Newspaper report on UFOs 12

Monday, January2,1989Idaho Rancher hit by mutilation
of Cattle................Malad City, Idaho,Bizarre cattle
mutilations--in which the animals repoductive organs have been cut
away- don`t intimidate rancher Tom Williams, although such incidents
frighten several of his friends.  Williams, who owns a cattle
ranch about ten miles south of Malad city, has lost two animals to
mutilation in the past couple of years.  The most recent one was
killed last month about a mile from his home.   He and others suspect
the animals organs are used in a Satanic cult  rituals. Mutilations
have been occuring in the area for about ten years. There have been
news reports in the past of such occurrences, though responsibility
has never been fixed.    Friends ask whether he and his wife are
afraid to live "where crazies come down to mutilate cattle". About
two years ago, one of his cows was  killed about one-eighth of a
mile from his home. A circular incision  was made on its stomach
and the animals heart, entrails, ears and a tail were taken.
The next year, Williams kept an extra close eye on his livestock
and  nothing happened. This year after he relaxed his guard again,
he lost  an animal.              Reported mutilation incidents share
some similarities: The animals didn`t struggle, no footprints were
ever found around  the animals, there was no blood around the cuts
and the incidents usually  happen a couple of weeks after halloween.
On the same day Williams found a dead four hundred pound Hereford
steer, his neighbor Rex Daniels lost a 1200 pound registered Hereford
cow that would have calved in the spring. In the morning, Williams
went to feed  his calves as he always does and spotted a dead one
lying on the ground  about 200 yards from his mother in laws house.
At first he thought that it might have bloated, but when he saw the
precise incisions and missing genitals, he knew the cattle mutilators
had struck again. Williams contacted law enforcement officials. They
took samples of meat and hide, and after lab testing, he should
know in a couple of months what killed the animals.   He suspects
the calf was shot with some type of poison to kill it instantly. A
pin hole was found on its right hip. "There were no bullet holes
and virtually no marks that you could see". Both mutilations must
have been done quickly by some experts, he speculated. "Someone
understands what they are doing, they`ve done it before".  All the
cuts were made with such a sharp instrument that hair on the
animal was literally cut in two, Williams said. I`ve skinned and
butchered a lot of cattle he said; and "I can`t even cut a hide
or leather that perfectly, someone had a steady hand".This was
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