NUMBER FIRST QUARTER - 1981 $ 1 .50 THE PROJECT STIGMA REPORT ON THE CONTINUING INVESTIGATION INTO THE OCCURRENCE OF ANIMAL MUTILATIONS STIGMATA SUBSCRIPTIONS : STIGMATA is published quarterly, and a subscription to the four 1981 issues (#12, 13, 14 & 15) Is $5.00. The four 1980 issues (#8, 9, 10 & 11) are also available for a total of $5.00. Any of these eight editions, purchased individu&lly, is $1.50. BACK ISSUES : At the present time, no back issues prior to 1980 are available. Also, our special publication exploring the connection be¬ tween animal mutilations a nd "mystery helicopters", THE CHOPPERS ...AND THE CHOPPERS, is not currently available. STI6IIITI Our Address: PROJE CT STIGMA - P.O.BOX 1094 - PARIS.TEXAS 75460 Canadian subscribers ; Payment must be in U.S. cash, Canadian cash or checks drawn on U.S. banks. All other countries ; Payment must be in the form of U.S. cash or checks drawn on U.S. banks. If this is not feasible or possible for foreign subscribers, we ask that they get in touch with us and we'll work out an exchange agreement. If you hear of a possible animal mutilation in your area, especi¬ ally a "fresh" case, please give us a call at (214) 784—5922. In future issues . as space permits: Details on the high-strangeness cases of 1980; catching up on books; psychic analysis of the muti¬ lation problem; updating the international picture. In this issue : A catalog of 1980 mutilation events, and procedures for the proper sampling of a potentially-mutilated carcass. 199 1980 - The Mutilations Continued As a sustained phenomenon f the classic animal mutilations have been with us for 8 years now. No flash-in-the-pan , no fluke - even if no more occur from this moment on* We’ve seen, in the 1970's, the birth of a new phenomenon, whatever 1 s behind it, for whatever the reason. That is not to say that isolated accounts of apparent muti¬ lations haven't surfaced in the past. They have, of course, and they may or may not be related to what is going on now. As a concerted, consistent phenomenon, what we have termed the "classic mutilations" burst forth with alacrity in the 1970's. One study in New Mexico found that, before this modern era, the his¬ tory of the livestock and agricultural industries in that state re¬ vealed no evidence indicating that "today's" mutilations have oc¬ curred in the past. We realize that many of our fellow researchers have contended that "mutes" are nothing new. What we are saying is that, while even the element(s) of mute-causation may have been a- round for a while, it was in the Seventies that this business began to occur with intensity* And it will be intriguing, will it not, to see what the future holds? Whatever its history or non-history, it is here-and-now, In 1980, actually, it was typically here-and-there as, for the most part, ac¬ counts were scattered throughout several states and provinces with no major outbreaks in any given area {although a few areas - such as northern Colorado or Canada - could be tentatively offered as excep¬ tions}* The problem remains, as always, that with the often "silent- siege" nature of the phenomenon, it is difficult to determine the true intensity of the occurrences in any region. Nevertheless, it will be noted that things were anything but unevent¬ ful in 1980. In our report which follows, we'll begin with a roughly- chronological catalog of the 1980 mutilation reports, A brief descrip¬ tion of each case will include the following elements, in this order: (1) Under the groupings by month, the date of the mutilation-death, if known. If unknown, the date of discovery is used and, if the ap¬ proximate time since death is estimated, it will be included in the summary; (2) Day of the week and time, if known; (3) State; (4) Coun¬ ty for U*S. cases, provinces for Canada; (5) Location of site or area thereof, as best known, which may be no more than the name of the nearest town or settlement; (6) Name of animal owner victimized, if 200 3 known; (7) Description of victim animal; (8) List of body parts cut away and/or missing; (9) Any remaining details which are especially pertinent or revealing; (10) The informational source, except in those instances where confidentiality has been requested. We are also including a map indicating the areas in the United States and southern Canada in which mutilations have been reported in 1980. In our next edition (STIGMATA #13, Second Quarter 1981), we will be presenting more detailed accounts in which we will enlarge upon some of the more intriguing, representative and potentially im¬ portant mutilation events of 1980. These will be classified geo¬ graphically, by state or province. We have undoubtedly missed some cases. But, as always, we ask our readers to advise us of any reports we do not include. And - since we rely heavily on our readers for information - please keep your eyes and ears open in 1981 and let us know if you hear of anything that might relate to the mutilation mystery. January 1980 17th, Thursday KANSAS - Atchison - south of Atchison - McCoy — bovine — dead sev¬ eral days - reproductive organs appeared "cut out with a sharp ob¬ ject" - ATCHISON DAILY GLOBE, 1-21-80. 19th, Saturday KANSAS - Pottawatomie - near Flush - Evert - 2 cows - "at least one gunshot wound each" - udders and "back portions" cut off and removed from scene - HUTCHINSON NEWS (Kansas), 1-22-80. February 1980 5th, Tuesday KANSAS - Ellsworth — Trivoli township — Rush - 2 animals, Hereford bull and crossbreed Hereford cow - "bullet slug" found in each - jaw areas had been skinned and tongues "cut out" - mutilations con¬ firmed by veterinarians - ELLSWORTH REPORTER, 2-14-80 and GREAT BEND TRIBUNE, 2-14-80. 1979 through February 1980 KANSAS - Atchison Co. — 25 reported mutes during this period. 201 4 February 1980 (Cont.) 22nd, Friday NORTH CAROLINA - Gaston - Gastonia area — Scott — 6-year-old palo¬ mino stallion, "Traveler" - found alive, though down in stall in boarding barn, with penis removed in unknown fashion - copious bleeding - horse died as vet & owner conducted on-scene examina¬ tion (vet,in fact, injected lethal drug to end misery) — not known how stall entered - only stallion present though a number of mares were in the barn and unharmed - GASTONIA GAZETTE, 2-27-80. March 1980 1st week KANSAS - Ellsworth - near Holyrood - Lanzel - calf - tongue removed through lower jaw — one of 7 cases in county since August 1979 - GREAT BEND TRIBUNE (Kansas), 3-16-80. 23rd, Sunday ILLINOIS - Cook - Park Ridge, suburban Chicago - in Cook County Forest Preserve - 6 decapitated chickens, 2 disemboweled goats, plus clothing and candles discovered at site - STIGMATA #11, p.16. late March CALIFORNIA - Riverside - near Hemet - Putnam - 800-lb. yearling horse, "Shiloh" - missing on a Sunday nightj fully intact skeleton (except for one leg, removed and found nearby) found Tuesday - only hair and hide remaining was on lower legs, and horse was identified by its distinctive white "stockings" — no shreds or bits of meat on bones; no bugs or maggots - after several weeks, animals began gnawing on skeleton and dragging away some of the bones. late March SOUTH DAKOTA - Shannon - near Kyle - reported mute; no details. 30th, Sunday COLORADO - Teller - Cripple Creek - Bauer - 9-month-old Arabian stallion — rectum gone; eye "clouded over" - CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD RUSH, 4-4-80, 4-11-80; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver), 5-7-80; CO¬ LORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE-TELEGRAPH, 4-8-80; Linda Howe.KMGH, Denver. April 1980 (cont.) 202 April 1980 (cont.) 11th, Friday SOUTH DAKOTA - Shannon — south of Rockyford - 200-lb. end "cored out" — one ear cut off sis if with a "dull blood in evidence - 2" diameter ring on cheek, browni: if burned.David Brewer,Bur.of Indian Affairs, cow with rear knife" - no $h color, as 12th, Saturday MASSACHUSETTS - Middlesex - Somerville - 7 cats, 2 do^ railroad yard - some burned - one dug beheaded, stake of the other - STIGMATA #11, p.16. early to mid April CANADA - ALBERTA - 10 km. NE of Oyen — Flaht — 3-yeai^o quarterhorse — genitals, left ear, left eye, tongue — hole in chest - MEDICINE HAT NEWS (Alberta), 6-11-80. 21st, Monday COLORADO — El Paso - near Ramah — Bohrer - horse, "Rett old gelding) - rectum, "internal organs", right eyelid right ear, 18" x 13" piece of hide between rear legs ned" - ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver), 5-18-80j COLORADt) ZETTE-TELEGRAPH, 4-26-80. night of 24th-25th, Thursday—Friday WASHINGTON - Pierce - near Graham - Bulldis - horse, penis removed with "sharp instrument"; horse survived; found on ground at site - PIERCE COUNTY HERALD (Puyalli ton), 4—29—80. 25th, Friday KANSAS - Russell — north of Blanker Hill — Prosser — 4-yeai—old cow - tongue, udder, lips, "other parts" taken; unconfirmed as a mutilation - RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, 4-25-80. sar-o 26th, Saturday COLORADO - El Paso - south of Simla - Blake — 16—ye horse stud, "Skip Easy Cash" — seen alive on April 21e> ear, lower lip* strips of skin, scrotum - mucous and rounding right eye cut away, with eyeball itself remail also involved: helicopter; trees, one twisted, one sec: normal radioactivity; fluorescence discovered on patch hair - GAZETTE-TELEGRAPH, May 5,12,June 6,1980;Linda ;s found in through head Id registered fist-sized el" (14-year- , part of penis "skin— SPRINGS GA- 'tGeneral" - white powder up, Washing- Id quarter— t - right ssue Bur¬ ning intact - idled; ab- of hide and i we,KMGH.Denver. 11 la 203 6 April 1980 (cont.) 28th, Monday COLORADO - Mesa — 30 miles NW of Grand Junction — Yo' heifer - anus, genitals, teats — throat slit vertical then peeled back; "all of the flesh was gone from the thought to be from gunshot or stabbing found on carcai stance on stomach and on ground - GRAND JUNCTION DAII 30-80; Investigator Bob Silva, Mesa County Sheriff's May 1980 4th, Sunday COLORADO — Elbert - HE of Franktown - Evans cow — rectum, teats, internal female organs Denver. u|ng - Hereford ly up to jaws, head" - wounds ss - white sub— Y SENTINEL, 4- Office. 3-yeai>4old Hereford Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, 11th, Sunday IOWA - Washington - near Keota - Waterhouse - 125-lb. bull calf - both eyes, tongue, scrotum & testicles - Public Safety,Div. of Criminal Investigation; Iowa Stji College of Veterinary Medicine. 12th, Monday COLORADO - El Paso - north of Falcon - McCune - strail by neighbor who investigated but saw nothing; specula, interrupted mute-in-progress as neighbor's cow found rancher has had four mutilations since 1976 - Linda ffowe, KMGH-TV, Denver. sometime in May COLORADO - El Paso - sheriff's deputy responded to wdi watched a beam of light panning across her pasture aru tie; upon arrival, deputy saw nothing - Linda Howe ,KMi 17th-18th, Saturday-Sunday CANADA - ALBERTA - Acadia Valley, Qyen area — Chrusci old cow - large circular area of skin removed from rei near genitals; "real smooth" cut with "sharp instrume: haps 4-5 days with no predator/scavenger damage - MEEp (Alta.), 5-31-80; EDMONTON JOURNAL (Alta.), 6-4-80. 26th-, Monday (approximate) COLORADO - Elbert - NE of Simla - Richardson - 1-yeai Charolais Iowa Dept, of ate University, ge noises heard ted he may have dead but uncut; man's call; she d herd of cat- GH-TV, Denver. el — 12-year- ar of animal nt" - dead per- ICINE HAT NEWS ai—old steer 204 7 May 1980 (cont.) 26th, Monday CANADA - ALBERTA - Acadia Valley, Oyen area — Spath/Gill - cow - tongue and windpipe cut out; part of hide-flesh on jaw cut away - evidence of shoulder hemorrhage - estimated killed during previous 1-2 days - MEDICINE HAT NEWS (Alta.),5-31-80; EDMONTON JOURNAL, 6-4-80. 29th, Thursday (approximate) COLORADO — Elbert - NE of Simla - Hamacher - one-year-old heifer - right ear, right eye, rectum, tail - fifth mute suffered by rancher since 1975(Sept.) - 4 miles east of Richardson mute site (see pre¬ vious page) - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 31st, Saturday COLORADO — Rio Blanco — NW of Meeker — Villa — cow — udder and sur¬ rounding hide "cut away", total area missing: approx. 1 ft. by 1'A ft. - found by pond - no tracks, no sign of struggle - MEEKER HERALD, 6-5-80. June 1980 1st, Sunday TEXAS — Lubbock - city of Lubbock - Furry - 2-year-old registered quarterhorse, "Go Lady Cat" - 3 inches of tongue cut out while horse in stable - severed part found next to stable extrance - horse survived but unknown whether still alive - LUBBOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL, 6-2-80. early June WYOMING — Laramie - near Carpenter, Colorado border area - Murdock- 2 calves, separate incidents - "possibles" - ears "cut off" on one- described as "removed" on the other - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 10th, Tuesday CANADA — MANITOBA - SW Manitoba - male calf - left ear, scrotum, testicles, tail, anus - pathologist indicated mutilation occurred after death, though action of predators/scavengers thought to be "unlikely" - STIGMATA #10, pp.21-22; Tommy R.Blann;Lewisville, TX. 13th, Friday COLORADO - Elbert - near Kutch - Hartford Ranch - no details(Howe). 205 8 June 1980 (cont.) 13th, Friday COLORADO - Elbert - SW of Deer Trail - Hageman/Monks — black white¬ faced steer - tongue, both ears, tail tassle, circle of hide on right hip - no blood or tracks - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 14th, Saturday COLORADO - El Paso — near Ram ah - Blasingame - 1000-lb. 6-yr.*-old Hereford cow - rectum, 4 teats, right eye, one ear, skin around right eye - no tracks, blood or signs of predators/scavengers - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. mid-June CANADA — ALBERTA — SE Alberta, near Montana border — calf — female park warden and her father found still-warm carcass in area inacces¬ sible except by horseback — brisket had been "cleanly and surgical—, ly" removed with no blood exuding from wound - ground was soft with no tracks except the calf's - calf, "appeared to have dropped in its tracks where it was found". 23rd, Monday CANADA - ALBERTA - near Vermilion, east of Edmonton — Emsland - bull calf - tongue, one ear, anus, genitals - left shoulder removed down to ribs - still warm when found — veterinarian confirmed "un¬ natural death" and very little blood in carcass, though little or none on the ground - avoided by predators - VJ.K.Allan, T.A.Kwartel. 25th, Wednesday COLORADO - Elbert-Lincoln — near Limon - Monks/Englert - 2—year-old Hereford female - left ear, left eye, tongue, rectum - 18" slit through hide parallel along ribs where heart should be - no blood in evidence — found near pond — Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 26th, Thursday COLORADO - El Paso - near Ramah - Eurich - 5-year-old Angus cow - rectum, 2 inches of tongue, left eye - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. June, date unknown COLORADO - El Paso - near Rush — Divorce — cow, no details. June, dates unknown NEW MEXICO - Rio Arriba — Chama area — 3 cows reportedly mutilated - udder,rectum,tongue missing - Linda Howe;Gabe Valdez,NM St. Police. 206 9 June 1980 (cont.) 28th, Saturday CANADA — ALBERTA — Acadia Valley, Oyen area - Shubert - heifer calf - apparent mutilation, no details except that carcass was found within a few kilometers of the May mutilation sites - MEDI¬ CINE HAT NEWS (Alberta), 7-23-80. late June WYOMING — Fremont - near Jeffrey City - heifer — udder removed - CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE; Linda Howe,KMGH-TV, Denver. July 1980 July, date unknown CANADA - ALBERTA - near Kitscoty, east of Edmonton - Everest - 4— year-old Charolais crossbreed - missing parts not known — scuff marks "like a rope bum" on left hind leg - five burn marks "the size of silver dollars" on belly - dead 24 hours or less - fifty feet away were 3 evenly-spaced circles 3-ft. in diameter which ap¬ peared to have been burned - report:W.K. Allan;Kelowna, B.C, 16th, Wednesday COLORADO - Park - near Kenosha Pass - Zachary - hikers and guide discover mutilated marmot — spead-eagled on rock with all four legs out straight - quarter-sized hole near armpit over heart as though made by "cookie cutter" — no blood - few flies but no maggots - according to guide, Zachary, rodents such as marmots will sometimes feed on and chew on their own kind, but no signs of scavenging - area (meadow) in which found used frequently by cattle — Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 19th, Saturday CANADA - ALBERTA - Bowell, NW of Medicine Hat - Rath - 3—year-old cow - genitals, teats, right ear "part of eye", part of tongue - two holes in neck 150 mm apart - MEDICINE HAT NEWS, 7—23-80. 28th, Monday NEW MEXICO - Rio Arriba - near El Rito - Herrera - 6-month-old fe¬ male cow - rectum gone — 2 "needle marks" underneath leg - apparent mutilation followed by predator damage - RIO GRANDE SUN; Espanola, New Mexico, 8-7-80; Linda Howe,KMGH-TV; Gabe Valdez,NM St.Police. 207 10 August 1980 6th, Wednesday WASHINGTON — Pierce - near Eatonville — Houfburg - 6-month-old heifer - udder, genitals "neatly and bloodlessly removed" - dead 2-3 days - 23rd mutilation in county since 1975, but first bovine mute - TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE (Washington), 8-7-80. 7th, Thursday CANADA - SASKATCHEWAN — Neudorf area - Mass - l)£-year-old bull - left ear, testicles, tongue — "internal carcas bloodless". 11th, Monday NEW YORK - Yates - near Potter - Laffler, Castner - 6 lambs found dead - well over 100 sheep similarly killed on two farms in 1980 - some of the sheep have allegedly been drained of blood and all other bodily fluids including milk in the case of nursing ewes - FINGER LAKES TIMES (Geneva, NY), 8-12-80; report: Michael A, Hoffman. 26th, Tuesday COLORADO - Weld - 15 miles SE of Briggsdale - Speaker - 600-lb. yearling steer - right ear, right cheek; hide section above eye, o- ver ear and back to shoulder; part of lower lip — no tracks, except those of other cows - no predation - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. September 1980 2nd, Tuesday COLORADO - Weld - west of Hereford,3-4 miles south of Wyoming bor¬ der - Frazier/Prewett - 6-year-old bull - found flat on back - missing: penis (not foreskin), both eyeballs, tongue, testicle - dead 1-2 days - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 5th, Saturday COLORADO - Weld - between Hereford and Grover - UFO's: red & green airborne lights reported by two women and seen by deputies — Warren Air Force Base (Cheyenne, Wyoming) contacted but nothing noted on radar - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 5th or 6th, Saturday or Sunday IOWA - Polk - near Granger - Steddon - 7-month-old Hereford-Limou- sin female calf - only genitals missing - DES MOINES REGISTER, 9-13-80. 208 11 September 1980 (cont.) 7th, Sunday OREGON - Crook - near Paulina — Severance - cow - one eye t udder, uterus — attempted removal of heart - dead only a few hours — no blood, no tracks, no sign of struggle - CENTRAL OREGONIAN (Prine- ville, Oregon), 9-11-80. 11th, Thursday COLORADO — Larimer - near Loveland and Big Thompson Canyon - Bate¬ man - $1,000 Angus heifer - rectum, genitals, tail - puncture wound in shoulder - no blood in evidence - COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE TELEGRAPH, 9-17-80; DENVER POST, 9-20-80; Linda Howe,KMGH-TV,Denver 16th, Tuesday COLORADO - Weld — NVJ of Briggsdale - Ball — classically mutilated steer calf and, 1.5 miles further west, another calf, possibly mu¬ tilated - first calf: tongue, circle of hide on belly, tail tassle, part of rectum; 2 pencil-sized holes in neck; unidentified white substance found at site - second calf: one ear, all of tail, flesh from ankle - GREELEY TRIBUNE (Colo.), 9-18-80, 11-2-80; Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 22nd, Monday WYOMING - Albany - 14 miles SW of Laramie - 800-lb, lJ^-yr.-old pregnant heifer - flesh/hide on jaw and nose removed, also 4 teats; rectum cored - microscopic examination of hairs showed sharply-sev¬ ered ends - evidence of some predation following mutilation - LARA¬ MIE DAILY BOOMERANG, 9-24-80 and 10-15-80. 23rd, Tuesday COLORADO - Jefferson - west of Littleton - an incident which, if it occurred as reported, could be of significant significance: the sighting of what appeared to be a "helicopter" which changed shape, to a "ball", then to a "square" object - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV,Denver 25th, Thursday SOUTH DAKOTA - Bennett - east of Allen - Riggs - 500-lb. Angus steer - genitals and large surrounding area removed with sharp in¬ strument, not penetrating abdominal cavity - neck reported broken — large amount of blood still in carcass - BENNETT COUNTY BOOSTER (Martin,SD), 10-8-80; David Brewer, Bureau of Indian Affairs. 209 12 September 1980 (cont.) 26th f Friday SOUTH DAKOTA - Bennett - east of Allen - Riggs - 450-lb. Angus heif¬ er - mutilated "in a manner so identical (to the one found the pre¬ vious day, 300-400 yards away) that it is difficult to determine any differences" - BENNETT COUNTY BOOSTER (Martin,SD), 10-8-80; David Brewer, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pine Ridge, SD. September, date unknown TEXAS - Bexar - farm in SE Bexar County — Snell - 50-lb. white Yorkshire shoat — heart, genitals removed - SAN ANTONIO LIGHT, 11-12-80; DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 11-13-80. 29th, Monday COLORADO - Weld - south of Grover - McKinley - 4-year-old cow - right eye, right ear, half of ear-tag, hide around nose & Jaw, tongue, udder, rectum, tail tassle, patch of hide under right front armpit - on Saturday night, the 27th, neighbor heard sound like hel¬ icopter, went out to look, but saw nothing - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV. October 1980 1st, Wednesday COLORADO - Washington — near Lindon - Scott - 9-year-old black An¬ gus cow - had had calf in previous day or two — missing: entire ud¬ der, patch of hide, rectum - no blood or tracks - neighbor 3 miles SVJ heard dogs howling that night, which was out-of-the-ordinary, but Scott's dogs never barked — another of Scott's cows had been mutilated in 1977 — Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 1st, Wednesday COLORADO - Weld - 15 miles east & 2 miles south of Hereford - Harms- 450—lb., 5-month-old steer calf - rectum, genitals, both ears, hide on nose and between eyes - no blood, tracks or signs of a struggle - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 7th, Tuesday MINNESOTA — Renville - SW of Olivia - Jansen - 2-year-old Holstein bull — genitals, right ear - left ear "cut on" but not removed - "sharp knife" used - TIMES-JOURNAL (01ivia,MN), 10-16-80. 8th, Wednesday WASHINGTON - Franklin - Pasco — Marble — 4—month-old pet goat owned by veterinarian — head cut off & missing - goat alive at 8:30 AM, found 6:30 PM - TRI-CITY HERALD (Pasco,WA), 10-9-80. 210 13 October 1980 (cont.) 9th, Thursday IOWA — Jones - near Anamosa - Stickle — 1000-lb. Hereford steer - genitals removed - Iowa Div. of Criminal Investigation rules natu¬ ral causes/predation - the large Stickle cattle operation suffered over 25 similar mutilations on 2 farms in 1975 - DES MOINES REGIS¬ TER, 10-10-80; ANAMOSA JOURNAL-EUREKA (Anamosa.IA), 10-15&11-12-80. 10th, Friday COLORADO - Adams — Westminster - Uevelhoer — horse - evidence sug¬ gesting some predator/scavenger activity — but rectum removed via apparently cylindrical cut - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. mid-to—late October, date unknown OHIO - Harrison - Tippecanoe area - Dunlap — 250-lb. bull calf — tongue, right eye, hide from upper and lower jaws - no tracks or signs of struggle - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. mid-to-late October, date unknown OHIO - Harrison — Tippecanoe area - Cutlip - 120-lb. bull calf - tongue, both ears - found same day as Dunlap's - Linda Howe,KMGH. mid-to-late October, date unknown OHIO — Harrison — Tippecanoe area — Andregg - 400-lb. Holstein hei¬ fer - tongue, right eye, rectum, genitals - carcass untouched by animals after laying out for a week - found about 2 days after Dun¬ lap/Cut lip cases - unconfirmed report of fourth mutilation about 20 miles away around this time - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 18th, Saturday CANADA - SASKATCHEWAN - Dubuc area - Kulcsar - 6-year-old black Angus cow — anus, right ear, all teats — no blood in evidence exter¬ nally or internally when carcass opened — dead 1-2 days - carcass avoided by predators & scavengers. 21st, Tuesday CALIFORNIA — San Mateo — city of San Mateo - owner unknown — four sheep killed by what appeared to be "rough axe" blows to the thro¬ at - killed and bled elsewhere - the 4 carcasses were laid out in "a perfect square, at the center of which were placed intestines" - SAN MATEO TIMES, 10-22-80. October 1980 (cont.)... 211 October 1980 (cont.) 26th, Sunday TEXAS - Cameron — Laguna Vista - Heath - 1100-lb. Charolais bull — tongue removed - heart removed via 6-inch cavity in shoulder area — only tracks on wet ground were those of the bull's — DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 11-8-80; SAN ANTONIO NEWS, 10-29-80;SAN ANTONIO LIGHT,11-1-80. 27th, Monday ARIZONA - Apache — near Springerville - Bahr — bull - part of gen¬ itals, 3 nipples - 3" diameter hole in rectal area - carcass burned on several areas as though "partially cooked in an oven" — unaccoun¬ ted-for beam of light swept over valley on 24th or 25th - helicop¬ ter flew directly over mute site on the 29th — Larry Fawcett,Center for UFO Studies; Richard Rogers, Mary Mitscher. October, date unknown ENGLAND — Dudley - 3-year-old pet Shetland pony owned by Anslow family - thought strangled with halter, then unspecified parts cut away with knife - EXPRESS & STAR (city unknown), 11-1-80. October, last week INDIANA — Greene — near Owensburg - owner unknown - cow - 4-inch- diameter round hole in carcass - possible mutilation - Larry Faw¬ cett, Center for UFO Studies; Jade Butcher. 31st, Friday TEXAS - Starr - east of Rio Grande City - Lopez - Brahma cow - ud¬ der, tongue, rectum, heart — no blood or tracks - DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 11-1-80, 11-8-80; MCALLEN MONITOR (TX), 11-2-80. November 1980 around first of the month IOWA - Mahaska - New Sharon area - Ferguson/Smith - 2 hunting dogs found on same farm about l)£ weeks apart - hindquarters "tom off" of one dog — the head of the other was "crushed", the neck broken and there were "holes in its side" - not "classic" mutes, apparen¬ tly, though much varied activity has been reported in Iowa in the last couple of years - something large, "just possibly" a bear sus¬ pected in this case, though none have been known in Iowa in a cent¬ ury - 0SKAL00SA HERALD {Oskaloosa,Iowa),Nov.?, 1980(second week). 212 15 November 1980 (cont.) 7th, Friday TEXAS - Deaf Smith - Hereford area - Lemons - 700-lb. heifer - one eyelid, tongue, two teats, heart (removed through 8-inch circular hole in shoulder) - some entrails were removed and "lay in a neat little pile right beside the cow" — rendering plant owner: "There is no animal that exists that could have done what was done to that cow". - DALLAS HORNING NEWS, 11-8-80;DALLAS TIMES HERALD, 11-9-80. 8th, Saturday IOWA - Lucas - 4 miles north of Chariton — Probasco — prize cow valued at $1300 — "left eye alone was cut out".- OTTUMWA (Iowa) COURIER, 11-22-80; DESM0INES REGISTER, 11-22-80; CHARITON (Iowa) LEADER, 11-25-80. November, second week TEXAS - Webb — south of Encinal - Middleton - 5-year-old whiteface bull - part of penis removed, plus circular piece of hide taken from belly - Harper Turberville, ranch foreman. 12th, Wednesday TEXAS - Cameron - near Santa Rosa (NW Cameron Co.) — bull calf - genitals, anal spineter removed - Bill Heath. November, first half ARKANSAS - Faulkner - 2 miles west of Greenbrier — Harrington — 2 animals found in same pasture: 800-lb, cow (tongue "apparently cut out") and 400-lb. calf (tongue, left eye missing) - both ap¬ peared to have died the previous night — victim: sheriff's brother in-law - LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT (Conway,Arkansas), 11—14-80. 19th, Wednesday IOWA — Lucas - 7 miles north of Chariton — Seuferer - $500 Jersey cow, 4—H Grand Champion - left eye missing - 4 nipples cut off with "a very sharp instrument" — vet thought animal shot in eye; family heard no gunshots - OTTUMWA (Iowa) COURIER, 11-22-80; DES MpINES REGISTER, 11-22-80; CHARITON (Iowa) LEADER, 11-25-80. - 24th, Monday. MISSOURI - Buchanan - Bouth of St.Joseph - VanHoozer - calf mutila¬ ted in feed lot;no details; KANSAS CITY TIMES, 12-6-80. 213 16 December 1980 4th, Thursday MISSOURI - Buchanan — south of St. Joseph — VanHoozer — 350-lb. heifer in feed lot where mutilation occurred at end of November - ear cut off - apparent "cult" activity had been reported in this area (see STIGMATA no, 11, pp. 13-14) - southern Buchanan County adjoins Atchison County, Kansas, scene of numerous mutilation re¬ ports (see STIGMATA no. 10, p. 22) - KANSAS CITY TIMES, 12-6-80. 5th, Friday COLORADO - Weld — near Black Hollow Reservoir - deer carcass dis¬ covered by two hunters - tongue taken out from "deep" in throat - eyes gone — head cut opened, brains taken — large triangular cut on side - rectum, genitals gone - 8-inch hole in stomach area — the hunters thought mutilation occurred followed by predation/ scavenging - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 29th, Monday morning NORTH CAROLINA - Union - 3 animal carcasses found in a creek, 10 feet from each other - goat: decapitated - sheep: dead but "perfec¬ tly preserved"; temperature cold, thin partial coat of ice on car¬ cass - pig: "dismembered" (details not known) - Anna Sensenbrenner, ENQUIRER-JOURNAL; Monroe, North Carolina. ADDITIONS : TWO CASES INADVERTENTLY NOT INCLUDED IN CHRONOLOGY : May 1980 26th, Monday COLORADO - Weld — approx. 19 miles north of New Raymer - Younglund- five cows lying in "straight" line along 1.5 miles of section line- one dead of larkspur poisoning and obviously fed upon by animals — other 4 mutilated unnaturally - Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. mid-June 1980 WYOMING - Laramie - between Carpenter,Wyo. & Hereford, Colo.-Smith- 6—fflorfth—old steer calf — ears cut off; confirmed by deputy — esti¬ mated dead one week - neighbor saw unexplained flash!ng^red lights around time of death — Linda Howe, KMGH-TV, Denver. 214 215 18 Ab mentioned in the introduction to our list of 1980 mutilations, we depend heavily on our readers for information. Without our lit¬ tle informal network such a catalog of reports would be realized with difficulty and would be hopelessly incomplete. We want to thank the following people for information they provided for this issue (and for the details which will follow in our next edition) and if anyone is left out, we apologize in advance: Steve Hicks, Larry Fawcett, Robert Morgan, Dennis Stacy, Mary Le- Vesque, Ann Rosenbloom, William D. Leet, Dick* Dickeson, Mrs. Robert Snodgrass, Bob Pratt, Tim Tokaryk, Dwight Whalen, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Holzer, Walt Andrus/Mutual UFO Network, Paul Bartholomew, Joy Fix, Linda Williford, Michael Hoffman, David Brewer, Bob Taylor, Dr. Leo Sprinkle, Constance Cameron, Bill Meilen, Tommy Roy Blann, Denis Corneau, Gordon Wright, Patti Low—Weimer, Bill Allan, T.A. Kwartel, Charles Smith, June Putnam, Loren Coleman, James Keener, Dorothy Aldridge, Don Richmond, Gerald Shanahan, Joe Motsinger. A special thanks to Lucius Farish and Rod Dyke of the UFO Newsclipping Service (Route 1, Box 220; Plumervilie,Arkansas 72127) and an equally spe¬ cial thanks to Linda Moulton Howe of KMGH-TV in Denver for inform¬ ation provided regarding the many Colorado cases in 1980. There is much more to some of these cases than we have been able to summarize here, and we'll explore as many of the intriguing de¬ tails as space permits in our next issue. SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES FOR MUTILATION SAMPLES by Tommy Roy Blann SAMPLE-GATHERING TECHNIQUES : It is best to obtain the samples as quickly as possible due to deterioration processes and contamina¬ tion factors. The sample should be obtained within a 24-hour per¬ iod at the maximum. A half-inch depth section and no thicker should be procured by removing the entire wound area by starting a couple of inches from the wound at a X" depth and cutting the entire area out making a circular incision. This should immediately be placed in a 10% solution of formaldehyde and capped off. Such a sample can be stored for several years. Other samples such as the kidneys, liver, heart and lungs as well as sections of the brain should be placed in plastic bags and kept on ice and immediately analyzed for toxins and bacteria, etc. (continued) 216 Blood samples are to be procured in the following matin ery 5 cc*s of blood drawn out with a syringe f one dro; (anticoagulant) should be mixed with it. Some will r perin t another anticoagulant, but Heperin will destr<b; blood cell morphology. After the blood sample has bee: placed in a test tube and capped off and tightly sea! then be placed in some melting ice to keep it cool, it I It should then be analysed as soon as possible. 19 er: For ev- p of EDTA ^commend He- y the red n mixed and led, it should Po not freeze BLOOD TESTS : Normal tranquilizers, narcotics, bacteriology, viro¬ logy. KIDNEYS AND LIVER : Normal tranquilizers, narcotics, toxins. WOUND TESTS ; Microscopic examination of laceration.e tion of microtone slices from laceration edge, radio|j yses. <pge, prepara- ogical anal- UNKNOWN RESIDUES AND LIQUIDS : Atomic absorption, neu ! tion, IH-spectro, gas chromatography and liquid chroi^ii radiological (scaler-ratemeter and radioactivation 'tron-activa- atography, alysis), an: SAMPLE GATHERING EQUIPMENT : All equipment such as scalpels, test tubes, plastic bags, etc, should be sterile. COLOR PHOTO DOCUMENTATION: Whenever an animal is suspected of be- pe taken of entire ani~ Ld be taken, }se to the ing mutilated, a number of color photographs should the suspected cut or burned area. Photos showing the mal and surrounding terrain from several angles shoul Next, a series of photographs should be made very clo suspected wound , where the cut tissue will show very ually at a distance of 18 inches , Such photo document: tremely important in combination with sample gathering Any unusual disturbances in the surrounding soil shou photographed at a very close distance as well as takh casts if the situation warrants it. INVESTIGATIONAL TECHNIQUES : Make absolutely sure that ted cut area was not done by predators and scavengers stances, the areas will appear to be smoothly cut fro: but closer inspection will show ragged edges and ser: marks on the suspected laceration edge of tissue, Thi areas attacked are the eyes, tongue, udder, reproduct: and anus. Check the ground around the animal very c because the ground shows no tracks doesn T t mean pred^ vengers have not been there. It depends upon the con (continued) clearly,us- ation is ex- g techniques. Id also be ng plaster the suspec- In most in- m a distance j^ated tooth most common ive organs efully. Just tors and sca- Mtion of the 217 20 soil and remembering that some scavengers are birds that can fly . Just because it looks neat and not messy does not mean that it was not the work of predators and scavengers. Some predators and scav¬ engers are neat and very meticulous in their eating habits. If the animal is dead for more than 24 hours, there is a good chance that maggots and blowflies have started their masquerading job on the wound. They can make the wound look very smooth and clean-looking. The only way is to examine the tissue microscopical- i*. Don't holler 1 'mutilation"unless you are absolutely convinced that 1 s what it is , AND DON'T SPECULATE . Speculation brings forth more spec¬ ulation in the news media until the thing gets out of hand AND THE SPECULATION BECOMES FACT. AND DON'T.SPECULATE TO THE NEWS MEDIA AND THEM THROW THE CARCASS AWAY TO DETERIORATE . Let's get some scienti¬ fic facts. TIDBITS FOLLOW-UP* In the previous STIGMATA (#11), we presented a report on "The Cult Connection" to the mutilation phenomenon. No sooner had that issue been published than a wire service newspaper item {UPI, 11-18-80) appeared, headlined, "2 Cubans Shot After Cult Rite". It stated, "Two Cuban refugees were shot and killed Monday following a mass by believers in Santeria (ed.note: a cult discussed in our re¬ port), a bizarre Caribbean religious cult which uses dead animals and blood in its rituals". However, police speculated that the slay¬ ings, which occurred in Miami, Florida, were not directly related to cult activities.Some readers undoubtedly noted a curiously coincidental^) similarity among some of the names of the horses which were mutilated in 1980 and are included in our chronology: "Shiloh"(California), "Traveler"(North Carolina),"Rebel"(Colorado) and "General"(Washington St.)-all bringing to mind not only the Civil War, but General Robert E.Lee in particular(his horse was nam¬ ed "Traveler 1 J..The 12th annual symposium of the Mutual UFO Network will be held July 24—26, 1981 and will feature, among other things, a workshop session on the subject of mutilations.. The on-again,off-again LIFE Magazine article on mutes is off again, this time firmly so...PROJECT STIGMA IS SEEKING PHOTOS OF MUTILATED ANIMALS, FOR WHICH WE WILL BUY OR TRADE 0NE-F0R-0NE. THE MORE DETAILED, THE BETTER - IF YOU HAVE ANY, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH. Copyright 1981 by Thomas R. Adams 218