79. Unexplained Cattle Mutilations (USA)

For decades, ranchers across the American West have stumbled upon scenes that defy explanation: perfectly healthy cattle found dead overnight, organs removed with surgical precision, no blood, no tracks, no signs of struggle. From Colorado’s windswept plains to the deserts of New Mexico, these cases have become part of rural legend — and one of the strangest unsolved mysteries in modern American history. Sources: https://unsolved.com/gallery/mysterious-mutilations/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/26/think-out-loud-rural-oregon-cattle-mutilation-documentary-not-one-drop-of-blood/ https://vault.fbi.gov/Animal%20Mutilation https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/767283820/not-one-drop-of-blood-cattle-mysteriously-mutilated-in-oregon https://www.abc4.com/news/crime/carbon-county-cattle-mutilation/ https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/01/10/investigation-into-13-dead-cows/ Follow me on Instagram here. Support the show The 10 Essentials for Outdoor Recreation here. Leave No Trace (LNT) principles here. Share a "Campfire Story" for us to read on the pod! email us: morbidoutdoorspodcast@gmail.com Buy Me a Coffee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.