The animal mutilation mystery has been around for a long time, but after more than 10,000 cases reported in nearly every state, answers are still hard to come by. Nevada ranchers have been victimized by the mystery surgeons for more than 30 years, although the majority of cases are never reported at all.
We may not hear about mutilation cases very often, but they happen all the time. The latest incident was reported in Saskatchewan two days ago. We’ve had them all over Nevada, although, for the most part, ranchers would rather bury the evidence than make a report to anyone.
These mutilations are due to insects consuming the dead animals’ moist flesh. There was a documentary on one of the cable channels about this not long ago. In the documentary, someone did an experiment to show the surgical precision of insects consuming parts of a carcass.
Comment by Ryan Lee — May 16, 2008 @ 9:05 am
I can’t believe that your investigative reporter is gullible enough to believe the conspiracy theory of some crack pot and then irresponsible enough broadcast it to the people of Nevada. Where is the evidence? Did he consider alternative explanations from other people? Did he ask the USDA about his conspiracy theories? Did he ask himself why someone would do all of this testing in secret when cattle ranchers have every reason not to make public the extent of such a program. Did he ask himself: what is the liklihood of a secret testing program vs. the liklihood of some other explanation, whether it be teenagers or insects as the previous poster mentioned. DID HE DO ANY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AT ALL, OR DID HE JUST REPEAT THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES OF SOME CRACKPOT WITHOUT CHECKING OUT ANY OF HIS CLAIMS. Mentioning a connection of CJD with Alzheimer’s is just irresponsible. Did he ask any actual experts about the possibility of a connection or just take his favorite crackpot’s word for it.
He needs to go back to college and take a critical thinking course. Until then, he is a menace to society.
Comment by manny k — May 18, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
Follow-up: I noticed that the source for this story works under the auspices of and is the deputy director of the NIDS. I wonder how a reporter might begin to assess the reliability of a supposed expert? How about looking at what organization he is affiliated with?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Discovery_Science
A two second google-search reveals that it is a UFO “research” organization. Perhaps the “I-Team” should move to Pahrump and work for “Out There TV.”
Comment by manny k — May 18, 2008 @ 8:20 pm