilation sites to moni¬ tor the activities of the real mutilators. It seems this would have to imply that the government/military has enough of a work¬ ing knowledge of the phenomenon to be able to predict mute events in advance, in order to be at the site* 49 22 . a- . (5) The helicopters originate with the U.S. government which, in fact, possesses a very substantial amount of know¬ ledge about the mutilators, their means, motives and ration¬ ale. For whatever their reason may be, the government is try¬ ing to pursuade mutilation investigators and the populace as a whole, subtly but firmly, that the government/military it¬ self is behind the mutilations - to divert the public from the real truth. This might also explain the attempts to place the blame on cultists and pseudo-occultists in some regions - aid¬ ed by well-placed robed figures, stone altars, painted skulle, candles, sinister but obscure slogans - anything, that is, to divert attention from the mutilators, of whom the government is only too aware. (6) NextJ? (If readers can suggest other alternatives, we'd like to hear from yon). It was conjecture number 5 which served to germinate this exposition. Effectually, it appears in a case now under invest tigation as a contention voiced by one of the principal witness¬ es. This "case", in fact, involves more than one or even a hand¬ ful of events, but among the most bizarre — and perhaps most im¬ portant - series of occurrences, not only within the framework of the mutilation investigation,-but in the entire spectrum of paranormal experience. The matter is under investigation by 3 Ph.D's, two of whom, R. Leo Sprinkle and John S. Derr, have au¬ thored a preliminary report on this "Multiple Phenomena on Colo¬ rado Ranch" which has been serialized in THE A.P.R.O. BULLETIN (Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, Inc.; 3910 E. Klein- dale Road; Tucson, Arizona 85712). Sprinkle, Derr and their colleague, Peter W. Van Arsdale, have determined that the following are among the phenomena which have reportedly occurred to a small number of people within a restricted geographical area: Humming sounds and other anomalous noises, including disembodied voices both in and out-of-doors; hairy, upright "Bigfoot"-type creatures, aloqjs as well as in the company of seeming-non-terrestrial humanoids and artifacts; a- bundant UPO sightings, various sorts of craft, with emphasis on two varieties; confrontations and contact between humans and ap¬ parent UFO occupants; fires and power failures; and, of course, cattle mutilations. The percipients and their location are anon¬ ymous by request, but we are hopeful that the investigators will continue their efforts and that more information will eventually be forthcoming on this most intriguing case. Meanwhile, back to the helicopters: Project Stigma will continue to monitor this aspect of the problem. 50 LATE NEWS NOTING THE NEED FOR MORE CONCERTED FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND MOBILE DATA-GATHERING, PROJECT STIGMA HAS ACQUIRED A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE DODGE MAXI-VAN. THE VEHICLE IS UNDERGOING SEVERAL STAGES OF CON¬ VERSION AND IT IS HOPED THAT IT WILL BE READY TO SERVE AS A FULL¬ TIME MOBILE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT IN 1979. WE ARE INITIATING CONTACT WITH WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO ACQUIRE FUNDING TO ALLIEVIATE OUR EVER-INCREASING EXPENSES. THE FUNDING NEEDS ARE BASICALLY TWO-FOLD: (l) FOR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT & OTHER INSTRUMENTATION AND CONVERSION COMPONENTS AND (2) FOR ON- THE-ROAD EXPENSES, PRIMARILY FUEL FOR VEHICLE AND INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. AT LEAST TWO INVESTIGATORS ARE COMMITTED TO FULL-TIME FIELD INVESTIGATIONS IF FINANCING PERMITS. WE ASK THAT ANY PROSPECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS CONTACT US (P.O. BOX 1094 - PARIS, TX 75460) FOR FUR¬ THER INFORMATION CONCERNING OUR INTENTIONS AND FUNDING NEEDS. Izzy Zane provides us with more details which might relate to the Lincoln Co., Wisconsin mutilation (teats) of 28 cows in August. An odd burned fungus circle (18-ft.) was found near Spooner, Wise.tin Washburn Co., over 100 miles from the Lincoln Co. mute site. But the burned substance in the circle was "like graphite», and a sim¬ ilar phenomenon had been reported on the Forrest Gladney farm dur¬ ing the Eleberry, Mo. mutilation/UFO furor. There were no known UFO reports around Spooner, but some sort of UFO had been indica¬ ted over Lincoln Co., Wise, earlier in August. Elsberry, of course, is In Lincoln County, Missouri. We are Indebted to Howard Burgess for the latest news from (where else?) Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico. Two 4-year-old cows were found 2 days apart within 1-J- miles of each other at the Santa Clara In¬ dian Pueblo near Los Alamos. The weather was terribly rainy on both nights of mutilation (Nov. 10-11 and Nov. 12—13) whereas al¬ most all New Mexico mutes have occurred in good weather. Plus, a helicopter was heard over the pueblo on the morning of the 13th. More to come from Rio Arriba County, undoubtedly. We've heard of two older incidents in Colorado in which observers have witnessed landed helicopters and mutilators-in-action (men in seeming-military uniforms). More to come, hopefully, on these 2 similar yet different cases. We will also anticipate reporting on a deputy's shootout with a harrassing helicopter* 51 CULPRITS Could It be that some schools of thought regarding mutilation causation are be¬ ing overlooked? Unjustifiably ignored? Let us examine - as briefly as possible - three "suspects" which have been offered to us as being responsible, at least in part, for the onslaught of mutilations: (1) BUZZARDS - Veterinary pathologist Dr. Larry Jones of Texas A&M University ruled that all potential mutilations in the Walker County, Texas, area had died of an "infectious process" and they were then "mutilated" by buzzards (THE HUNTSVILLE (Tex.) ITEM, 3/12/75); (2) VAMPIRE BATS - A Lubbock, Texas, antique dealer, Dan Pritchett, argued that he had studied the mutilations and had proven that they had been conducted by a wave of vampire bats which had surged across the southern U.S. border (DENISON (Tex.) HERALD, 4/14/76); (3) CIVET CATS - Wyoming rancher Myron Martin was convinced that at least some of the livestock mutilations were done by civet cats, a feline-like carnivbre. Martin did not seem overly annoyed by the extent of the civet cat's range which, accord¬ ing to zoologists, is restricted to Asia and Africa (THE RECORD STOCKMAN,Denver, 6/3/76). All theories deserve a hearing or at least a mention. Well, consider it done. To be sure, buzzards and vampire bats have their occasionally obnoxious ten¬ dencies; but for us, we never met a civet cat we didn't like. From: Project Stigma/STIGMATA P.0. Box 1094 Paris, Texas 75460 TO: PRIORITY MAIL