String of Mysterious Cattle Mutilations Reported in Texas

The Madison County Sherrif’s Office in Texas reported last Wednesday that they are investigating several incidents involving the death and mutilation of cattle.

According to a post they shared to social media:

Madison County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death and mutilation of cattle along TX-OSR [a section of the Old San Antonio Road in east-central Texas].
Ranchers advised a 6-year-old longhorn-cross cow had been found lying on her side, deceased, and mutilated on their ranch.
A straight, clean cut, with apparent precision, had been made to remove the hide around the cow’s mouth on one side, leaving the meat under the removed hide untouched. The tongue was also completely removed from the body with no blood spill.
It was noted there were no signs of struggle and the grass around the cow was undisturbed. No footprints or tire tracks were noted in the area.
Ranchers also reported that no predators or birds would scavenge the remains of the cow, leaving it to decay untouched for several weeks.
While looking into the longhorn-cross’ death, five other similar occurrences involving four adult cows and one yearling were reported along the area of OSR running into Brazos County as well as Robertson County. Each incident occurred in different locations, pastures, and herds.
The other cows were found in the same condition, lying on one side with the exposed side of their face cut along the jaw line and the tongue, once again, completely removed. On two of the five cows, a circular cut was made removing the anus and the external genitalia. This circular cut was made with the same precision as the cuts noted around the jaw lines of each cow.
Just like the first, there were no signs of struggle or disturbance in the grass, no blood spill, and no noticeable tracks. No predators or birds would scavenge the remains for several weeks after death.
The cause of death of all six cows remains unknown.
Multiple similar incidents have been reported across the United States and we are actively coordinating with other agencies to find answers.
Please notify the Madison County Sheriff’s Office if you or someone you know observes any similar occurrences.
Anyone with information on these cases please contact Investigator Foster at 936-348-2755 during business hours.

These incidents are similar to a string of cattle mutilations which began in Oregon in 2019 and continued into 2021.

Those cattle were also found missing various body parts and with very little blood left at the scene.

Also in 2019, Aaron Linn and Jodi Houston claimed to have seen strange lights over a pasture near Ocala, Florida, where a cow was reportedly later found to have had body parts cleanly removed.

The deaths of these cattle are part of a much larger phenomenon involving thousands of livestock deaths and mutilations that have been reported since the 1970s. The mysterious deaths and mutilations were so prolific at one point that they even drew the attention of the FBI. The reports are eerily similar, sharing the grotesque details of missing body parts and a conspicuous lack of blood.

Explanations for the deaths range from mundane illnesses to satanic cults to extraterrestrials, but so far, they remain a mystery. Missing body parts are sometimes explained away by skeptics as the result of scavengers, although investigators often point to the clean, precise incisions and lack of blood present as evidence to the contrary.

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