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COYOTES, COWS, & UFOS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
HOW IT ALL BEGAN INTO THE UNKNOWN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUES ME THE FIRST RESEARCH TRIP THE WINTER INTERLUDE THE END OF THE DREAM THE END OF THE ROAD THE CALIFORNIA INTERLUDE I’VE BEEN WORKIN’ ON THE RAILROAD AGAIN MY INTEREST IS PIQUED THE PREPARATION THE METHODOLOGY FOOD, SHELTER, AND HYGIENE THE ODYSSEY CONTINUES WHERE TO FROM HERE McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 2
CHAPTER 2 KEYS TO THE PUZZLE
INTRODUCTION THE SKILLED SURGEON MISINTERPRETATION Introduction Interview With Wildlife Expert Major L. Boddicker, Colorado State University Interview With Animal Control Specialist Gern Terrell, Colorado Department Of Agriculture HOW TAX DEDUCTIONS AND INSURANCE INCENTIVIZE CATTLE MUTILATIONS Introduction Abuse Of The Casualty Income Tax Deduction How Cattle Are Insured EFFECTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ON CELESTIAL LIGHTS Introduction Planets, Stars, and Mother Earth The Brightest Planets The Brightest Stars The Celestial Sphere And Axial Rotation Atmospheric Effects Introduction Atmospheric Composition Atmospheric Refraction Atmospheric Diffusion Atmospheric Reflection CELESTIAL MISINTERPRETATION EXAMPLES Introduction Example 1, 1892: Venus And Sirius Are Hot Air Balloons Of War Example 2, 1896: The Airship Delusion of 1896 – 1897 Introduction Meet Leon LaRoche, Father Of The Airship The Week Of The California Airship Airship Prevarication 1: Meet The Men From Mars Airship Prevarication 2: The Airship Takes A Cow Airship Prevarication 3: The Airship Drops Anchor Airship Prevarication 4: The Airship Crashes Into Judge Proctor’s Windmill 1966: UFO Paranormalists Hanlon And Vallée Resurrect The Aurora Story 1966: Paranormal Author Jerome Clark Advances His Camouflage Theory 1967: Paranormalists Hanlon And Vallée Support Clark’s Camouflage Theory 1968: Dr. J. Allen Hynek Invalidates The Aurora Report 1973: UFO Paranormalists Clark And Coleman Resurrect The Aurora Story 1973: UFO Clubs Investigate The Aurora Airship Crash Example 3: From Airships To Flying Saucers To Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) Air Force UFO Studies The Scientific Study of Flying Saucers and UFOs Advent of the UFO Clubs Dr. Condon’s Lament Where To From Here McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 3
CHAPTER 3 IOWA HELICOPTERS ARE MISSOURI UFOS
INTRODUCTION IOWA 1973: EVERY BRIGHT LIGHT IS A RUSTLER HELICOPTER Introduction March, 1973: The Rustler Helicopter Delusion Takes Off Introduction Black Hawk County: The Case Of The “Plucked Pig” Audubon County: Another ‘Helicopter’ Linked To Another ‘Plucked Pig’ Southwest Iowa: The Great Circle Helicopter Chase April 1973, Week One: The Governor Authenticates Rustler Helicopters Introduction Guthrie County: Farm Boy Scares Off Helicopter Using Spotlight Crawford County: The Boy Who Passed Up Being A Hero Des Moines: Governor Ray Orders State Agencies To Aid Rustling Investigation April 1973, Week Two: Helicopters Under Close Scrutiny Introduction Southwest Iowa: Iowa National Guard Helicopter Chased To Ground Iowa: Effects Of The Delusion On Helicopter Pilots And The Military April 1973, Week Three: The Big Finale Introduction Davis County: The Reverend Mr. Lambeth's Great Adventure Des Moines: US Attorney Calls For FBI Assistance Southwest Iowa: The Last Big Helicopter Chase Iowa: Helicopter Pilots And Operators Are Mad As Hell MISSOURI 1973: EVERY BRIGHT LIGHT IS A UFO Introduction February, 1973: The First UFO Sighting Reports Introduction Wayne County: A Basketball Coach Scores The First Point March, 1973: The UFO Delusion Flies High Introduction Iron County: I’ll Send A Cab For You, Honey Wayne County: The “Most Logical Explanation” Is Revealed April, 1973: The Big Finale Introduction Wayne County: UFO Landing Site Located, Mysterious ‘Ball Of Light’ Photographed The ‘UFO Bureau Of Oklahoma City’ Investigates UFO Tourists Capture Saturn As A Ball Of Light Francois County: Sirius Involved In Near Miss During Airport Landing Where To From Here
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CHAPTER 4 THE MINNESOTA CATTLE MUTILATION MORPH
INTRODUCTION THE CATTLE RUSTLING DELUSION, 1968 - 1972 Introduction So Many Rustlers, So Few Arrests Advent Of The Consumer Rustler MINNESOTA 1973: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Introduction Reasons For Concern Mower County: Chickens Placed Under Armed Guard Murray County: The Sheriff Warns That The Sky Is Falling Pine County: The Pine County Mounted Patrol Spins Its Wheels Minnesota Attorney General Orders A Rustling Investigation Introduction The Announcement The Investigation Begins The Difference Between ‘Missing’ and ‘Stolen’ Livestock The Seventy-Nine Percent Discrepancy Anoka County: Just Living In The Neighborhood Is Evidence Enough Blue Earth County: Fat Hogs Apparently Flew Away Carver County: I’ll Just Take Your Word For It (Wink, Wink) Clay County: No Evidence, No Problem Dakota County: Probably Busted Out To Find Better Management Freeborn County: Take My Word For It Hennepin County: Are U-Hauling My Cattle Away? Lyon County: Hearsay Evidence Can Come Back To Bite You Olmsted County: A Tame Cow Would Never Wander Redwood County: Less Feed + Less Bedding = Stolen Pigs St. Louis County: Helicopter Takes Calf, Cow Vanishes Mysteriously Scott County: Unless They Were Dead Sherburne County: The Deputy Who Just Couldn’t Say ‘No’ The Buffington Investigation Winds Down Yellow Medicine County: The Nation’s First Cattle Mutilation Introduction Meet Leonard VanHyfte, The Father Of Cattle Mutilations Where To From Here
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CHAPTER 5 THE KANSAS CATTLE MUTILATION MORPH
INTRODUCTION JUNE, 1973: ADVENT OF THE ‘CONSUMER BUTCHER’ Introduction Republic County: The First Consumer Butchering Reports AUGUST, 1973: MISSING RIGHT EARS AROUSE SUSPICION Introduction Smith County: The “Crazed Butcher” Takes A Right Ear Cloud County: The ‘Mad Dog Butcher’ May Use Tranquilizers SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER, 1973: THE LEAN MONTHS NOVEMBER, 1973: ‘CATTLE MUTILATION’ ENTERS THE LEXICON Introduction Saline County: Missing Right Ear Considered A ‘Calling Card’ Cloud County: The Phantom, Crazed, Mad Dog Butcher Uses Reverse Psychology Dickinson County: Word Gets Around – And The Word Is ‘Mutilation’ DECEMBER, 1973: NCK SHERIFFS MEET; KSU-VDL SAYS ‘NO’ TO CATTLE MUTILATIONS Introduction Cloud County: The Concordia Conference Of Sheriffs Harvey County: Sheriff Asks For Mutilation Reports Republic County: More Talk Of A Tranquilizer Gun Kansas: Cattle Mutilations Make The Front Pages A Major Associated Press (AP) Story On Cattle Mutilations The Kansas City Times Headlines ‘Cattle Mutilations’ Cloud County: The Cattle Mutilation Report That Changed History THE WICHITA EAGLE-BEACON WITCH HUNT WHERE TO FROM HERE
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CHAPTER 6 THE NEBRASKA CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION
ABOUT THIS CHAPTER NOVEMBER 1973 NEBRASKA’S FIRST CATTLE MUTILATION REPORT MARCH 1974 CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION SET IN MOTION Introduction Custer County: The Deputy Who Started It All Mrs. Robertson Tells Me About Their Cattle Mutilation The “Man From Ogallala” Calls It An Act Of Magic Interview With Former Sheriff Larry Hickenbottom APRIL 1974 SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE AIR Introduction Custer County: You Gotta Be Kidding Me MAY 1974 DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN Introduction Custer County: What A Field Necropsy Is Like Fillmore County: Another Thrown Calf Bed, Another Magical Act Central Nebraska: The Night Patrols Against Rustling And Poaching JUNE 1974 AT THE SPEED OF THE GRAPEVINE Introduction Custer County: Neighbor-To-Neighbor-To-Neighbor The Thorns In Sheriff Hickenbottom’s Side Dawson County: The Mutilators Are Caught Red-“Handed” Interview With Dawson County Sheriff John Rohnert Burt County: By The Light Of The Silvery Moon Madison County: The Case Of The Head-hunting Dogs Interview With Deputy Bernie E. Staib Interview With Former Sheriff Marvin Adams Interview With Veterinarian Dr. Robert Chaulk, DVM Interview With Veterinarian Dr. Carl Brillhart, DVM JULY 1974 THE BROKEN BOW MEETING OF SHERIFFS Introduction Custer County: Sheriff Hickenbottom Calls A Meeting Broken Bow: The July 9th Meeting of Sheriffs Dawson County: Caught Red-“Handed” Again Madison County: Sheriff Adams Blames Cults The Vernon Stringfield Mutilation Interview With Deputies Carl Scheel And Bernie E. Staib Interview With Veterinarian Dr. T. C. Campbell Omaha: Professor Richard Thill’s Cult Fantasy Antelope County: The Sheriff Has The Last And Best Laugh Interview With Sheriff Vernon Hixson Interview With Veterinary Dr.Lloyd Tabor Interview With Sheriff Vernon Hixson, Continued Burt County: The Full Moon Brings More Cattle Mutilations Interview With Veterinary Dr. T. R. Weatherly Interview With Burt County Sheriff Jim Elliott Interview With Former Sheriff Bernard Anderson Cuming County: The Life Of A Sheriff In A Small, Agricultural County Interview With Mrs. Harold Welding, Wife Of Sheriff Welding Knox County: How Sheriff Thompson Ran Me Out Of The County Holt County: Sheriff Fox Has A Laissez-Faire Policy AUGUST 1974 – VIGILANTES AND HELICOPTERS MIX IT UP McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 7
Introduction Custer County: The Mason City Hotspot The First Reward Is Offered For The Capture Of A Mutilator The Helicopter Delusion Gets Off The Ground Central Nebraska: The Large, Multi-Jurisdictional Stakeout Interview With Former Sheriff Larry Hickenbottom Interview With Ranchers Bernard And Mrs. Phifer Antelope County: The Sheriff’s Biggest Headache Is Helicopters Boyd County: The Bull That Wished He Hadn’t Jumped A Fence Cedar County: Riding With A Merry Band Of Vigilantes Interview With Vigilante Gary Evans Knox County: Vigilantes Run Wild Interview With The Bloomfield Chief Of Police – Who Was Also A Vigilante Sheriff Thompson’s Bloomfield Meeting The Story Of The Wisconsin Witch Joe Blair Recounts A Fabulous Cult Tale Interview With Nebraska State Senator Jules Burbach Lincoln: Senator Creates Unnecessary Alarm, NSP Has Its Doubts State Senator John DeCamp Ramps Up The Delusion Nebraska State Patrol Has Its Doubts Dawson County: Sheriff Rohnert Is Fed Up, A Plane Is Shot Holt County: The Mutilation Capitol Of Nebraska Interview With Holt County Sheriff Charles R. Fox Sheriff Fox Issues Warning: Trespassers Could Be Shot On Sight Madison County: Sheriff Warns Strangers To Stay Away Sheriff Adams Gets Letters Offering Investigative Leads Sherman County: An Old Fashioned Coffee Klatch Interview With Nebraska Brand Commission Investigator Dallas Glaze Interview With Sherman County Deputy Sheriff Gary E. Walker Interview With Veterinary Doctor Dennis E. McClary Nebraska: The State Patrol And The State Aeronautics Board Investigate The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Enters The Cattle Mutilation Investigation The State Aeronautics Board Meets In Emergency Session SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1974, PART I – THE MUTILATION DELUSION ENDS Introduction Nebraska: The State Patrol And Department Of Roads Partnership Greeley County: Case #1 - Expedited Delivery System Makes A Hole In One Antelope County: Case #2 - Calf Sucks Oil, Gets No Mileage Interview With Dr. Oliver Grace Nebraska: The State Patrol Educational Meetings Valley County: The State Patrol’s Law Enforcement-Only Meeting In Ord Interview With Former Buffalo County Sheriff Vernon Newbold Knox County: The State Patrol’s Law Enforcement-Only Meeting In Center Lincoln: Interviews With Nebraska State Patrol Officers Interview With Nebraska State Patrol Major M. P. Gifford Interview With Nebraska State Patrol Lieutenant V. C. Omer Interview With Nebraska State Patrol Lt. J. E. Barnett And Logan County Sheriff Wonch Custer County: Sheriff Hickenbottom Faces Off With Ranchers Holt County: Sheriff Fox Is Contradicted Interview With Sheriff Fox Buffalo County: A Brother’s Undercover Marijuana Investigation Sheriff Newbold Briefs The Board Of Supervisors Sheriff Newbold Is Suspected Of Nepotism Interview With Former Sheriff Vernon Newbold - Continued Interview With Rancher George Boucher McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 8
Interview With Two Game Wardens Burt County: Dr. Weatherly Has The Last Word Madison County: The Last Cattle Mutilation Report Of The Delusion SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER, 1974, PART II – LIGHTS OUT FOR THE HELICOPTER DELUSION Introduction Eastern Nebraska: Celestial Lights Chased All Night Long Lincoln: Emergency Warning To Pilots: Fly Higher The Army National Guard Goes On Alert Interview With Major Leonard Krenk, Army National Guard Interview With Don Christianson, Pathology Medical Services The Best UFO Hoaxes Of The Delusion Dodge County: The Pepsi UFO Hoax Antelope County: The Psychedelic UFO Hoax Where To From Here
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CHAPTER 7 THE COLORADO CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION
ABOUT THIS CHAPTER NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1974 - THE CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION BEGINS Introduction Yuma County: Where It All Began November, 1974: The First Cattle Mutilation Report In Colorado December, 1974: The Neighbor-To-Neighbor Cluster Pattern Develops Denver: The American Humane Association (AHA) Offers A Reward El Paso County: Cults And Helicopters Are Associated Garfield County: District Attorney Points Finger At Cults And Witches The Denver Post Reports On The Garfield Eight The Rocky Mountain News Reports On The Garfield Eight JANUARY TO APRIL, 1975 - THE FLICKINGER INVESTIGATION Introduction Introducing Terrence Mitchell, UFO Researcher UFO Guru J. Allen Hynek Goes Ballistic Paranormal Investigator/Author Jerome Clark Hits The Jackpot Introducing A. Kenneth Bankston, Federal Prisoner Introducing Dan Dugan, Federal Prisoner The Bankston - Dugan List Flickinger Investigates Cults In Texas Bankston And Dugan Plan An Escape Flickinger Reports Cult Harassment Character References For Shady Characters The Oklahoma Cold Shoulder What Could The Prisoners Possibly Stand To Gain By Lying? Flickinger Recommends A Broader Investigation Thanks To Fellow UFO Investigator Brad Ayers A New Federal Investigation Is Ordered The Investigation Hits A Snag The Oklahoma Big Dig And Dugan Makes Two Epilogue The Cover-Up APRIL TO MAY, 1975 - END OF THE WINTER HIBERNATION Introduction El Paso County: Cattle Mutilations, Helicopters And Grave Robbing Helicopter Involvement Suspected In Cow Killed By Lightning Fire At Don’s Motel Leads To Grave Robbing Charge Elbert County: Mutilator Helicopter Strikes During Snow Storm A Look Back At April To May, 1975 JUNE, 1975 - REWARDS, THEORIES, AND HELICOPTER CHASES Introduction Number And Distribution Elbert County: Reward Offered, Gore Markets Identified, Public Awareness Heightened The Elbert County Livestock Association (ECLA) Posts A $1,000 Reward The Gazette Telegraph Identifies Markets For Mutilated Body Parts The Denver Post Increases Public Awareness Of Cattle Mutilations Lincoln County: Chasing Helicopters All Night Long El Paso County: Dogs And Coyotes Tamper With Crime Scene Park County: Sheriff Advances The Blood Pump Theory Teller County: Sheriff Advances The Tranquilizer Dart Theory McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 10
A Look Back At June JULY, 1975 - THE DELUSION HITS CRITICAL MASS Introduction Number And Distribution Elbert County: Teenagers Call For Help, Sheriff Yarnell Feels Vindicated Sheriff Yarnell Continues To Know A Mutilation When He Sees One Teenagers Stalked By Venus El Paso County: Helicopter Chases Girls, Deputies Have Uncanny Forensic Skills Two Deputies Who Could Really Put Things Together A School Of Fish Raises Suspicions The Charles Manson-Like Mutilation The Case Of The Sheep And The ‘Medicinal Murderer’ Chaos On The Fuchs Family Ranch Larimer County (Fort Collins): The ‘CSU-VDL July Report’ Is Released Lincoln County: An Alliance And A Surgical Kit The Lincoln County Alliance Is Formed Undersheriff Waugh Describes His Big, Silent Helicopter Sighting Undersheriff Gary Gibbs Fears That An Officer May Be Killed Sheriff Yowell Finds A ‘Mutilator’s Surgical Kit’ Interview With Lincoln County Sheriff Leroy Yowell Washington County: UFO Aliens Suspected Of Polaroid Censorship Teller County: Army Helicoper Helps Chase Venus Logan County: Necropsy Report Hints CBI Investigation Ramping Up Morgan County: Introducing Dane Edwards, Quixotic New Brush Banner Editor A Look Back At July AUGUST, 1975 - MAYHEM PREVAILS IN COLORADO Introduction Number and Distribution August Cluster Maps AUGUST WEEK ONE, 1975 Introduction Arapahoe County: A Demonstration Of Rural Vigilance Denver: A CBI Announcement, A CCA Reward Offer, And A Religious Side-Show The Colorado Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) Joins The Fray The Reverend Who Spoketh Too Much Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Plans A State-Wide Reward Fund Jefferson County: When Pets Are Bite-Size Interview With Dr. Albert E. McChesney, CSU-VDL Director El Paso County: Undersheriff Gibbs Issues Warning, UFOs And Cults Are Analyzed Undersheriff/LCA Coordinator Gary Gibbs Disputes The ‘CSU-VDL July Report’ Gazette Telegraph Reporter Dorothy Aldridge Examines The UFO Hypothesis Morgan County: Protective Occult Symbols Revealed, Rev. Paull Blames ‘Ancient Cult’ Edwards Prints Occult Symbols, Interviews Rev. Lorin Paull Edwards Receives A Prophetic Letter Elbert County: Fear And Frustration Grip The Prairie Armed And Angry Ranchers On Night Patrol Helicopters And Strangers Beware The Elbert County Livestock Association (ECLA) Meets A Look Back At August Week One AUGUST WEEK TWO, 1975 Introduction Denver: CBI And CCA Sign Clearinghouse Agreement, Flickinger Hoax Revealed The CCA And CBI Clearinghouse Agreement Review Of Calls Received By The CCA McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 11
The Rocky Mountain News Exposes The Flickinger Hoax Morgan County: Brush Banner Editor Dane Edwards Analyzes Satanic Cults Kit Carson County: Skeptical Sheriff Hubbard Calls Cattle Mutilations “Nonsense” Correspondence With Sheriff George R. Hubbard Lincoln County: Editor Charges Censorship, A Wild Tale Is Recanted Editor Blevins Charges Censorship, Spreads Rumors The Fuchs Helicopter Chase Story Is Recanted – Sort Of… A Look Back At August Week Two AUGUST WEEK THREE, 1975 Introduction Colorado: Sheriffs Spread The Cattle Mutilation Hysteria Denver: CBI Agent Whiteside Knows A Little, Not A Lot Morgan County: UFOs And Helicopters Evaluated, Celestial Helicopter Chased Edwards Admits To Being A Man Of Some Importance Edwards Evaluates UFOs And Helicopters The Citizen Band (CB) Radio Helicopter Chase Logan County: The Helicopter Chase From Hell, Sheriff Graves Senses Danger The Mother Of All Helicopter Chases Oops! Sheriff Graves Was Hoodwinked Sheriff Graves Senses An Element Of Danger El Paso County: Introducing Jim Harden, UFO Hunter A Look Back At August Week Three AUGUST WEEK FOUR, 1975 Introduction Denver: Denver Post Recommends FBI Assistance And A Large Reward Offer Northeastern Colorado: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management Cancels A Helicopter Survey Pueblo County: Governor Lamm Calls Cattle Mutilations A “Great Outrage” Morgan County: Edwards Mimics Flickinger, Three-State Law Enforcement Meeting Held Dane Edwards Begins To Unravel Edwards Claims To Receive Threatening Phone Calls Edwards Further Explains Why He Thinks Cults Are Not Involved Edwards Complains That Mutilation Laws Are Inadequate Edwards Tackles The Helicopter And Tranquilizer Theories Edwards Meets With A “Mysterious Government Figure” Three-State Meeting Of Law Enforcement Officers Convenes In Fort Mogan The Morning “Mutilation Comparison” Session The Afternoon “Battle Planning” Session Interview With Sheriff Mann And District Attorney Johns Denver: A Large Reward Offer, FBI Help Requested The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) Offers A Large Reward US Senator Floyd Haskell Requests FBI Assistance Eastern Colorado: Helicopter Pilots Fear Vigilante Rifles El Paso County: U.S. Army Asks Ranchers And Farmers To Hold Their Fire Denver: Interview With A ‘Flight For Life’ Crew Member Mesa County: Helicopter Official Calls It All Imagination Denver: Interview With Colorado Air National Guard Officers Gunnison County: Comparative Vigilantism Logan County: Helicopter Chases Go On And On And On Yuma County: Another Skeptical Sheriff Goes Public A Look Back At August Week Four SEPTEMBER, 1975 - THE DELUSION GOES RADIONUCLEAR Introduction Number And Distribution September Cluster Maps McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 12
SEPTEMBER WEEK ONE, 1975 Introduction Logan County: Commissioners Request Air National Guard Protection Colorado: Sheriffs Warn Against Shooting At Helicopters Weld County: The Undersheriff Gets Buzzed Colorado: Editorial Comments and Opinions Denver: The Denver Post Wants A Congressional Investigation Logan County: The Governor And The CBI Are Editorially Damned Alamosa County: The Alamosa Valley Courier Damns The Cruel Mutilators Morgan County: Edwards Warns Against Apathy, Claims FBI Protection A Look Back At September Week One SEPTEMBER WEEK TWO, 1975 Introduction Elbert County: The Elbert County Stockmen’s Association Public Meeting Sedgwick County: The First Recorded Injury Of The Cattle Mutilation Delusion Eastern Colorado: Introducing Bella Stombo, Los Angeles Times Reporter Day 1, Elbert County: Bella Describes A Mutilation Investigation Day 2, Morgan County: Bella Meets Brush Banner Editor Dane Edwards Day 3, Morgan And Washington Counties: ‘Man On The Street’ Interviews Day 4, Denver: Bella Interviews CBI Agent Carl Whiteside Day 5, Denver: Bella Interviews CCA Officials And A Couple Of Ranchers Denver: Air National Guard Announcement, A Censorship Plan, A Call For Congress The Colorado Air National Guard Will Watch For Mutilator Activity The CBI and CCA Agree To Censor Cattle Mutilation Reports Prowers County: Editor Says ‘No More Mister Nice Guy’ Rio Grande County: Editor Says ‘Ho Hum' Alamosa County: Editor Blasts CBI - CCA Censorship Denver Post Still Recommends A Congressional Investigation Morgan County: Edwards Analyzes UFOs, Questions Governor Lamm’s Machismo Edwards Analyzes UFOs Edwards Questions The Governor’s Machismo Interview With Governor Lamm’s Administrative Assistant A Look Back At September Week Two SEPTEMBER WEEK THREE, 1975 Introduction Routt County: The Sheriff Who Solved A Helicopter Mystery Crowley, Pueblo, And Otero Counties: Ranchers Chased By A Mystery Helicopter Logan County: Sheriff Graves Is Laissez-Faire And Clairvoyant Yuma County: Skeptical Sheriff Heid Gets Editorially Slapped Around Teller County: Sheriff Verifies A Mutilator Helicopter Photo Interview With Helicopter Pilot Rusty Forbes Eastern Colorado: The Associated Press Summarizes The Cattle Mutilation Milieu El Paso County: CBI Agent Meets With UFO Researchers At The ESO Denver: Insurance Companies Have Paid Cattle Mutilation Claims Interview With John Jennings, Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company Interview With Duane Krout, Farm Bureau Insurance Group Larimer County (Fort Collins): Bored Rich People Blamed For Cattle Mutilations Interview With “Occult Expert” Frank Iannella Colorado: UFOs And Radionuclide Testing By Space Aliens Morgan County: Dane Edwards Continues Sparing With Governor Lamm Looking Back At September Week Three SEPTEMBER WEEK FOUR, 1975 Introduction Denver: A Reward Fund Increase, FBI Says No, Legislative Meddling McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 13
Another Reward Offer Increase FBI to Senator Haskell: Thanks, But No Thanks The ‘Cole & Bledsoe Report’ El Paso County: The Calhan Cattle Mutilation Public Meeting Larimer County (Fort Collins): The ‘CSU-VDL September Report’ Is Released Las Animas County: The Real Cattle Mutilators At Work Logan And Morgan Counties: The ‘Capitol For A Day’ Tour Governor Lamm Addresses The Sterling High School Senior Class Governor Lamm Chairs The Town Hall Meeting Whiteside Addresses The Saddle & Sirloin Club Meeting Governor Lamm Joins Whiteside At The Saddle & Sirloin Club Meeting Governor Lamm Fields Questions At The Brush Livestock Exchange Crowley County: Helicopter Chased, Shots Fired, Ricochet Heard Interview With Auxiliary Policeman Jess Lopez Colorado: Editors Continue To Oppose The CBI – CCA Censorship Plan Alamosa County: CBI - CCA Censorship Deemed Unconstitutional Morgan County: Edwards Publishes ‘The Flickinger Report’ Elbert County: A Palpable Fear Grips The Prairie A Look Back At September Week Four OCTOBER, 1975 - THE END OF VIRULENCE Introduction Number And Distribution October Cluster Maps OCTOBER WEEK ONE, 1975 Introduction Costilla County: Miracle On The Prairie - A Dead Cow Gives Birth Yuma County: A Tongue-In-Cheek Claim For The Reward Money Colorado: CBS-TV News Reports On Cattle Mutilations, Mutilators Might Be Moseying On The CBS-TV News Broadcast That Inspired This Journey Cattle Mutilators Might Be Moseying On Pueblo County: The Pueblo Chieftain’s Flickinger Report Exposé Logan County: The Sheriff Who Didn’t Know A Mutilation From A Hole In The Ground The Sterling Journal-Advocate Report The Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph Report Denver: The CBI Crime Lab Reports On Skin Sample Examinations A Look Back At October Week One OCTOBER WEEK TWO, 1975 Introduction Morgan County: Dane Edwards Claims Debate Victory With Governor El Paso County: Paranormal And Pseudoscience Clubs Vow To Battle Mutilators Magicians And Witches Gird Their Loins ESO Reports Pseudoscientific Breakthrough Denver: The ‘Cole & Bledsoe Report’ Is Questioned Fremont County: Sheriff Follows Mutilator Trail In Hazardous Canyon Wyoming: Air Force Helicopter Refused In Nighttime Call For Help A Look Back At October Week Two OCTOBER WEEK THREE, 1975 Introduction Denver: Haskell Lowers Expectations, Experts Voice Opinions Senator Haskell Lowers Expectations, Shops Around State Legislator Asks For “More Reasonable” Thinking Interview With Assistant State Veterinarian Dr. James Williams, DVM Interview With CCA Executive Hugh Hallock Interview With Colorado Brand Commissioner Jay Rowe McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 14
Colorado: Ed Sykes Suspects Well-Educated - Possibly Alien - Coyotes A Look Back At October Week Three OCTOBER WEEK FOUR, 1975 Introduction El Paso County: Oh, Give Me A Home Where The Buffalo Roam Morgan County: Trouble At The Brush Banner Exit Dane Edwards, Stage Right Interview With Gazette Telegraph Reporter Dorothy Aldridge Brush Banner Finally Reports Edwards Missing The FBI Search For Dane Edwards Edwards Is Profiled In The Berkeley Barb Interview With Dru Georgeson, Owner And Publisher Of The Brush Banner A Look Back At October Week Four NOVEMBER, 1975 - THE CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION HIBERNATES Introduction Number And Distribution November Cluster Maps Logan County: The Sterling Journal-Advocate Publishes, Retracts, ‘The Flickinger Report’ Weld County: Interview With Sterling Journal-Advocate Staff Writer Bill Jackson DECEMBER, 1975 - CATTLE MUTILATIONS IS THE STATE’S TOP NEWS STORY Introduction Denver: The ‘CBI 203 Report’ Is Released Whiteside Addresses Cattle Producers, Describes Lab Results Denver: Interview With CBI Agent Carl Whiteside Colorado: Non-Skeptical Sheriffs Are “Skeptical” Washington County: The Sheriff Was “Extremely Careful” And Does Not Agree Logan County: The Sheriff’s Digestion Has Been Affected Eastern Colorado: More Sheriffs With More Excuses El Paso County: “The Detective” Is On The Job Interview With G. C. Erianne Colorado: Cattle Mutilations Named Top Story Of 1975 Interview With Associated Press News Director For Denver Bureau COLORADO 1976 - THE ASCENDANCE OF SHERIFF GRAVES Introduction Number And Distribution Logan County: Sheriff Graves Takes The Paranormal Route Sheriff Graves Stands For Election Sheriff Graves’ Two Most Famous Cases Sheriff Graves’ Most Infamous Case Sheriff Graves Finds Strange Indentations Around Mutilated Carcasses Long Suffering Sheriff Graves Fights The Bureaucracies Opponent Says Sheriff Graves Loves His Cattle Mutilation Publicity Sheriff Graves Finds More Landing Pod Depressions Colorado: Two Paranormal Points Of View Predominate In 1976 The Cult Point Of View The UFO Point Of View Gazette Telegraph Reporter Dorothy Aldridge Supports The UFO Theory COLORADO 1977 - SHERIFF GRAVES OWNS THE CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION Introduction Number And Distribution The Tucson Daily Citizen Interviews Sheriff Graves The Gazette Telegraph Interviews Sheriff Graves The Sterling Journal-Advocate Interviews Sheriff Graves The ‘Saga UFO Report’ Magazine Features Sheriff Graves McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 15
The National Inquirer Tabloid Features Sheriff Graves The Gazette Telegraph Asks Sheriff Graves About His Increasing Fame COLORADO 1978 - A LIBRARIAN AND A FALLING STAR Introduction Introducing Tom Adams - Cattle Mutilation Librarian, Salesman, Historian, Defender Of The Faith Tom Adams’ Connection With Author Edward Sanders “The Cattle Report” Is Born The Ed Sanders - Dr. Robert Hedelius Controversy The Adams Library Tom Adams Launches Project Stigma Colorado: Stars Fall In The November General Elections Logan County: Interview With Former Sheriff “Tex” Graves El Paso County: Interview With El Paso County Undersheriff Wally Hague COLORADO 1980 - ‘A STRANGE HARVEST’ BEGETS A STRANGE HARVEST Introduction Interview With Weld County Sheriff Harold Andrews Introducing Linda Moulton Howe Media Reviews Of ‘A Strange Harvest’ The Gazette Telegraph Describes A Laser Surgery Experiment The Denver Post Calls It “A Spooky Extraterrestrial Western” The Rocky Mountain News Calls It A “Scientific Study” About An “Unsolved Puzzle” The Boulder Daily Camera Calls It “Particularly Grisly,” Not Suited For Children WestWord Says UFO Symposium Liked ‘A Strange Harvest” From The Script: The Wyoming Rancher And The Arizona Psychic Wyoming Rancher Pat McGuire Sees The Light Judy Doraty Defies Physics And Is In Two Places At The Same Time Larimer County (Ft. Collins): Interview With Dr. Albert E. McChesney, DVM Denver: How ‘A Strange Harvest’ Was Upstaged But Lived To Tell The Story WHERE TO FROM HERE
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CHAPTER 8 THE IOWA CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION
ABOUT THIS CHAPTER 1974 – THE FIRST CATTLE MUTILATION REPORTS Introduction Mills County: The Mutilators Who Would Not Flush Toilets 1975 – THE DELUSION BLOOMS, DIES ON THE VINE Introduction Number And Distribution September 1975 - First Cattle Mutilation Reports Of The Year October 1975 –The Iowa Bureau Of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Investigates Introduction The Five Cases Reviewed And Compared By The BCI The BCI Director Is Not Impressed The Iowa Deputy Secretary Of Agriculture Contradicts The BCI November 1975 – A Blunt Warning From The Secretary Of Agriculture Introduction Secretary Of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry Warns Farmers The Superintendent of Wildlife And The State Veterinarian Diverge Boone County: The Larry Seeman Cattle Mutilation Case Study Interview With Boone County Sheriff Hank Wallace Interview With Photographer Mike Stokka Interview With Veterinary Dr. D. C. Gustafson Interview With Dr. J. J. Andrews At Iowa State University (ISU) December 1975 – Dual Mass Mutilations Are Reported Introduction Jones County: The James Almond Cattle Mutilation Case Study Linn County: The Don Stickle Cattle Mutilation Case Study The Linn County Sheriff’s Office Investigative Report Stickle Spots A UFO While On Night Patrol The Laboratory Report From Hell Interview With Dr. Earl Wahl And Eli Shada Interview With Dr. Jeptha Randolph Interview With Dr. H. B. Hunter Interview With Dr. H. E. Hanna Interview With Don And Mrs. Stickle 1976 TO 1978 – THE LIFE SUPPORT YEARS Introduction 1976 – Bremer And Black Hawk Counties Report Typical Mutilations 1977 - Black Hawk County: The Polly Mills Cattle Mutilation Case Study Interview With Polly Mills 1979 – THE DCI HUNTS FOR SATANIC CULTS Introduction Boone County: The Glen Lowman Cattle Mutilation Case Study Interview With Veterinarian Dr. D. C. Gustafson Interview With Jane Sliker, Tenant On The Lowman Farm Interview With Glen Lowman Hardin County: The Merle Hunt Cattle Mutilation Case Study Interview With Merle Hunt And The Neighboring Crosser Family Interview With Former Sheriff Ken Collins Interview With Dr. R. L. Treinen And A Farmer Black Hawk County: The Gene Anderson And Paul Neubel Cattle Mutilation Case Study Interview With Black Hawk County Detective Sergeant William Miller McHenry / Coyotes, Cows, & UFOs 17
Interview With Dr. Reilly, DVM Interview With DCI Agent Dick Searl How The Anderson and Neubel Mutilations Were Reported Interview With Mrs. Gene Anderson Interview With Mrs. Paul Neubel Des Moines: The DCI’s Paranormal Investigation Of The Paranormal Motsinger Badgers The Librarian, Wants Names Of Cult Book Readers DCI Director Shanahan Signals Intent To Serve Subpoena The Subpoena Is Served, The Library And ICLU Will Oppose It Shanahan Proclaims Victory In Defeat DCI Director Shanahan Seeks Satanic Cultists Professor Stewart Calls Shanahan’s Paranormal Ramblings “Crazy” Interview With DCI Director Gerald Shanahan Interview With DCI Agent Joe Motsinger DCI Director Gerald Shanahan Was Not Honest With Me 1980 – ANOTHER STRANGE HARVEST Introduction Black Hawk County: The Edward Deuhr Cattle Mutilation Case Study Interview With Ed Deuhr Cedar Rapids: Paranormal Innuendo In A News Documentary Reverend Donald Glazier Warns Human Sacrifice Possible Interview With Reverend Donald Glazier Washington County: The James Waterhouse Cattle Mutilation Case Study The Waterhouse Lab Report Interview With Dr. J. J. Andrews, DVM WHERE TO FROM HERE
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CHAPTER 9 THE NEW MEXICO CATTLE MUTILATION DELUSION
ABOUT THIS CHAPTER OPERATION CATTLE MUTILATION COMMENCES Introduction Albuquerque: Senator Schmitt’s Public Hearing On Cattle Mutilations The Invitations Senator Schmitt Opens The Hearing R. E. Thompson, U. S. Attorney For New Mexico, Cautions Law Enforcement The Speaking Roster David Perkins, Paranormal Investigator/Author Manuel Gomez, Rancher, Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation Clair Hibbs, Veterinarian, New Mexico State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Richard Sigismund, Paranormal UFO Investigator Dr. John Prine, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Tommy Bland, Paranormal UFO Investigator/Author Tom Adams, Cattle Mutilation Historian, Librarian, Defender Of The Faith Dr. Henry Monteith, Engineering Physicist Gabe Valdez, New Mexico State Policeman R. E. Thompson, U.S. Attorney For New Mexico David Bernd, B.D.M. Corporation Engineer Dr. John Remming, New Mexico Criminal Justice Department Carl Whiteside, Colorado Bureau Of Investigation Chief Tafoya, Jicarilla Tribe Dr. James Jurtak, From Another Planet Eloy Martinez, District Attorney, First Judicial District Of New Mexico Harrison Schmitt, United States Senator For New Mexico What Law Enforcement Thought About The Schmitt Hearing What The Media Thought About The Schmitt Hearing OPERATION ANIMAL MUTILATION - THE KENNETH ROMMEL INVESTIGATION About The Investigation The Investigation Objectives Objective 2, Phase 1: Gathering New Mexico Mutilation Reports Objective 2, Phase 2: New Mexico Reports Analysis Case #1 - June 1976: The Case Of The Radioactive UFO Tracks Case #2 - July 1978: The Case Of The Cow With Broken Bones Case #3 - July 1978: Valdez And Burgess Scan A Herd Under Ultraviolet Light Case #4 - July 1978: ‘UFO Droppings’ Are Captured In A Jar Case #5 - July 1979: “They Gave A Mutilation And No One Came” Objective 2, Phase 3: Assessing Reports From Other States Objective 3: On-Scene Investigations Objectives 4, 5, and 6: Conclusions and Recommendations Rommel Publishes His Final Report: “Operation Animal Mutilation” What The Media Said About The ‘Rommel Report’ The Record Stockman Likes The Report, Says True Believers Won’t Rocky Mountain Magazine Author Likes The Report, Notes There Are Detractors Stigmata Calls Rommel A “Fanatically Misguided G-Man On His Last Legs” Stigma’s Tom Adams Says Refuting Rommel’s Report Would Be Undignified