- Source: Diaro Rio Negro Online (Argentina) June 15, 2001
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- None of them presented gunshot wounds nor piercing incisions.
There is considerable fear and doubt among the population. "Intelligence
played a role in this," said one veterinarian. There are too many
questions, and mystery continues to enshroud the discovery of mutilated
cows in the province of La Pampa. Up until yesterday, the dead animals
missing certain parts of their bodies, such as tongues, udders, anuses
and eyes, had been tallied at 20.
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- It was possible to determine that the animals died painlessly,
apparently without suffering, and none of them presented signs of having
been shot nor stabbed, although this does not clarify the real cause of
these deaths. Furthermore, under no circumstances did the cows bleed to
death. Given the evidence on site, the cattle offered no resistance--had
they done so, tracks would have been found and some muscular contraction
would have been evident [in the carcasses]. But that did not occur in
these cases.
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- Experts are certain that the animals died in the very
same field in which they were found and could have hardly been dragged
there, since the lightest of them weighed 350 kilograms and secondly,
because no vehicle tracks were found on site.
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- Yesterday, all eyes were on the Pampan veterinarians
working on the case, who were nevertheless unable to come up with an explanation
for many of the aspects surrounding these mysterious deaths. One of them
opined that within this field, there does not exist the technology to
perform the almost perfect work evinced in the cattle mutilations.
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- As this newspaper was able to ascertain, both in La Adela
(where the latest findings occurred) as well as in other communities, two
opposite perspectives have come up: many people fear the unknown while
others took the matter lightly. The fact remains that 20 cows are now
dead.
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- Yesterday, José Casiavillani, a veterinarian from
the municipality of La Adela, who performed the necropsy on the cows, was
interviewed by Radio Manantial's "Antes que Nada" program. The
following is the dialogue between the interviewer and the professional:
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- Interviewer: "The subject has no explanation to
us, the laymen, but does it also pose a mystery to you, the expert?
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- Veterinarian: "That is the case, at least up to
now. The field I surveyed yesterday and the day before contains the most
numerous cases, there were 11 dead animals and not 10, as originally believed.
They were all in the same field."
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- Interviewer: "How long ago did these deaths occur?"
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- Veterinarian: "Possibly Saturday or Sunday. It turns
out that the claim was only made on Tuesday and the vist was made on Wednesday.
I travelled approximately 5 kilometers, starting at the farmhouse and plunging
into the countryside, and the cases begin to appear, all of them following
the same pattern, which we could define as a circle, if it were possible
to see it from above."
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- Interviewer: "Arranged in a circle?" Veterinarian:
"Yes. It begins some 50 meters from the farmhouse with four dead
animals."
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- Interviewer: "50 meters away from an occupied house?"
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- Veterinarian: "Yes, but at that time the person
in charge of the property wasn't in. So it was that when he returned, he
was confronted by this scene, got on his horse, toured the field and came
across more dead animals. These cases are very particular, almost inexplicable,
because they show a kind of cauterized cut. No hemorrage occurs when the
incision is made.
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- Interviewer: "You, sir, are a veterinarian. Is it
possible to do it as it was done?
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- Veterinarian: "Well, it's possible, but not with
field elements. It involves technology, such as an electric scalpel that
cuts and cauterizes at the same time.
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- Interviewer: "Was there an abundance of blood?
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- Veterinarian: "No, not in the cut itself, and that
drew my attention. All of the animals are missing an eye, for example--the
one that's clearly visible, because the animal was left lying on its side."
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- Interviewer: "How were the cows slain?"
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- Veterinarian: "They don't have gunshot wounds or
signs of piercing or perforation."
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- Interviewer: "So what could have caused their deaths?"
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- Veterinarian: "That's the unanswered question. The
animals' deaths is sudden. One knows when an animal is agonizing because
it kicks around and leaves traces on the ground. It was the first thing
we veterinarians notice when we visit a field to determine how an animal
was slain."
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- Interviewer: "They died where they were found?"
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- Veterinarian: "Evidently so. There are no tracks
of any kind--human, animal or vehicular."
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- Interviewer: "What do these animals weigh?"
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- Veterinarian: From 350 kg upward. These are cows which
could not have been moved in any way. There are no bulls among the slain."
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- Interviewer: "Were the udders severed?"
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- Veterinarian: "Yes, in a very dramatic way. Cows
have four nipples and four mammary glands. We found udders in which a circular
cut around the nipple was made. Only one nipple and the gland corresponding
to it were extracted, but the rest was untouched. The farm hands who surveyed
the field, and are good at the task, were unable to find any tracks. Cows,
while not given to attacking and considered harmless to everyone, tend
to flee when they see or hear something strange. In these cases, fear
overwhelms their curiosity and they take off.
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- Interviewer: "Do cows defend themselves when attacked?"
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- Veterinarian: "Yes, and thats another mystery. That's
why I said that there is intelligence at work here, because, how does one
one reach the site of the latest events without leaving traces. This field
is in a dirt road area, and from that route to the field there is a five
kilometer distance, and then a circular route of another five kilometers.
It is very hard for one or several persons to catch a cow in the wild.
Cows are very slippery; if they hear or see something strange, they tend
to flee."
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- Interviewer: "Was there any blood in the field?"
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- Veterinarian: "No, and unlike other cases, there
was blood in the animal--in the heart and throughout the circulatory system."
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- Interviewer: "How long was the watchman away from
the house?"
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- Veterinarian: "He was on the farm up 'til Friday,
and spent Saturday and Sunday in town. He had never seen anything that
made him feel suspecious. The watchman could not imagine the scope of
what was happening, and when he came across one of the animals, began to
butcher it to feed the dogs, but the dogs refused to eat the meat. None
of the dead animals was eaten by other carrion beasts."
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- Interviewer: "Are you afraid?"
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- Veterinarian: "No, not at all."
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- The fact is that this newspaper ascertained yesterday
that surprise and fear of the unknown was in evidence throught the region.
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- Translation (C) 2002. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic
Ufology. Special Thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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