There is a sinister element to the still unexplainable phenomena of cattle mutilation. While first popularized by the media in 1967 when the Condon Committee out of Colorado investigated a mutilated horse, the phenomena had already been growing in the United States for twenty years. First referred to as the "slashing of cattle," it seems to have begun in New Mexico in 1947, the same year as the alleged Roswell UFO crash. Since that time over 10,000 cases have been reported, encompassing all 50 states and more reports coming from England.
Even though there is sometimes a minor difference in the remains of the dead animals, there is a great deal of similarity throughout each event. The cuts made on the cattle are surgically precise and clear, precluding the cause being predatory animals whose teeth and claws would leave jagged rips and tears. The eyes, udders, genitalia, and less often the anus are removed. Often the lips and tongue are cut away from the throat and sometimes one ear is missing. There are sometimes major organs, especially the heart and liver, missing from the body and yet no entry or exit wounds are present and sometimes the pericardium is still present and intact.
The bodies are also predominately drained of blood and there is no blood anywhere near the body or the wounds. This indicates that the animals were killed elsewhere and then disposed of in the places their bodies are found. Mutilated cattle are avoided not only by other cattle but also by scavengers who will shy away from these otherwise available meals. What little blood as tends to be left in the body is abnormal. It is a pinkish color and will not coagulate for days. Laboratory tests, including those done by the Los Alamos laboratory, have been inconclusive as to the cause.
As well as these abnormalities in the bodies of the slain beasts, there are other anomalies. There are no tracks around the bodies. No human, animal, or vehicle marks are found anywhere near where the cattle are found. Sometimes a few strange and unaccountable holes are found in the ground next to the carcasses. Often the bones are fractured by what appears to be impact with the ground from a high fall and the ground beneath them has been depressed where the body seems to have landed. Some animals have been found draped over fences or caught up in treetops.

While the majority of cattle mutilations seem to happen at night, there have been daytime reports, sometimes when potential witnesses have been in the area and still seen nothing. One case reported to the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) from 2002 discusses a 1997 incident in Utah. A couple of ranchers were tagging their new calves. One of them had been done early and they continued with the rest of their calves, never being more than 300 yards from any of them. Before the herd was completed, less than an hour later, the calf was found to have been "completely eviscerated -- most muscle and all internal organs were missing. There was no blood, entrails, or apparent disturbance at the scene."
Law enforcement officers throughout the country are perpetually stumped about these mutilations. According to Lander County, Nevada, Deputy Sgt. Keith Altemueller. "There's no evidence I have of what happened, how it happened or who did it. There are no tracks, no sign of disturbance and generally no blood. The cuts are very sharp -- very unusual! I've lived in the desert all my life; I've seen what predators do. This is not what predators do." After a half-century of mutilated animals, there are also a few horses, sheep, and dogs found mutilated in the same manner, there are no suspects, no arrests, and no convictions. No one has been able to discover who is perpetrating this horrible act.

Photo by Fyffe, Alabama Police Officer Ted Oliphant in 1993. No evidence of scavengers. A precise oval cut removed the udders without damage to underlying tissue. No blood in evidence around cut area or the ground underneath.
There are several theories. Government and mainstream science institutions try to pass the mutilations off as either natural predators or criminally insane cultists even though the evidence shows neither is possible. Some people believe it is the government or military itself running covert tests. Most people tend to put the blame on extraterrestrial aliens in UFO's.
There are several possible reasons the cattle are being targeted for these mutilations. Since bovine blood has particular characteristics that are similar to human blood, it is thought they could be using cattle in genetic experiments. One would think though that as many people as vanish every year the aliens would have no need of a surrogate experimental animal. There has yet to be any photographic or video evidence of such abductions so how much harder would it be to abduct humans for experimentation?
Despite many hard-hit ranch areas forming watch groups to try and catch the culprits, they have been unsuccessful as yet. With no peripheral evidence at the scene other than a dumped body, investigators have little or no hope of tracking down the cause of this ongoing phenomenon.













