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FBI file: Animal Mutilation, Animal Mutilation Part 03

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 26 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This FBI file on animal mutilations brings together newspaper clippings, correspondence and New Mexico livestock and State Police reports from the 1970s. The clippings report cattle mutilations near Dulce, Cuba and Taos, including an orange light seen near Taos that left a powder with potassium and magnesium, the same elements found on marked cattle hides. Senator Harrison Schmitt's letter to rancher Manuel Gomez forwards State Police Chief Martin Vigil's 1978 reports and notes that Officer Gabe Valdez had found no positive leads.

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DATE: October 11, 1975

OWNER: Sam Britt - 33 miles West of Clayton, New Mexico

ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Hereford bull, 3 years, 1400-1500 lbs.

DATE DIED: 36-48 hours before October 11

POSITION FOUND IN: Right side

ORGANS TAKEN: Scrotum, penis, rectum

TRACK EVIDENCE: None stated

INSPECTOR: Frank Best

DATE: October 13, 1975

OWNER: Alvin Stocton - Raton, New Mexico

ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Bull

DATE DIED: October 11, 1975

POSITION FOUND IN: Right side

ORGANS TAKEN: Scrotum, testicles, penis and end of sheath

TRACK EVIDENCE: Only those made by Mr. Stocton, Sheriff Grubilnik, and Ben Wooten

INSPECTOR: Ben Wooten

DATE: October 15, 1975

OWNER: W. F. Martin - Springer, New Mexico

ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Black bull

DATE DIED: October 15, 1975

POSITION FOUND IN:

ORGANS TAKEN: Rectum, penis, testicles

TRACK EVIDENCE: None stated

INSPECTOR: Harold Gilbert

DATE: October 18, 1975

OWNER: Rock Ranch - Nara Visa, New Mexico

ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Black angus cow

DATE DIED: Found October 16 - had been dead seven to eight days prior

POSITION FOUND IN: Laying on back

ORGANS TAKEN: Rectum and vagina

TRACK EVIDENCE: None noted

INSPECTOR: Dwayne Masscy

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 26 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.