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AN INVESTIGATION IN- PROGRESS
Most of our readers are already familiar with reports regarding an ejctraordinary
UFO incident which occurred northeast of Houston * Texas on the night of jDecember
29 , 1980, Three people were involved - two women: Betty Gash and Vickie Landrum -
and Mrs. Landrum’s 7-year-old grandaon, Colby, We*ll not attempt to present com¬
plete details here* Not only is our space limited* but reports on the case have ap¬
peared elsewhere, WeTl present a selected bibliography below.
The Cash/Landrum case (which some have termed the "Huffman case", after the small
Harris County town nearby) has been and is currently under investl^tion by John
Schuessler, Alan Holt and other members of the Houston area Project VISIT UFO
group, which includes several NASA persoimel. The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON),
the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (AFRO) and the Center for UFO Studies
(CUFOS) have also been Involved in the investigation. In the April 1981 MUFON
UFO JOURNAL, editor Richard Hall writes that the Cash/Landrum case "promises to
be one of the most significant physical evidence cases in modem UFO history". Dr.
J* ABen Hynek of CUFOS termed it a "really crucial case" because of the "afc^olutel^
unequivical physical effects" suffered by the witnesses* Investigator Bill English, for¬
merly of AFRO, called it **the most incredible UFO sighting reported in the U,S.
in recent years . an unimpeachable case of three common people who find
themselves suddenly caught up in events stranger than the wildest of scieme fiction",
MUFON Associate Director Schuessler says: "1 believe fully that ft he witnesses) saw a
UFO. To not believe them would be foolish, especially after seeing the physical pain
they've experienced from it".
The dramatic event unfo Ided a s Bett y C ash was driving Vickie Landrum and Colby along
a tree^lined rural road in the Dayton-Huffraan-New Caney area at around 9:00 PM,
They were confronted by a roughly diamond-shaped object, glowing, sporadically spew¬
ing fire, emitting a roaring noise and off-and-on beeping sounds, eventually hover¬
ing over the road in front of the car. All three witnesses got out to watch; but
Colby, then Vickie, soon returned to the supposed safety of the car while Betty
sto od w ate hin g. Eventu all y th e o bje ct departe d and th e th ree harried percip ie nts
were able to make it home. Soon, all three witnesses began to suffer from a myriad
of physiological ills* In the MUFON UFO JOURNAL (November 1981), Schuessler said
that, while standing outside her car ft hough the temperature was in the 40's, the
car became so heated that the air conditioner had to be turned on to approach a
modicum of comfort), Betty Cash had been exposed to the object for 5 to 10
minutes, Vickie for 3 to 5 minutes and Colby for about a minute* Schuessler then
summarized the medical effects of each of the witnesses:
Colby; Erythema (reddening of the skin); eyes swollen and watery; stomach pains;
diarrhea; anorexia (loss of appetite); some weight loss; imrease in tooth cavities.
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Vickie: Erythema; photophthalraia (eyes swollen, watery and painful
tuished; stomach pains; diarrhea; anorexia; ulceration on the arms,
and loss of pigmentation; karatin affected resulting in fingernail da(
regrowth of a different texture*
Betty: Erythema; acute photopbthalmia: vision Impaired; stomach
hea; anorexia; loss of energy; lethargy; scarring and loss of skin
hair loss; hair regrowth of a different texture.
pjEtins; vomiting; diarr-
pigmentation; excessive
(Copyright 1981 by the MUFON UFO JOURNAL; 103 Oldtowne Road; S<;guln, Texas)
Betty Cash, who was outside the car the longest, seemed to suffer
the least (^ough he, convinced at the time that it was '^he end of
fered from nightmares and increased fear and anxiety).
Schuessler reported in UFO REPORT (Winter 1981) that MUFON’s r
adiology consultant,.
*. • concluded th at "we have strong evidence that these patie nts
damage secondary to ionizing radiation. It is also possible thetN
red or ultraviolet component as well" This means that the syni]
have been caused by ionizing radiation plus ultraviolet and infr
have suffered
e was an ioffra-
ptoms** * could
ared radiation*
Open case*insert helicopters* This, to us, is fully as curious an
the physiological effects. As the roaring object ^riodically belchiiij
seeming to struggle to stay airborne) began to leave the area, fiyini
west (in the general direction of Houston), at least 20 and perhaps
copters appeared* They moved in, surrounded the object, and seeirjw
into the night. Using helicopter identification charts, the witnesses
many of the helicopters as Boeing Vertol CH-47's, commonly kno
twin-rotor craft, with full rotors at either end, as in the "flying
figuration). The other craft were single-rotored; it wasn't certain,
be "Hueys". Additional witnesses have been located in the area whc|>
or one or more helicopters that night. It seems that we can offer
scenarios for what occurred that 29th of December:
vision greatly dim-
resulting in scarring
mage; hair loss; hair
the most, and Colby
the world", later suf-
aspect of the case as
g flames and almost
Lg off to the south-
as many as 23 hell¬
ed to "escort" it off
were able to identify
wn as "Chinooks" (large
banana" helicopter con-
but they appeared to
saw either the UFO
uhree basic potential
(1) The UFO itself was extraterrestrial, non-terrestrial, alien or otherwise extramnndane
in origin, and the "helicopters" were nothing more than UFOs themselves, attending to
their "mother ship", perhaps.
(2) The UFO was "alien", but the helicopters were U.S,-made craft attached to the mili¬
tary*
(3) The UFO was terrestrial in origin, representing a secret or eaperlmental operation,
and the choppers were operating under military auspices*
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As they Uyed through their encounter that night* the witnesses, Vickie
cular, surmised they were haT^ing a religious experience, maybe even tl
ing itself. Looking back on the incident, however, they felt the object tl
likely part of a government-military operation, rather than an intrusion
Landrum in parti-
'he Second Corn-
ley saw was most
from outer space.
rni
Dr. J. Allen H^ek says of the case: ''...we're not sure if it’s a gove
or a UFO sighting". Arizonan Bill English believes the helicopters may
"unmanned probes" attached to the extraterrestrial UFO. John Schuesslel:
Project VISIT told Project Stigma that, regarding the helicopters: "It hai
operation. It was a military operation. I'm convinced of that. There are
the Gulf Coast that are not military. We've checked very thoroughly"
Some investigators feel that there is a "possibility" that at least some,
helicopters came from Gray Air Force Base, located near the Army’s
in Central Texas. The existence of "Gray Field” is no secret, but for
has long been surrounded by a sort of aura of mystery, largely becausi
seem to know what really goes on there. In fact, it was rumored in th(^
the military was conducting a UFO investigation from a secret installatj.i
Hood or Gray AFB. In November 1973, well-known ufologist and parano:
Tommy Roy Blatm was investigating the UFO "flap” of that period aroui^i
about 60 miles from the Fort Hood-Gray AFB area. On the night of No’
his wife, linda, and two other witnesses had been watching UFOs cavo:
River. Blann told writer Timothy Green Beckley (UFO ANNUAL, 1976) t
bobbed around overhead, we came aware of aircraft and helicopter actr
At one point, one of our military planes circled directly above the UFCfi
respectable - and safe - distance. Checking with officials at Gray Air
closest military installation from where they could have originated - it
there had been a routine reconnaissance mission in progress that night,
ficer I spoke with emphatically denied any knowledge of "flying saucers
thinking...there is no way on Earth,..that their pilots could have miss
unless they were totally blind".
John Schuessler says in UFO REPORT (Winter 1981) that: "Most military
ered down for the Christmas holidays and flew very few missions...
Oddly enough. It seems that Gray Atr Force Base has admitted that soi
period "more than 100 helicopters came in from the field 'for effect'”,
even soldiers and Guardsmen at Fort Hood have been curious about the
AFB, As a result of this investigation, it seems likely that the "myste:
will be either deepened or dispelled (and we 11 wager on the former).
Schuessler and his team did manage to make contact with an Army Maj
area - a helicopter pilot who claimed to have been piloting a CH-47 on
he wouldn t detail) that night. Unfortunately the major soon decided he
more to say on the matter*
ment exercise
very well be
r of MUFON and
to be a military
no CH-47 s on
if not all, of the
jnassive Fort Hood
some reason it
so few people
mid-1970's that
on on either Fort
k^mal investigator
d Calvert, Texas,
^’t^mber 21, Blann,
over the Brazos
hat: "As the UFOs
[■'dty to the north.
but kept at a
Force Base - the
was admitted that
However, the of-
L To my way of
seeing the UFOs
installations pow-
during that time,
inetime during that
Over the years,
operations at Gray
of Gray Field
ly
or in the Houston
a mission (which
would have nothing
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So - no mutilation connection here - but our interest in the entire 'ift’
phenomenon (especially those potentially related to the mutes) prompt s
and curiouslty regarding the Cash/Landrum case.
For further reading regarding this crucial investigation: MUFON UFO
1981 and November 1981^ APRO BULLETIN (Vol. 2% No. 8. 1981); U
1981) - plus these more-or*less in-depth newspaper articles! Corpus
CALLER-TIMES {Sept, 13. 1981); Conroe, Texas DAILY COURIER
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 25, 1981); DALLAS TIMES HERALD
ty, Texas VINDICATOR (^pt. 16, 1981). The nationally-distributed
act, of course (GLOBE, April 28, 1981), One of the first reporters
Donovan of the WEEKLY WORLD NEWS (March 24, 1981), the NATIO
sister publication. Deviating from the approach taken by so many of
article is most credible and minus unnecessary sensationalizing. The
ER itself later published a full-page article on the subject - yet strs
the article did not mention the helicopter aspect of the case. In the
Landrum case was covered in an unusually-long segment of ABC-TV'
Schuessler and well-known UFO joumallst Bob Pratt are reportedly
medical/UFO cases, including much material on the Cash/Landrum
ca
Fortean researcher George Andrews has his own ideas about the Casli/Landrum affair, as
he shares with us In this letter:
The terrible distress caused to the two women and the child by their
to me from the symptoms described a clear case of over exposure td
symptoms seem almost identical to those described among the survive >:
lived for varying periods of time after the disaster but succumbed to
exposure to excessive radioactivity.
This reminds me of the case in Wolverton and Donovan's MYSTERY
I£ (T.H.A. R. Institute; Raynesford, Montana, 1976) In which a ranch^;
served a hotel-sized UFO from their pickup truck with many little U!
helicopter came in that the rancher and his boys thought was the U,S,
But as the helicopcer approached the UFO It turned into a UFO which
mother ship.
I suggest that the UFO occupants were probably not aware of the pre
ystery helicopter''
our great concern
JOURNAL (AprU
Ito REPORT (Winter
Clhristi, Texas
{F^b, 22-23, 1981);
(^pt. 21, 1981^ Liber¬
ia fields got into the
oil the scene was Dick
mh ENQUIRER'S
'ds peers, Donovans
NATIONAL ENQUIR-
ahgely and incredibly
llall of 1981, the Cash/
"That's Incredible**,
working on a book on
se.
UFO experience seems
radioactivity. The
rs of Hiroshima who
long-term effects of
STALKS THE PRAIR-
r and his sons ob-
fOs around. Then a
government, at last,
was absorbed by the
pence of human wit¬
nesses in either case, or they wouldn't Imve conducted operations which reveal their cam
ouflage - unless counting on the fact that hardly anyone believes such
that Betty Cash saw a whole squadron of helicopters as they turned lito UFOs and merged
with the mother ship, which involved some sort of radioactive energy
stories. My guess is
release, coMamina-
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ting the unfortunate ladies who happened to be In close proximity to the
er and his sons in the Montana case saw only one such craft go through
tion process, so energy released would have been much less than from
served by Betty Cash and the Landrums, I don't remember how far the
was from the hotel-sized UFO, but 1 think it was quite a bit further a
of the two ladies. 1 dont think the rancher and his sons had any physick
event. The ranch-
the transforma-
the 23 craft ob-
:rancher’s pickup
y than the car
1 after-effects.
wa
pei3]
Surely it must be possible to establish definitely whether or not the
suffering from over-exposure to radioactivity (possibly also to microw^
turn out to be an important clue to the often-observed process of scoi
with a mother ship - often observed, but almost never at close range aj:
the Landrums, only a couple of hundred feet away. Their symptoms shci
of the type of thing they were exposed to. 1 may be wrong, but to me
the aftermath of Hiroshima as far as the clinical picture of symptoms di
cemed.
pie in Texas are
ves). This might
ships merging
s with Cash and
uld give an idea
looks a lot like
Ascribed is
tit
t:
But it doesn't sound to me as if the UFO deliberately blasted Cash and
er that they had the misfortune to be at close range when a major mailn
transformation of an entire squadron simultaneously was taking place,
tion as to whether the UFO occupants were not aware of hunmn witness€|
or were aware but didn’t care. But then why go to the trouble of camoi
care? Seems to me most likely they were not aware of the presence
es in either the Montana case or the Texas case.
kUila]
of
MUTtLATION DATA CENTER REPORT
Subject: Cat mutilations in Orange Cotmty, California
Beginning in 1979 Orange County, CaUfomia has been through a series
that bear similarities to the "cattle mutilations". First - chickens, muti!
left on the yard of a church school in Anaheim Hills, Next - cats, hanged
of a bank in Fkintiogton Beach. Next - cats in Irvine, found with Hmbs
heads and tails the same. The whole thing was arranged in a sort of ’’e
the original animal, with parts about a foot away from the original posll
Next - cats, a rabbit, one dog, in the unincorporated area }ust east of
1981. "Cool'lt" media stuff says work of large dogs or coyotes. Horse
there is fairly strong evidence that the animals were captured by a trai
took them into the back of a van traveling late at ni|^.
Last " more cats, within a block of the original chickens in Anaheim HHls. Found cut
in half, no blood, apparently done with a very sharp instrument.
con-
Landrums, rath-
leuver involving
is an open ques-
s at close range,
ge if one doesn't
human witness-
of
pet mutilations
lated voodoo-style,
on the grounds
Surgically removed,
xploded" view of
Lidon,
Tustin, In early
manure] However*
iped dog, which
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7
All the cats are solid blacky solid white, black-and-white or Siamese, with one or two
Morris-type cats* There are isolated Incidents such as the one in Fountain Valley where
a cat was found eviscerated. Its guts arranged in a neat triangle Just to the rear of the
carcass. There were similar incidents in Garden Grove and near Orange.
The equivalent of "non-classic" here is over one thousand missing cats. Actual carcasses
runs about 100, all told. All groupings except at the bank were on the edge of school
grounds where Joggers nm a track that is part of the sporting area of the school - and
were near a freeway Interchange. Some animals were found on the school grounds. There
is a common thread of witnesses who saw a scruffy-looking middle-aged man driving a
splotchy gray van, with a large white dog, A similar individual was seen running the jog¬
ging track of one school. One special Incident in Garden Grove involves two men in m au¬
to trying to get friendly with a black cat under suspicious circumstances.
Some mild public panic; high police panic. The usual "scavengers/cult/nut" theories. And,
of course, "It never happened".
Now the odd part: From the publicity, I got a phone call from a guy who let it slip that
he is part of the Office of Naval Research - this is the technical and scientific intelli¬
gence branch of the Navy - the real-life model for OSI of "Six Million Dollar Man** fame.
When I hit the intelligence aspect of OHR, he clammed up and disappeared back into the
woodwork. Now what the hell is Naval Intelligence doing in a two-bit pet mutilation se¬
quence? Curiouser and curiouser.
So I invited another Army Intelligence-connected guy to attend a meeting that never really
went anywhere. Since then, not much action - this was in November of 1981,
Also, since then there has been a whispering campaign against me in Orange County which
isn't really going anywhere either so 1 don't worry about it <^he usual rumors of chasing
little girls and boys, one accusation of "indecent exposure", some gross exaggerations of
some of my older activity). Beats me! But I'd like to hear from anybody else who has a
comparable series of urban pet mutilations. If the mutes are that common In urban areas,
too, it is something we all ought to know — and would change the entire picture consid¬
erably,
(Contact: E. Edwin Austin; Mutilation Data Center; 4628 East Washington - Apt. 20;
Orange, California 92669)
Editor s note: In Dallas, Texas, in the mid-l970's, there were reports Jrhoiigfe unconfirmed,
to our krusiwledge) of dog disappearances, killings and/or mutilations being conducted by
someone in a van. Any readers with knowledge of similar activity is encouraged to con¬
tact Ed Austin of MDC or Project Stigma.
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A CIX)SER LOOK -1981
CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE
Fernie, British Columbia
On Saturday, May 16t 1981 at around 8:00 PM, It was light enough for^a motorist passing
the White Spruce Ranch near Fernie to see what appeared to be a cow down on the ground
near Highway 3- The next morning another motorist saw the same animal- He notified the
owner, rancher and newspaper editor Lloyd Phillips, who called the Royal Canadian Mount¬
ed Police (RCMP), When the first motorist, Lewis Cloutier, saw the animal Saturday even¬
ing, he was fairly certain that the head and face area was not damaged or mutilated (al¬
though apparently and admittedly he did not take a close-up look), Rus, the animal was
found by Phillips lying in a different position from that on Saturday evening-
Upon examination of the 3-year-old female Hereford, it was noted that half the tongue was
missing, the anus had been removed and a portion of the ri^t side of the face had been
cut away. Hide and hair in a half-moon segment ^hlch included the eyelid) was cleanly
removed from above the right eye. There was not the slightest nick or cut in the under¬
lying flesh. There was a hole in the upper rig^ chest cavity near the shoulder. Although
apparently made with a sharp instrument, it looked as though dogs or coyotes might have
chewed on that area, as well. And, there was a '"lateral cut" on the neck.
It is felt that the killing of the cow took place the night of May 15-16 as it was seen alive
and well on the 15th (and the question remains whether the mutilation or some additional
mutilation may have been performed on the carcass the night of the 16th-17th), Veterinar¬
ian t>r, David Lawson of Fernie examined the carcass in the field, and the RCMP arrived
to investigate. For an account of the controversy resulting from these investigations, we
present an excerpt from the FERNIE FREE PRESS of May 27, 1981, authored by Bruce
Ramsey, like Ooyd Phillips, an editor of the FREE PRESS:
Conflicting statements from the two constables from the RCMP's livestock investigation
section In Kamloops and Fernie veterinarian Dr, David Lawson, who conducted the autop¬
sy on the mutilated cow, confuse even more an already confusing situation. The full RCMP
report has not yet been received. The RCMP believe the animal died from natural causes,
but they admitted to rancher Lloyd Phillips that they had no explanation for an eight or
nine inch cut In the neck which runs, not across, but in a lateral direction, cutting square¬
ly the large tendon in the neck. It was not frayed or chewed as would be the case if a
predator had felled the animal.
Dr, Lawson said he was unable to determine the cause of death "on the basis of my exam¬
ination". In his official report. Dr, Lawson noted "the wounds on the head definitely ap¬
peared to have been made sometime after the animal s death, and quite possibly the other
wounds as welL .The external wounds appeared to fall into two catagories. The wounds on
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(from the FERME FREE PRESS - coiit.):
the rear end and the neck and shoulder appeared to be characterlstlct
by carniverous animals, with irregular edges, shredding of the tissu|e
to be tooth marks"*
kUlbdi
Then, Dr* Lawson concludes with this significant remark: "The woi
peared to have been made much more cleanly except for the irregul
1 find it difficult to Imagine how an animal could have made the skin
the tongue so deeply inside the mouth- Therefore, it appeared more
the head were made by a person using a sharp instrument".
Phillips., .does not nile out the possibility that the animal died from
plant, but he is critical of the authorities who did not send the vital
gical laboratory in Lethbridge to determine scientifically the cause
s on the head ap-*
,$r part on the muzzle,
wounds or cut off
likely that wounds on
eating a poisonous
organs to a patholo-
f death.
"I am critical of the fact that no examinatian of the stomach content
ination of the liver and no examination of the glands in the flank or
made", Phillips said, adding that when government inspectors check
the first thing they examine is the glands and if they are not up to
consigned to dog food-
3 was made, no exam-
shoulder areas was
animals at an abattoir,
^cratch the animal is
The question of the animal dying of natural causes is questioned by
ranchers who examined the mutilated corpse. Phillips maintains the
ed, no symptoms of black leg, nor symptoms of haemorrhagic septi*
the blood stream, nor were there symptoms of grass tetany which
when the animals are turned out into the green grass.
die;
'1 am at a loss to know what the police mean when they attributed
ral causes, except the possibility the-animal could have eaten a poiaj<
larkspur or wild parsnip, the presence of which could have been det'
pies or any examination of the stomach contents- No blood or tissue
Phillips said that in some statements attributed to the RCMP, they s
the softer parts of an animal, which 1 agree with, "but in the light
"Why would the predators go for the bony area above the eye, take
leaving the flesh untouched? Also, in the area above the eye, you
had been cut as if by a knife or scissors. To me that indicates it
mutilated the cow", he stated.
With regards to the tongue, the police said it was normal for a dead
tongur protruding, and Mr. Biillips agrees with that. The police, he
the tongue was protruding a coyote or other predators would bite it
the reason why half the tongue is missing.
of damage inflicted
s, and what appeared
Phillips and other area
animal was not bloat-
(Saeima which affects
occurs in the spring
rath came from natu-
onous plant, such as
(ermlned by blood sam-
samples were taken".
lid predators go for
that," he questioned,
only the hide and hair,
ould see where hairs
s no predator that
animal to have its
said, stated that if
off. That, they say, is
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10
(from the FERNIE FREE PRESS - cont.):
'’The police told me that anyone cutting the tongue from the side of the mouth would be
cutting it at an angle. It was not cut at an angle. In actual fact* there were signs which
Indicated to me that the tongue had been cut half way firom one side to half way from
the other, because in the center of the tongue there were two notches that did not jibe.
It was cut at a right angle, a square cut", Phillips said.
Further, he stated the eyes were untouched, and he pointed out that, normally, animals
go after the eyes.
Also, predators go into the flesh of the haunch, but in this case, the flesh of the haunch
was untouched. All that was taken was approximately four inches of the large Intestine.
When the RCMP team came from Kamloops - Const. M*J, Chomey and Const. RJ. Con¬
vey - they gave Phillips a copy of an article from Penthouse magazine on cattle mutilations
which was subtitled "The Truth At Last", Phillips has no quarrel with the article (STIG¬
MATA note; do - see STIGMATA No. 11) although he wonders what the qualifications
of the writer, David Rorvlk, are. He wonders, too, about something else,
"1 think", he said, "the RCMP investigation was geared to fit what was said in this arti¬
cle. They had a preconceived idea that there were no mutilations. There had to be a
natural explanation."
They argue, Hiillips said, that blow flies eat the hide so it looks as if it were cut with
a knife,"! say there were no blowflies anywhere around", he said, and the enlargements
of pictures he took of the dead animal show no trace of them.
"1 will give $10 to the Tom Uphill Memorial Home for every blow fly that shows up in
those photos", he said.
As Dt, Lawson pointed out in his report, "the wounds on the head were made by a person
using a sharp instrument". That is the real mystery, and one that causes no end of con¬
cern to everybody involved in the cattle industry.
Ihilllps has a theory - that the cut on the neck might have resulted from somebody shoot¬
ing the animal with a dart gun and then, using a sharp knife, cut the dart out in a lateral
direction, removing the tell-tale evidence.
He reports that a man told him that about the time the incident is believed to have occur¬
red, he spotted a small-sized bluish car, similar to a 1971 Valiant, parked beside the
road, and two men were standing beside the car. And, Phillips does not believe the ani¬
mal was mutilated to observe some weird occult rite-
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USA - NEW HAMPSHIRE
Before describing in detail the 1981 mutilation incident which occurri
we'll delve into a case from 1978f thereby summing up the known hl|i
mal mutilations in that state (at least, to our knowledge). We we:
the October 1978 case, near Piermont, NH, upon reading Curtis Fulli
Papers'" column in the April 1979 edition of FATE Magazine. Recent
sleuth Loren Coleman obtained additional Information regarding the
the following newspaper article from the October 4, 1978 JOURNAL
Vermont, across the Connecticut River from Piermont:
(id in New Hampshire,
story of classic anl-
^e first Informed of
er's "I See By The
ly, renowned Fortean
case, in the form of
OHNION of Bradford,
im
The strange and untisual circumstances in which a steer had be«
still remains a mystery, Charles Morrill, operator of the Mont
Piermont found Ms 1000-pound steer in the meadowland along th<?
River on Thursday, September 27, Morrill's last check of his
Tuesday, sometime after II AM, He had made a head count an^
that 175 head of cattle were secure. When Morrill again checked
Thursday, he found the dead steer. The rest of the herd was
down in the meadow, Morrill had noticed the suspicious absence
other predators near the carcass of the steer, for that matter
dow.
slaughte red
ill Farm in
Connecticut
bard was on
id was satisfied
his herd on
azing further
of birds or
In the mea-
thii
Closer examination of the steer revealed the imusual way the st
mutilated. Rigor mortis had set in; the steer was bloated throuj
tire body. The left eye of the animal had been carved out of
with a sharp knife or instrument* The rectum had also been re
the same way. The animal s penis had been severed to within
the body and one teat had been mutilated. Around the carcass,
dried blood had matted the grass, could be seen what looked to
These alleged prints were near the front, as well as the rear i
Also, just behind the left ear of the steer could be seen what a
fingerprints, as if someone had wiped his finger on the nape of
though no autopsy was performed on the animal, Morrill could
see any area where a bullet may have<entered the carcass, Tbei
the steer was picked up by the Maxim Fur Company of Burlingti
to be butchered for animal feed. A representative of that com]
JOURNAL-OPINION that they were not asked, nor did they check
unusual with the animal. However, they did say the meat was r
disposed of it rather than use it.
Lpsn]
The Grafton County Farm Bureau said they had no reports of s
in the Grafton County area. Scott Robie of Piermont, who is an
and hunter, said he had never seen any wildlife, bird or anlma:
carcass the same way this steer had been found* He said, "'Coy\
into the steaks of beef. Other predators will go for the delicac
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: ger had b^n
i^diout its en-
head, as
^oved much
Inches of
where the
be prints,
f the animal,
ppeared to be
the neck. Al-
](iot visually
remains of
:<()n, Vermont,
ly told the
for anything
otten and they
llmilar incidents
outdoorsman
1, feed on a
ote will rip
lies and in this
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cascr the tongue was not even touched”- Charles Morrill has been in the
farming business all his life. He started milkiiig cows at the age of 4* Mor¬
rill took over his family farm after his father died- Morrill was then 18
years old. At that time his farm was located on Route 10, also In PLermont-
Morrill now farms about 400 acres of land. He said he had never seen any¬
thing as strange as the steer he lost- He estimates his loss at about five hun¬
dred dollars*
We are again indebted to Loren Coleman for informing us of the second New Hampshire
mutilation report - from Carroll County in the eastern part of the state in October of
1981. Loren submitted the following newspaper article, from the NEW HAMPSHIRE SUNDAY
NEWS of Manchester, dated October 4, 1981 and headlined: "Local Officials Remain Puzzled
By Strange Death of Hereford":
Tuftonboro, Oct. 3 - Charles Whitten has a dead cow on his hands and no
explanation to how it met its demise* Whitten, who raises beef cows, found
the disfigured body of a seven-year-old polled Ifereford dead in his pasture
at 9 a. m. Thursday morning- The cow was missing an ear, an eye had been
ripped from its socket, half Its nose was missing, its cheek and lower jaw
were laid open to the bone and half its tongue was gone, Whitten said "there
was no sign of any struggle it was just like somebody laid her there”* Not
only was there no sign of any struggle but there was absolutely no blood at
the site according to Conservation Officer Lt, Peter Lyons* ”I don’t think the
cow was shot or that an animal killed it", Lyons said. "There were no tracks,
no other marks on the body, or any signs of a struggle; the strangest phen¬
omenon was there was absolutely no blood". A search of the area by Whitten
failed to turn up the missing ear, Whitten said he was also amazed at how
fast and how completely the animal bloated, '1 have never seen one bloat up
so quick in cool weather", said Whitten* He went on to say that he never
saw an animal feed that way, "An animal will usually go for the soft parts
first*..The way it was disfigured with no signs of any tracks or struggle
and with no blood around it just doesn't add up, it s mysterious", said Whit¬
ten* Matt Craigue, a Western cattleman from Tuftonboro, said after viewing
the cow that he had never seen anything like it and that perhaps the disfig¬
urement could have been with a knife. But he had no explanation as to how
the cow died*
Then, according to a later newspaper article {FORTSMOUTH(NH) HERALD, October 12,
1981, credit: Betty Hill), It appears that, for whatever reason, Lt. Lyon(8?) decided that
perhaps it wasn't so strange after all:
The mysterious mutilation of a seven-year-old cow last week was blart^d
on everything from aliens to cults, but investigators say the cow probably
died of a heart attack* Charles Whitten, a farmer, found the cow in his
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pasture, Aji eyet ear and part of the Hereford's tongue and nose were tjUss-
ing, authorities said. People from all over the country have barraged Whit¬
ten, police and the Fish and Game Department with dozens of the ories, "'They
range from flying saucers to witchcraft," said Fish and Game Lt^ Peter
Lyon (sic). The investigator said the cow died of natural causes, probably a
blood clot in the heart, and was mutilated by other animals and pirds.
Mrs, Betty Hill - who, along with her late husband, Barney, was lnv<
harrowing UFO Incident in 1961 (which is considered to be virtxmlly t
duction case and which has been the subject of a book, TV-movie ancl
works) - has in the ensuing years become a UFO and paranormal in'
right. And, it happens that Mrs. Hill owns property in the mountains
not far from the Center Tttftonboro/Wolfeboro-area farm of Charles
the farm, and we are grateful to Betty for the report she has submitti
olved in a famous and
:lie prototypal UFO ab-
numerous shorter
stigator in her own
of Carroll County,
Whitten, She visited
:ed, as follows:
IV
On October 12, 1981, our local newspaper carried a small item about
cow, so I called the family and visited them on October 15th, Jean
live in Center Tuffconboro, NH. He is a farmer - mostly beef cattle
midnight shift at the local hospital in Wolfeboro as a nurses' aide
land, apparently inherited from his family as he has been living in tl
he was two years old. The land includes acres of trees, as well as
family is the only one in this area who grows beef cattle. Most are
that died was seven years old and was used as a breeder, A next-dO!
ing cows, and as of October 2, he is putting them in the bam at nig!
On the morning of October 1st, about 9 AM, the Whittens were leavii|ij
looked toward the pasture where they keep their cattle, and made a
cow, which looked different. Mr, Whitten picked up his binoculars to
could see the cow was lying on her back with all four legs straight
walked across the pasture, all the other cows were a distance away
when he approached they all came toward him and began circling ar^
has a herd of twenty cows and had one biill which he had borrowed
ed at the dead cow and could not believe what he was seeing. One ha[]
been cut away, clean down to the bones. The cutting ran between the
eye and one ear and down into the neck. The mouth was closed but
been removed from the cut-away side. The jugular vein had been cut
blood showing. All the cutting was very smooth, with no rough spots
Mr, Whitten returned to the house and called Lawrence Toms, a vet
Wolfeboro, Be came out and checked the cow to see if he could find
It is believed the cow died instantly for no ^aces of a struggle were
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the mutilation of a
a: ad Charles Whitten
- and she works the
he owns 600 acres of
tie same house since
cleared land. This
Herefords. The cow
H>r neigtoor has milk-
I tit, because,,,
[g the house when Jean
ctomment about one
get a better look, and
p in the air. As he
&roin this cow; but
id the dead cow. He
om a friend. He look-
If of her face had
nostrils, circled one
If the tongue had
across, without any
oim^
l^]
iprinarian who lives in
the cause of death,
found. He has had
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COWS die before and they do struggle during the process* No cause of
was found. It was decided to leave the cow for a day to see what would I
ally» the cow was badly bloated when it was founds although the weatheir
All day, the other cows stayed around the dead cow, circling it.
At the suggestion of the vet, Mr. Whitten called the authorities and re
lice Chief is Bill Keyes, who has been overwhelmed with calls from all
since the publicity started. The next day the vet, Lawrence Toms, did
on the cow. The "effects of a needle" were found in the Jugular vein, t
ten. There was no blood in the body and no apparent cause of death,
reported a blood clot in the heart was the cause, but Mr* Whitten said
no clot was found. Also, Fish and Game Commission members told hin|i
animals or birds* but no teeth marks or other signs of animals were
animals killed by other animals so he knows the traces left-there were;
uatioDp
lilted this. The po-
over the country
a complete autopsy
0 quote Mr. Whit-
newspaper had
this was not true;
that it must be
rnidm Ife has seen
none !n this sit-
Tlie
The Whittens are puzzled and upset by this event* They checked aU the
pasture and did not find any traces of anyone going over a fence - no
down. The entrance gate to the pasture is behind their home and the
anyone tried to enter - he is chained and sleeps outdoors. If he did
not unusual - nothing to attract attention as he would have done if a stiti
the yard. They did not hear any sounds that night, but the next day the
but they could not see it. Then a low-flying plane circled the pasture
Greeley, Colorado TRIBUNE talked to a New Hampshire reporter who s
confirmed rumors and "talk" of "black helicopters" around one of the n
then, the Whittens learned that three men visited the Libby Museum in
if there were any sheep in the area, as they were looking for some fott
A few are in the area, but the men apparently did not go to the owner
are all right - nothing has happened to them, A check was made with
and it was found that a great interest in witchcraft has developed since
ed, for all the books were on loan but two.
CCF
At first Charles Whitten thought someone in the town had done this for
was sure if a person had done this, he probably would have shot the
the three Selectmen of the town and probably has made some enemies
cisions. But the vet looked for signs of a bullet and there were none*
cutting was very skdUed.
I walked out in the pasture with Mr. Whitten to the spot where the cow
this spot, where the head lay, had been wet, and had something that li
the ground. Now the grass is dead in that one spot. I would estimate
the home to be about SDO yards. I looked around for any kinds of marl
and found nothing. The ground is hard, grass covered and eaten off at
the cows. The pasture itself is tree-lined on two sides and partially tn
teath was found
happen, Inc ident -
was very cool.
fences around the
^ass trampled
ig would bark If
barking, it was
anger tried to enter
y heard a helicopter
11 Jackson of the
aid there were un-
earby towns). Since
Wolfeboro and asked
religious purposes.
, and the sheep
local library,
the cow was MU-
the
revenge, but he
w. tfe is one of
iby some of his de-
l^oever did the
was found, Ue said
c|oked like saliva on
tbe distance from
kings on the ground
a close level by
fee-lined on the 3rd
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Side* Deep woods are on these two sides* bat Mr* WMtten told me that power lines cut
through the woods about a half-mile from the pasture. The family is completely baffled
by this event, and they are afraid it might happen again. They do not have any outside
lights* only one light on the porch. They may install yard lights or keep the porch light
burning. The weather of September 30/October 1 was very cool, a very dark night with no
moon or stars,
This area is one of rolling hills, rural and houses not very close together. About 15 miles
away, via highways, are the Ossipee Nountains, which can be seen very clearly from the
Whitten home. I have received so many UFO reports from this general area that it would
be impossible to count them all. People have told me that the mountains are "haunted” by
UFOs, To the south is Wolfeboro, another area with a high number of sightings. I was
sitting in my car on the night of July 4th, waiting for the fireworks to begin, and a group
of children were sitting on a park bench in front of me. They were telling each other to
watch a certain spot in the sky for that is the spot where the UFOs come in each time to
watch the fireworks. So I watched and saw one come m, using all red lights, and now I
realize it was in the direction of Center Tuftonboro.
One of the most interesting aspects of the Ossipee Mountains is that most of the area can
not be entered - no roads, miles of territory uninhabited. Some times himters may go into
the mountains a short distance, but they do not stay long - fearful of becoming lost. There
are no trails,
Mrs. Whitten told me that the month of October is known in Wolfeboro as UFO month, for
this is the time of the year when they reach a peak in numbers, and right now everyone
is talking about UFOs all the time.
In a telephone interview, Mr. Whitten told Project Stigma that the killing and mutilation of
the animal was done on that night of September 30/October 1, as there had been nothing on
that spot (where the carcass was found) the day before. And he reiterated that the amount
of bloat was very puzzling in view of the cool weather at that time. They have had other
animals die of natural causes in similarly-cool weather but there had never been so much
bloat so early as in this case.
In STIGMATA No. 15, the pseudonymous "X-9" rejected "out of hand" the claims of the
equally pseudonymous "Toulinet" regarding the astounding (if truef) "Project Grudge Report
No. 13" ^TIGMATA No. 14), We will attempt to include some comments in rebuttal (al¬
though not from "TouMnet") in our next issue.
COPYRIGKT 1982 BY THOMAS R, ADAMS
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Old Mute?
Canadian Researcher Dwight Whalen sent in the following historical item» a newsclipping
from the I^agara Falls, Ontario DAILY RECORD of Fefertiary 8, 1909, headlined "Cattle
Killed in Cruel Manner ^ Elgin Farmer Suffers by a Malignant Enemy":
St. Thomas, Ontario, February 7 Tom Gilbert, a well-biowD farmer re**
siding near Flngal, has lost several of his cattle since Christmas, and 11
were affected in the same way# Several this week became affected and a cou'^
pie died. Examination by veterinaries ffmm St, Thomas found that a sharp
instrument had been forced down their throats, terribly lacerating them, and
had almost severed the windpipes. The remainder of the cattle injured will
all die, six having already gone,
Mr. Gilbert has no idea who the offending parties are. The authorities are
working on the case and have found a broken pick-handle sharpened to a
point and covered with blood which may have been one of the instruments
of torture used.
''Strange Harvest" Transcripts
For that majority of our readership who have not been able to see "A Strange Harvest",
the 1980 television documentary on the subject of livestock mutilations - transcripts of
the program are available for purchase by the public, according to "Harvest" producer-
writer-director Linda Moulton Howe, the award-winning Director of Special Projects at
CBS-affiliate KMGH-TV In Denver, Colorado. The transcripts are $5. 00 each postpaid.
Checks or money orders should be made out to "KMGH-TV". Order directly from:
Linda Moulton Howe,
Director of Special Projects
KMGH-TV
P.O; Box 5007
Denver, Colorado 80217
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