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Cattle mutilation

Cattle mutilation is the killing and mutilation of cattle under supposedly unusual, usually bloodless circumstances. Reportedly removed parts often include an ear, eyeball, jaw flesh, tongue, lymph nodes, genitals and rectum. Reports began in the late 1960s and continued into the 1980s. In that era, mutilations were the subject of multiple independent…

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Cattle mutilations 1973–1980

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Cattle mutilation

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Avg. degree1.98
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Cattle mutilation

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related to Aliens · 24
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related to 1979 public meeting · 17
Cattle mutilation → Attorney, Chlorpromazine, February, Kirtland Air Force Base, On April, On May, One, Paul Bennewitz, The, They're, Thompson, Thorazine, Torrance County, US Senator Harrison Schmidt, Valdez, We, Whoever
related to Colorado Bureau of Investigation · 13
Cattle mutilation → By December, Carl Whiteside, CBI, Colorado, Colorado Bureau, Colorado State University, Eastern Colorado, In May, Investigation, Land Management, Summer, The CBI, The US Bureau
related to External links · 11
Cattle mutilation → An, Argentinian, Cattle MutilationsEarthfiles, FBIAnimal Mutilation News, Linda Moulton Howe's, Mark Pilkington, Mootilators, Paranormalnews, Skeptic's DictionaryFiles, Straight Dope, This
related to Cattle mutilations 1973–1980 · 9
Cattle mutilation → Colorado, In April, In August, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Waves, Western Iowa
related to history · 8
Cattle mutilation → Charles Fort, Court, England, James, London, Of, The, Whole
related to Conventional explanations · 7
Cattle mutilation → As, Hibbs, Laboratory, Natural, New Mexico State Veterinary, On April, Senator Harrison Schmitt
related to Satanic cults · 6
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related to Covert monitoring of threats to public health · 5
Cattle mutilation → Biochemist Colm Kelleher, Charles, In, Kelleher, Oliphant
related to Animal cruelty, pranks, and hoaxes · 4
Cattle mutilation → Humans, It, Lone, The

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without ever having personally witnessed ainstance ofI find it difficult to understand how Rommel could make a statement0.80text
predatorsinstance ofNatural causes0.80text
deaths caused by pranksters or deviantsinstance ofNatural causes0.80text
and animals mutilated withinstance ofNatural causes0.80text
blowfliesinstance ofThe action of carrion feeding insects0.80text
and opportunistic or carrion birds such as vulturesinstance ofThe action of carrion feeding insects0.80text
which are known to direct themselves toward an animal's eyesinstance ofThe action of carrion feeding insects0.80text
and to enter the body through the openings of the mouthinstance ofThe action of carrion feeding insects0.80text
anus in order to feed on soft internal organs.Absence of blood is explained asinstance ofThe action of carrion feeding insects0.80text
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