Cow mutilation is strangest thing to have happened

Antaletriangle · 12-18-2008, 01:36 AM

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FARNAM-Larry Jurjens was checking his herd of about 100 cattle Aug. 19, 2004 when he found a dead 11-year-old Black Angus cow in the bottom of a canyon.

The cow’s left eyeball was removed, the bag and udders had been excised and there was a large excision in the rectal region. There was no blood in the carcass or on the ground.

None of the internal organs appeared to be removed, but there were two puncture marks near the heart, each about 1/8 inch in diameter.

The cuts were made with surgical precision.

The cow had been dead for a couple of days but no coyotes had chewed it. Nor was it bloated.

Jurjens recognized it was similar to cattle mutilations he had heard about over the years: one near Eustis in the 1980s; one near Cozad and another near Overton in July 2004, a month before he found the cow in his pasture.

As he and his grandson were driving away that late afternoon, it occurred to him to check the tongue, because he’d heard that the tongue is usually cut out during cow mutilations.

He returned and pried the stiff mouth open with a bar, and sure enough, the tongue had been removed. The incision was made far back in the throat.

Jurjens, a rancher near Farnam for more than 35 years, was surprised but not stunned. The estimated date of death two days earlier corresponded with unidentified noises heard by several people in the area.

Weird noises

On Aug. 17, at about 10 p.m., Jurjens's wife Joanne heard what sounded like a large, low-flying aircraft going over the house.

A low rumbling noise was also heard by Karen and Dan Hutchinson of Gothenburg, 16 miles to the north. They saw a light in the sky too.

Brenda and Dale Oberg of Farnam, eight miles away, said the noise persisted for five minutes and they saw a small bright light low on the horizon.

Word of the mystery spread, and Linda Moulton Howe, an international investigative journalist and documentary film producer from Pennsylvania, investigated the cow’s death six days later. By the time she visited Jurjens' pasture, maggots were consuming the cow, but evidence of missing body parts were clear. Howe shot film of the scene and interviewed Jurjens and the other witnesses. She also arranged for investigators to take samples of grass near the cow.

The Farnam cow became a subject of a History Channel production called “Cattle Mutilations,” one of several History Channel programs about unidentified flying objects and possible spacecrafts.

The grass samples were studied by a University of Pennsylvania scientist, who said some of the bunches of grass were stunted, while others were stimulated, which indicated a pattern of abnormal energy.

More than a year later, Jurjens said he has never seen anything like it elsewhere. However, he, his wife and some neighbors heard the mysterious low rumble again in February, about 10:30 p.m. one evening.

“That’s the same noise I heard when the cow died,” his wife said when she heard it.

Related mysteries

After the cow was mutilated, a circular outline of grass in the same canyon died, about 200 yards west of the cow carcass. The overall circle was about 20 feet in diameter, with dead grass on the outer edges. However, grass grew just fine right in the center, inside a three-foot diameter circle.

For nearly two months after finding the cow, Jurjen’s compass in the pickup would not work near the mutilated cow. Other cows in the pasture stayed away from that area until late in the grazing season, after three-inch rainfall. After the rain, the cattle moved normally through the pasture and Jurjen’s compass started working again.

It was not the first or last set of unusual occurances in that pasture, Jurjens said.

“It seems like something is always happening in that pasture,” Jurjens said.

After the first cow died and was mutilated, another was found dead under somewhat similar circumstances. This time, a teat and eye were missing. But the tongue remained and there was plenty of blood.

Jurjen's suspected that was a natural occurance.

“I think lightening must have killed it and the buzzards worked on it some before I found it,” he said.

But another year, an 8-year-old bull completely disappeared. When Jurjens talked to a neighbor about it, the neighbor said he too had lost a bull without a trace.

Another year, two cows turned up lame, as though they had been violently wrestled around, or perhaps, dropped from the air, Jurgens speculated. One seemed to have a broken back. Another had a bad hip. Both eventually died.

In the fall of 2004, Jurjens vaccinated his cows and calves in the fall and turned them back out in the pasture. When he rounded them up again three weeks later, three cow-calf pairs were missing. Two cows eventually turned up in a neighbor’s pasture and two calves showed up in his own pasture. But the cows were dry, the calves were gaunt and it took them a long time to get back to growing normally.

It was as though the pairs had been separated and then stressed enough to take them out of their normal behaviors. But, there was never any prolonged bawling or other signs of weaning, Jurgens said.

He never found the other pair.

There have been more than 10,000 reported cases of livestock mutilations since 1967, and the organs and tissue that are taken are often the same. There have been thousands of cattle disappearances, including an entire herd in Oklahoma.

In reported mutilations, sex organs are usually removed; the tongue is cut deep in the throat and removed. Individual eyes, ears, or sometimes both have been excised. Sometimes the jaw is stripped to the bone in a large oval cut. Rectums are cored out, almost like a stovepipe had been inserted and all the tissue and muscle has been pulled out. There is no blood.

It’s as if the animals were taken away for an operation, Jurjens. Some speculate a hovering UFO could levitate the animal into a operatory, surgically remove some parts and drop the animal back on earth.

Some think it might be the U.S. government itself with unknown, unidentified flying objects. The History Channel reports that the U.S. government and Russia both experimented with saucer-shaped airplanes for several years after World War II.

Jurjens doesn’t know what all happened, but he said the evidence points to some kind of flying object. The History Channel documentary comes to the same conclusion.

A videotape or DVD of the “Cattle Mutilations” program has been available on the Internet for $24.95 from the History Channel store at http://store.aetv.com.

12-18-2008, 01:36 AM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Cow mutilation is strangest thing to have happened http://www.northplattebulletin.com/i...=3&sectionID=3 FARNAM-Larry Jurjens was checking his herd of about 100 cattle Aug. 19, 2004 when he found a dead 11-year-old Black Angus cow in the bottom of a canyon. The cow’s left eyeball was removed, the bag and udders had been excised and there was a large excision in the rectal region. There was no blood in the carcass or on the ground. None of the internal organs appeared to be removed, but there were two puncture marks near the heart, each about 1/8 inch in diameter. The cuts were made with surgical precision. The cow had been dead for a couple of days but no coyotes had chewed it. Nor was it bloated. Jurjens recognized it was similar to cattle mutilations he had heard about over the years: one near Eustis in the 1980s; one near Cozad and another near Overton in July 2004, a month before he found the cow in his pasture. As he and his grandson were driving away that late afternoon, it occurred to him to check the tongue, because he’d heard that the tongue is usually cut out during cow mutilations. He returned and pried the stiff mouth open with a bar, and sure enough, the tongue had been removed. The incision was made far back in the throat. Jurjens, a rancher near Farnam for more than 35 years, was surprised but not stunned. The estimated date of death two days earlier corresponded with unidentified noises heard by several people in the area. Weird noises On Aug. 17, at about 10 p.m., Jurjens's wife Joanne heard what sounded like a large, low-flying aircraft going over the house. A low rumbling noise was also heard by Karen and Dan Hutchinson of Gothenburg, 16 miles to the north. They saw a light in the sky too. Brenda and Dale Oberg of Farnam, eight miles away, said the noise persisted for five minutes and they saw a small bright light low on the horizon. Word of the mystery spread, and Linda Moulton Howe, an international investigative journalist and documentary film producer from Pennsylvania, investigated the cow’s death six days later. By the time she visited Jurjens' pasture, maggots were consuming the cow, but evidence of missing body parts were clear. Howe shot film of the scene and interviewed Jurjens and the other witnesses. She also arranged for investigators to take samples of grass near the cow. The Farnam cow became a subject of a History Channel production called “Cattle Mutilations,” one of several History Channel programs about unidentified flying objects and possible spacecrafts. The grass samples were studied by a University of Pennsylvania scientist, who said some of the bunches of grass were stunted, while others were stimulated, which indicated a pattern of abnormal energy. More than a year later, Jurjens said he has never seen anything like it elsewhere. However, he, his wife and some neighbors heard the mysterious low rumble again in February, about 10:30 p.m. one evening. “That’s the same noise I heard when the cow died,” his wife said when she heard it. Related mysteries After the cow was mutilated, a circular outline of grass in the same canyon died, about 200 yards west of the cow carcass. The overall circle was about 20 feet in diameter, with dead grass on the outer edges. However, grass grew just fine right in the center, inside a three-foot diameter circle. For nearly two months after finding the cow, Jurjen’s compass in the pickup would not work near the mutilated cow. Other cows in the pasture stayed away from that area until late in the grazing season, after three-inch rainfall. After the rain, the cattle moved normally through the pasture and Jurjen’s compass started working again. It was not the first or last set of unusual occurances in that pasture, Jurjens said. “It seems like something is always happening in that pasture,” Jurjens said. After the first cow died and was mutilated, another was found dead under somewhat similar circumstances. This time, a teat and eye were missing. But the tongue remained and there was plenty of blood. Jurjen's suspected that was a natural occurance. “I think lightening must have killed it and the buzzards worked on it some before I found it,” he said. But another year, an 8-year-old bull completely disappeared. When Jurjens talked to a neighbor about it, the neighbor said he too had lost a bull without a trace. Another year, two cows turned up lame, as though they had been violently wrestled around, or perhaps, dropped from the air, Jurgens speculated. One seemed to have a broken back. Another had a bad hip. Both eventually died. In the fall of 2004, Jurjens vaccinated his cows and calves in the fall and turned them back out in the pasture. When he rounded them up again three weeks later, three cow-calf pairs were missing. Two cows eventually turned up in a neighbor’s pasture and two calves showed up in his own pasture. But the cows were dry, the calves were gaunt and it took them a long time to get back to growing normally. It was as though the pairs had been separated and then stressed enough to take them out of their normal behaviors. But, there was never any prolonged bawling or other signs of weaning, Jurgens said. He never found the other pair. There have been more than 10,000 reported cases of livestock mutilations since 1967, and the organs and tissue that are taken are often the same. There have been thousands of cattle disappearances, including an entire herd in Oklahoma. In reported mutilations, sex organs are usually removed; the tongue is cut deep in the throat and removed. Individual eyes, ears, or sometimes both have been excised. Sometimes the jaw is stripped to the bone in a large oval cut. Rectums are cored out, almost like a stovepipe had been inserted and all the tissue and muscle has been pulled out. There is no blood. It’s as if the animals were taken away for an operation, Jurjens. Some speculate a hovering UFO could levitate the animal into a operatory, surgically remove some parts and drop the animal back on earth. Some think it might be the U.S. government itself with unknown, unidentified flying objects. The History Channel reports that the U.S. government and Russia both experimented with saucer-shaped airplanes for several years after World War II. Jurjens doesn’t know what all happened, but he said the evidence points to some kind of flying object. The History Channel documentary comes to the same conclusion. A videotape or DVD of the “Cattle Mutilations” program has been available on the Internet for $24.95 from the History Channel store at http://store.aetv.com.