Cattle Mutilations in Missouri Baffle Investigators and Ranchers

Cow mutilations in western Missouri have ranchers concerned about the loss of their livestock. 

Henry County rancher Lyn Mitchell is baffled by the mutilations of two of her cows within nine days.

Location of cow found July 10

On July 10, 2013 Lyn Mitchell arrived at her ranch in Northwest Henry County, west of Warrensburg, and found a six-year old healthy Black Angus cow lying dead. The cow's udder, anus, reproductive organs, ear, and tongue had been removed with precision, yet no blood or fluids were found on the ground. Her other cattle circled the cow, giving it a wide berth, which is unusual behavior. Lyn found an article on animal mutilations written by Chuck Zukowski, so she promptly contacted Chuck, who lives in Colorado. Zukowski forwarded the case to Kansas City resident and Missouri MUFON Assistant State Director Margie Kay.



Lyn Mitchell's ranch

Kay and a fellow investigator visited the site and took soil and grass samples to be examined by a lab in Colorado. They found a strange black outline around where the cow had been lying on the ground that looked like burnt grass. An unexplained large imprint that looked like a bigfoot print in a cow pie was found by Jordan. It measured 16" long and 8.5" wide. An attempt at getting a casting proved unsuccessful. No samples were taken from the cow, who was badly decomposing and had been moved to a different location.

 

Mitchell said that on the day before this incident she was tending to the juviniles in their pen when she suddenly had the urge to look up in the sky. Although she did not see anything, she took several photos of the sky anyway. She could not explain it, but she felt that something was watching her from above. 

 

Mitchell related that another incident occurred two years prior. A calf was found mutilated with tissue and muscle removed from the jaw, and the tongue removed in December of 2011 in a nearby pasture. At the time, the rancher thought it was just a predator and thought no more of it.

Imprint in cow pie

On July 19, 2013 Lyn Mitchell called Margie Kay to report that yet another of her cows was found dead. Kay and a second investigator arrived just after the sheriff and veterinarian completed their investigations. The veterinarian told Mitchell that the teats had been cut from the udder, the tongue was cut out, and an incision had been made between the front legs with the heart lying outside the body. There was little blood in the chest cavity or heart, which is very unusual. The vet explained that he could not identify the cause of death, but that it definitely was not caused by animals due to the precise cuts on the cow. Kay found no blood on the scene, which would normally be found if the cow had been mutilated at that same location. No tracks from vehicles were found, and the only entrance gate to the property was locked.

Once again, there was a strange black outline on the ground as if it had been burned. Kay, who is a forensic investigator, said that it looked like a chemical burn.  

Cow found on July 19, 2013

Then things got very strange. The witness and both investigators heard a very loud, low flying airplane go overhead, but none of them could see it. The plane was invisible to the naked eye. The three were standing in the middle of a very large field with a good view of the sky in all directions. Then, unbelievably, a second plane flew overhead yet could not be seen. The engines sounded different and had a higher pitch than the first plane. The three decided it was time to leave the area, but Kay promised to return. 

A week later, Margie Kay and Debbie Ziegelmeyer, State Director for Missouri

MUFON returned to the site to continue the investigation. They found high EMF readings in and near where the cow had been found, and the black outline on the ground remained. They checked all of the tires on the farm equipment to see if it matched with the print found a the site but they did not. The three women were standing near the black markings when Kay saw a bright round flash of light on the ground approximately three feet in diameter, blinding her for a few seconds. It was a clear day with the sun overhead, yet the flash was incredibly bright. Debbie and Margie could not find a source for the mysterious light. 

 

Second cow location with burnt outline

The investigators set up two nigh-vision motion-activated video cameras on the property and then packed up to leave. The three women were nearing the vehicles at the gate when a sudden long-lasting gush of 60 - 80 mph wind came up, blowing their hair and themselves. The day was dead calm with no wind, so this event was unexpected. After approximately one to two minutes, the wind stopped and did not return. Debbie and Margie agreed that it seemed as if a helicopter suddenly started up and took off, yet they could not hear or see any type of craft.

Two weeks later, Kay returned to retrieve the two cameras that had been set up on the property. The video showed strange lights moving about the property. When asked, Lynne Mitchell said she had no explanation for the lights. There are no other properties around the area.

Lyn Mitchell is distraught over the loss of her cows. She said “I don't understand why someone would want to do this to an animal, or how they accomplished it.” Mitchell said that each cow was worth approximately $2,000, not taking into account the future calves they would have produced. She pointed out that all three mutilated animals were very healthy and the best of her stock.

 

Link to News coverage: https://youtu.be/hh7EBFRKUjY

 

Link to Interview with Lyn Mitchell by Margie Kay https://youtu.be/sAlnd5lQbeM ________________________________

 

A similar cow mutilation near Rich Hill, Missouri occurred on April 10, 2013. This involved a cow with missing udder, female organs, and tongue. Kay investigated this case, and oddly, the rancher reported that the area where the cow was found dead glowed red for three nights. A retired sheriff deputy told Kay that he investigated a similar case in 1993 where three ranchers reported mutilated cattle, and was told to back off the case. The deputy believed that there was a connection to UFOs because the ranchers reported seeing a craft over their fields before the mutilated animals were found.

 

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A cow mutilation near KCI airport was reported to local media January 5, 2012 and was covered by local news channel KCTV 5. Margie Kay saw the news report an immediately contacted the reporter, who put her in touch with the rancher. Kay and investigator Corey Pearce went to the site with the rancher's permission. The veterinarian said that precision cuts had been made on the animal but no blood was found on the site, which is unexplainable. They found a 2” indentation in the hard ground where the cow had been lying before the rancher removed it, indicating that the animal may have been dropped from above. Soil testing revealed that the soil was hydrophobic (non-water soluble). This can only occur if soil has been subjected to high heat. The soil also had high levels of manganese, compared to test samples taken 30 feet away.

Excerpt from KCTV website article:

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) – Kansas City police are investigating a bizarre and disturbing crime involving livestock in the Northland. Someone had entered a private pasture and cut out a cow’s reproductive organs, possibly while the cow was still alive. Rancher Casey Hamilton called police Thursday morning, directing them to a pasture at 120th and Brightwell, just west of Kansas City International Airport. He told them he had separated the 7-year-old cow from the rest of his cattle because she was sick. He had been treating her and said that when he left her at 6 p.m. Wednesday, she was standing and eating. When he returned Thursday at 6:30 a.m., she was dead with two distinct chunks of tissue removed. “For somebody to get a 1,200 pound cow down and do that,” Hamilton said, “they had to know what they were doing with a tranquilizer.” He said there were no bullet holes in her nor signs of rope marks, but there were signs of a struggle. “The cow had struggled on the ground,” said Aaron Brisbane, the veterinarian who examined the animal. Brisbane said he could not determine whether the thrashing came before or after the cow died, but he said there was no legitimate reason for the surgical procedure the animal underwent. Someone had cut out the cow’s udders, bag, mammary glands and vulva. He said  that was the only tissue removed. “The way the cuts were done,” Brisbane said, “someone had to have done this before.” He said it appeared the precise cuts were made with a scalpel. “It was too clean to have been done with a knife or a box cutter,” he said.

Link to News Coverage: https://youtu.be/gl9S693wjVM

In the above cases, the cows were mutilated in a similar manner, there were precision cuts on the animals, and no blood was found in the area. All of the locations are rural, with limited traffic and accessibility, and gates are always locked.

Other similar incidents have occurred in Missouri, and it is believed that Missouri was one of the first states to report animal mutilations in the 1960's. Margie investigated over 70 mutilation reports since from Missouri and other states, as well as Canada.

Kay set up a new website where people can report incidents at animuteinv.blogspot.com.

Anyone with information about animal mutilations is invited to contact Margie Kay at Quest Investigation group and Missouri MUFON at margiekay06@yahoo.com or 816-833-1602.