SUBJECT: INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON IDAHO MUTES FILE: UFO1978
12 January 89
Case: Southeastern Idaho Mutilation of two cattle...
Investigator: Mike Fidler-Asst.State Director of MUFON...
Case report by: Don Mason-Idaho State Director of MUFON....
Sheriff`s Report as follows;
Nature of incident; dead calf
Incident number; 1988-739
Reported by Tom Williams
Date/Time 11-1188 1145 mst
Officer assigned 387-England
Details: This morning Tom Williams found one of his Herford steers dead
in the field of his "mother-in-law", Mrs.O.Hughs. He had been keeping
several head there and feeding them there. The last time he had been in the
field was 11-10-88 to feed the animals. The animal was laying on it`s right
side and had a bloody froth at the mouth, blood on the ground and on the
anus. The anus had been cut out along with the mamary organs. The animal
was a steer about two years old. I took the following pictures: #4 facing
north of the stomach #5 facing west hind quarters #6 facing east close-
up of head #7 & 8 close up genital area #9 & 10 anus close up # 11 & 12
possible needle tracks in meat and hide.
With Larry Jindrich, (Fish and Game officer #508) assisting me we took
flesh and blood samples. There were no other exterior marks on the animal
other than the cuts on the anus and the mamary glands. There were no broken
bones or holes in the hide.
When in the process of taking a flesh specimen Jindrich noticed what looked
like a needle track in the right rear hip. I took pictures of this area. We
took a two inch deep by about four inch square piece of flesh from this
area. Also we took a piece of hide that covered this area. Williams gave
me a large shringe to collect a blood specimen. I took the sample from the
neck area after Jindrich cut the area open to find a vein.
Both areas that were cut open showed signs of brusing before death.
It is possible that the animal had been roped around the neck by the signs
of brusing in the cut we made. When we opened the carcass on the right
hip there was brusing showing on the very rear part of the carcass.
I do have photographs of this.
I was able to collect about 18 mls of blood. The blood is labeled #1,
the flesh is labeled # 2, and the hide is labeled #3 . On packaging I
requested to look for signs of sedative and/or poisons. The evidence will
be taken to the lab in Pocatello.
There was no signs of struggle. It had rained during the night and the
other animals had trampled out what tracks there could have been.
The only house that was occupied at that time was Mrs. O. Hughs. Williams
told me he had talked to her and she had not seen anything. There is one
other house in the area with windows facing the scene, but was unoccupied
at the time ..
NOTE: Dr.Ipsen the veterinarian told me that when a animal bloats it
causes hemoraging in the head, neck and shoulders.
Signed: B. England
investigating officer
....................... REPORT # 2 .......................................
Nature of incident: Dead Cow
incident number: 1988-745
Location: Samaria
Officer assigned:B. England
Received by: Bernice Weeks (dispatcher)
Date/Time: 11-12-88 1726 mst
Details: After my day shift on 11-12-88 I was contacted at home by sheriff`s
dispatcher. She told me another mutilated cow had been foun. It belonged
to Rex Daniels of Saint John. His cows are in the field just north of
rancher Tom Williams place. It is about a mile from the road where the
dead cow was found. There are three ways to get down to the field. One
is to drive down Tom Williams driveway, the other from the road is about
a mile and a half to the west of Williams driveway. The only other way is
just north of Samarea, a lane that goes down behind Williams house. The
road ends about a half mile before the place the cow was found. From this
road to walk to the place the cow is, there is Skunk creek and a canal
about seven feet wide.
Rick and Lynn Higley found the animal sometime on the 12th, they have
cattle in the ajoining field. I went to Dr.M.Ipsen`s the veterinarians
house and picked up some needles and shringes. I asked him if he wanted to
come over and see what was the cause of death. He followed me over to the
field and assisted me.
The cow with tag # 209, was laying on her left side, belly facing to
the north. The right side of her mouth and cheek had been cut away.
Looking at the cut, the person making it had to have pulled the lip out
and cut through the hair down through the skin. The anus and vulva had also
been cut out. The outer portion of the "lips" had been cut out in a hollow
type circle. The only other damage I could find was that behind the hocks
on the back legs showed some blood. On closer look there was no signs of
rope marks. There were several little points that had been bleeding.
Dr. Ipsen told me that these could have been made by "heel flys". They
lay eggs on the hock, and when the egg hatches the larvae burrow into
the animal at that point. Daniels told me that the cow walked on the very
back portion of her feet, and this could explain the bleeding. I noticed
that her hooves were long and they did show signs of walking that way.
After taking pictures I cut open the neck and took 25 mls. of blood.
The blood in the veins was clotted, but the serum (sample) did come out.
I took a skin sample from her right hip, and under this I took a flesh
sample. These samples will be tested for some kind of sedative or poison.
There was a couple of drops of blood between the hind legs, down about
a foot from the vulva. I looked for any other signs of bleeding and
could not find any besides out of the nose and where the portions of
her body had been cut, and on her heels. The cause of death is still
unknown at this time.
The cow was a five year old carrying a calf to be born in May. Her
sire is "EXPLOSION". She was also a herford. Mr.Daniels estimated her
value around $ 1000.00, aside from the profits of future calfs. She
was a registered herford.
The cuts around the anus closely resemble those made on Tom Williams
steer that from the signs was killed and mutilated the same night,friday
the 11 th of November 1988.
The following are the pictures I took, # 12 facing south-stomach of cow
including the Williams residence. # 13 facing east of the head, # 14 facing
north of cows back, # 15 facing west of cows rear end, # 16 & 17 close
up of head, # 18-19 close up anus-vulva area, # 20-21 blood on heels
(could be heel flys).
People who live in the general area are Ralph Hughs, to the west.
Dave Mills who lives to the south on the road, and Tom Williams who lives
to the south about 3/4 of a mile away. These houses have a view of the
field the cow is in. The last time that Daniels saw the cow was about a week
ago. The cow had not received any inoculations since early summer. Daniels
has no idea of who would do this.
NOTE: Dr.Ipsen told me that when a cow dies and bloats it will cause
hemorages in the neck, head and shoulders. When I cut open the neck
there were signs of hemorage in the neck muscles.
Deputy B.England
Investigating officer
...................INTERVIEW OF TOM WILLIAMS & REX DANIELS.......................
The investigation and interview was done by Mike Fidler-Asst.State Director
of Idaho for MUFON. The two sheriff`s reports and the interview was compiled
and typed by Don Mason, State Director of Idaho for MUFON (computers-on-line).
In talking with Tom Williams, he added the following information.
On the steer of his that was mutilated that they did see where a nine inch
triangle was cut out of the steer, that ran from scrotum to the belly, with
the point of the triangle pointing towards the throat. One of the things that
Tom and Rex Daniels both noticed was that the coyotes wouldn`t bother to come
into the carcasses or near them.They being ranchers for many years have always
found that when a steer or cow dies in a field that the coyotes will always
come in for the "feast". Both ranchers remarked that they thought it was
strange that the animals didn`t hardly bleed and that the cuts made in them
was done with very much skill. Tom Williams stated that it had rained the night
before he found his steer and that he saw no human foot prints and only a few
hoof prints from some of the other cattle. Rex Daniels said; that when Rick
and Lynn Higley found his cow that they didn`t see any foot prints or vehicle
tracks in the area and when Rex went to the seen all he could find was the
two sets of prints that his neighbors had made.
Tom Williams said that about two years before at about the same time of year
he had another steer that had been mutilated in much the same way and that at
that time he had noticed there was no tracks around the carcass or foot prints,
and that the sheriff`s office was never able to determine the cause of death.
After that incident Williams kept a close eye on his stock up until the later
part of this summer. He did state that this type of incident does occur every
so often in their area and that no one has ever been seen doing such things.
Williams and Daniels after talking to the Deputy (England) feel that it is
being done by some kind of a satanic cult group and the deputy bases this on
the fact that they found a triangle marking on a highway overpass not to far
from where the ranchers both live. Williams did say that the deputy sheriff
took hide and flesh samples and sent them to a lab to be analyzed for any
type of seditives or poisons and that they lab report won`t be back for about
six weeks. According to Daniels, the Veterinarian that was present with the
deputy at the scene told him that it didn`t appear to him that the cow had
been poisoned or drugged, but that something that he might not be familar
with could have been used. At this time both Mike Fidler and myself (Don Mason)
are waiting for copies of the photographs taken and a copy of the lab report..
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