MUTILATION REPORTS - LINCOLN COUNTY ONLY 1978 APRIL 26 MUTE ELSBERRY LINCOLN JOHN MAYES
Black Angus Hereford-Cross Steer Calf 350 lbs. Right ear cut off. Small udder and
sex organs cut off on left side. Clean straight cuts on remaining organs. No rigor mortis,
no smell. Neither tracks, nor grass mashed down. Found 650 yards from house. "Carcass laid
undisturbed, usually predators will start on body as soon as they find it but no animal has
even come to look at it." Ron Mayes. ⦁ 39.13026, -90.84508 (Found 4/26 last seen 4/22.)
----------------------------------------1978 JUNE 8 MUTE OKETE LINCOLN FORREST GLADNEY
Black Angus heifer calf, three months old, 200 lb. Right ear and eye off. Tongue cut out to
base of neck. Udder, rear end, legs, sharp cut 4 inches across on right side. No blood.
Found half mile from road near a creek. Tree 15 feet away had dead streak, leaves starting to
die all the way down. Flies stuck to trees. The carcass was limber. Other animals shied
away. "I am familiar with predator damage, this is not predator damage." Orange lights were
seen in the area of the dead heifer Friday, Saturday and Monday nights.
⦁ 39.10523, -90.93364 (Found 6/8 last seen 6/5.)
----------------------------------------1978 JUNE 10 MUTE ELSBERRY LINCOLN RUSSELL. TAYLOR
Four month old Hereford male calf. Opened up from navel to testes. Intestines inside. No
flies. Found in open field 300 yards from house. If lightning strike, damage to tongue and
hooves. None present.⦁ 39.10442, -90.86736 (Found 6/10 believed to be missing 6/8)
----------------------------------------1978 JUNE 17 2 MUTE ELSBERRY LINCOLN HENRY HAGEMEIER
2 mutes. Hereford cow, 7 years old. Ear off, both eyes cut out, tongue completely gone, no
blood. 23/8 inch hole found on inner thigh where blood removed. New born Hereford calf; ears
eye, tongue removed, no teeth. Found 1 mile from house, half mile from road spring runs
through field.. Tree branches broken where cow was dropped. Grass mashed down,
believe cow was trying to protect calf. Cuts turned black. Orange lights were seen in
the area of the dead animal days before and after it was found. . 39.15206, -90.8442
(Found 6/17 missed on 6/14)
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1978 JUNE 17 MUTE ELSBERRY LINCOLN SAMMY MAYES Calf. No blood nor sign of struggle. Rectum and reproductive organs removed. Cuttings
about 14 inches in diameter. Circle of dead grass 5’ diameter found where animal lay.
⦁ 39.13179, -90.84148
1978 JUNE 23 MUTE ELSBERRY LINCOLN ROBERT TAYLOR
Cow and calf. Cow was down with calf visible in the birth canal. Vet called it death by lightning
believe it had been struck by lightning. Note: A witness sky-watching at the Forrest Keeling
Nursery northeast of Rbt.Taylor's farm, told of seeing an object descending in the direction of
the farm around 12:01 am on 6/21. He reported that the sky was clear and no mention of
rain or a storm. ⦁ 39.11283, -90.89549
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1978 AUG. 7 MUTE ELSBERRY LINCOLN LILLIAN VITRO
Black Angus Hereford Cross steer 300 lb. calf. No blood left Stripped of hide on the
or vehicle must pass Vitro house to get to it.. Heard animal screaming as if in pain
Saturday morning 8/5 around 12:35 AM. Body mushy, bones blackened where cut.
39.104529, -9-90.889242.
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CALF is defines as a young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull, in its first year.
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