Stalking the Herd: Unraveling the Cattle Mutilation Mystery
Who or What is Behind the Cattle Mutilations?

The cattle mutilation phenomenon is an ongoing mystery that has endured for almost 50 years. What have we learned, if anything, from the countless reports filed? Who or what is behind the death and disfigurement of livestock reported as mutilated around the globe?

Are these deaths simply attributable to natural predators and scavengers? Or is the military/government somehow involved; perhaps monitoring "mad cow disease"? Are the deaths the action of ritual "cultists" as police say the evidence would suggest? Is it possible that alien predators are involved, as some researchers and the media have suggested? Are black helicopters or UFOs related to the cattle mutilation phenomenon as many witnesses have claimed? Regardless of who or what is responsible, what are the motivations behind perpetrating what may be the greatest unsolved serial crime spree of all time?

Stalking the Herd addresses these questions in depth and also offers an objective look at the history of our venerated relationship with cattle, the first domesticated livestock. Is there a connection between these ritualistic cattle deaths and humankind's ancient practice of animal sacrifice? Why are there no Brahman cattle mutilations in India where cattle are revered to this day? Are aliens gathering genetic material for unknown purposes? What about the thousands of pounds of scientific forensic evidence? Are some hidden sections of the military conducting secret projects that–for some reason known only to them–involve the mutilation of hundreds of cattle in an area that includes Colorado Springs, the NORAD command base inside Cheyenne Mountain and the strange little town called Dulce on a small Apache Reservation?

Stalking the Herd is an in-depth examination and analysis of this complex, multi-layered mystery and this book scrutinizes the various explanations that have been proposed over the years.
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Stalking the Herd: Unraveling the Cattle Mutilation Mystery
Who or What is Behind the Cattle Mutilations?

The cattle mutilation phenomenon is an ongoing mystery that has endured for almost 50 years. What have we learned, if anything, from the countless reports filed? Who or what is behind the death and disfigurement of livestock reported as mutilated around the globe?

Are these deaths simply attributable to natural predators and scavengers? Or is the military/government somehow involved; perhaps monitoring "mad cow disease"? Are the deaths the action of ritual "cultists" as police say the evidence would suggest? Is it possible that alien predators are involved, as some researchers and the media have suggested? Are black helicopters or UFOs related to the cattle mutilation phenomenon as many witnesses have claimed? Regardless of who or what is responsible, what are the motivations behind perpetrating what may be the greatest unsolved serial crime spree of all time?

Stalking the Herd addresses these questions in depth and also offers an objective look at the history of our venerated relationship with cattle, the first domesticated livestock. Is there a connection between these ritualistic cattle deaths and humankind's ancient practice of animal sacrifice? Why are there no Brahman cattle mutilations in India where cattle are revered to this day? Are aliens gathering genetic material for unknown purposes? What about the thousands of pounds of scientific forensic evidence? Are some hidden sections of the military conducting secret projects that–for some reason known only to them–involve the mutilation of hundreds of cattle in an area that includes Colorado Springs, the NORAD command base inside Cheyenne Mountain and the strange little town called Dulce on a small Apache Reservation?

Stalking the Herd is an in-depth examination and analysis of this complex, multi-layered mystery and this book scrutinizes the various explanations that have been proposed over the years.
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Stalking the Herd: Unraveling the Cattle Mutilation Mystery

Stalking the Herd: Unraveling the Cattle Mutilation Mystery

by Christopher O'Brien
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Who or What is Behind the Cattle Mutilations?

The cattle mutilation phenomenon is an ongoing mystery that has endured for almost 50 years. What have we learned, if anything, from the countless reports filed? Who or what is behind the death and disfigurement of livestock reported as mutilated around the globe?

Are these deaths simply attributable to natural predators and scavengers? Or is the military/government somehow involved; perhaps monitoring "mad cow disease"? Are the deaths the action of ritual "cultists" as police say the evidence would suggest? Is it possible that alien predators are involved, as some researchers and the media have suggested? Are black helicopters or UFOs related to the cattle mutilation phenomenon as many witnesses have claimed? Regardless of who or what is responsible, what are the motivations behind perpetrating what may be the greatest unsolved serial crime spree of all time?

Stalking the Herd addresses these questions in depth and also offers an objective look at the history of our venerated relationship with cattle, the first domesticated livestock. Is there a connection between these ritualistic cattle deaths and humankind's ancient practice of animal sacrifice? Why are there no Brahman cattle mutilations in India where cattle are revered to this day? Are aliens gathering genetic material for unknown purposes? What about the thousands of pounds of scientific forensic evidence? Are some hidden sections of the military conducting secret projects that–for some reason known only to them–involve the mutilation of hundreds of cattle in an area that includes Colorado Springs, the NORAD command base inside Cheyenne Mountain and the strange little town called Dulce on a small Apache Reservation?

Stalking the Herd is an in-depth examination and analysis of this complex, multi-layered mystery and this book scrutinizes the various explanations that have been proposed over the years.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781939149060
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Publication date: 03/15/2014
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Christopher O'Brien has devoted 20 years to investigating and researching hundreds of these unexplained livestock deaths and assessing the potential implications for humanity. With the help of a handful of unsung "mutologist" proto-scientific pioneers, O'Brien has synthesized an insightful explanation that may help explain this puzzling mystery–a mystery that may have profound implications for our rapidly-growing beef-eating culture. He is the author of the books Secrets of the Mysterious Valley and Stalking the Tricksters, among others.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction David Perkins i

Foreword Greg Bishop xv

Chapter 1 Holy Cow 1

Taming the Wild Aurochs

The Earliest Depictions

Holy Cows and Sacred Bulls

McAloo for You?

Apis and Hathor

The Minoans and Greeks

The Golden Calf

"Cows are everything, they are our happiness"

Mithraism Arrives in Rome

Olé!

Running With the Bulls

The Longest Eight Seconds in Sports

Professional Tricksters

Chapter 2 Before the Horse Was Snipped 49

"It tendeth toward some fireworks"

Daemonologie

Charles Fort Coins the Term

Hindi Horse-Slasher Convicted: 1903

Murder Down Under: 1902

Alexander Hamilton, Lies and a "Liar's Club"

Rare Cases from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

The Red Sun That Takes Away the Cattle

Chapter 3 "Oh Lord, defend us from our defenders!" 89

Setting the Stage

Where Did Snippy Go?

The Story Gets Out

Guilt By Association

"Flying Saucers Killed My Horse!"

The UFO Connection

From the Horse's Mouth

Nellie's Diary?

The Snippy Skeleton Auction

Condon Report: Case #32

What Else Was Happening in the Fail of 1967?

Little-Known Cases from the Late 1960s

Chapter 4 The Early 1970s-Setting the Stage 127

Levitating Calves of Brazil

When the Meme Goes Dormant

Momo the Hairy Giant

1972: The Year the Mutilators Took a Sabbatical

Caribour, Nerve Gas and You

Rustling Pigs by Chopper in Iowa

Judy Doraty Case

Here Come the Choppers

The 1973 Chopper/UFO Wave

The Meme Expands

"The Killer Cult Terrorizing Mid-America"

Hynek and The Flickinger Report

A Conspiracy?

Chapter 5 The Hell Years: 1975-1978 165

Meet the Databases

The Early Cases in 1975

The Cheyenne Mountain Cases

The Scourge Begins to Spread

Let's Chase Down Them Choppers!

The Greatest Outrage in Ranching History?

Who Are Those People in Them Hoodies?

The San Luis Valley Gets Hammered

The Surgeons with Pinking Shears

How Do You Explain When the Cases Stop Cold

1976: The Cases Return with a Vengeance

1977: Shotguns, Bioweapons, Choppers and Horse Slashers

Cattle Mutilations Called Episode of Collective Delusion

JFK, Jr. and the Wind River Mutes

1978: Investigators Scratching Their Collective Heads

Do They Glow in the Dark?

Chapter 6 A Hell Year Return: 1979 237

Canary in a Coal Mine?

Wallabies, Cookie Cutters and More Mutes

The Albuquerque/Harrison Schmitt Conference

Latin America, Fools Gold and the King Ranch

Ground Zero in Arkansas and New Mexico

Aliens Shootin' and Mutin'

Alberta, Feedlot Demons and Canaries

North of the Border

Black Hawk Cow Down

Chapter 7 The 1980s 277

Operation Animal Mutilation

Critique of the Rommel Probe

The Mutilations Recommence

Those Damnable Devil Worshippers!

Mother Nature Coughed and Bellowed

Trickster Rides the Chopper

Hoeppner's Samples and More Cases

1981 Starts With a Bang

B.C. or Bust

New Mexico, Oregon and Back to Canada

Betty Hill: Mute Investigator

Let's Play Leapfrog

Dulce Gas Mask, Radar Chaff and Ultraviolence

Half-Cats, Dogs and Mutes

These are Some Sick Individuals

1983 and 1984: And You Thought We Were Through

1985: Keeping the Livestock Alive

Cases All Over the Map

1986: Are These Guys Ever Gonna Stop?

1987 through 1989: Is This An Alien Harvest?

Chapter 8 The 1990s 365

The Alabama Wave

"There were no tracks, no blood, no nothin'!"

Careful What You Wish For!

"This is getting too weird,"

Adams and Perkins County

Who are the Chopper Pilots?

Training the Investigators

The Del Norte, Colorado Calf

They Stole His Pet Bear!

Floating Humanoids in the Huerfano

... "it was an environmental hazard."

They're Both Lumberjacks and They're OK

Who is Playing Copycat?

Pure Hemoglobin and BLT

We were in the same pasture when it happened!

The UK Needs More Investigators and Researchers

They've Abducted an Elk?

Cats, Bulls, Cows and Ohio Joins the Fray

They've Gone to the Dogs

Chapter 9 The 2000s and Beyond 425

The Cases Continue (They Never Went Away)

Let's Support Public Sector Science

Hoofin' Footin' the Mouth South of the Border

Cows Found Stuffed Inside a Water Tank

Back North Stateside

Another Arkansas Wave Begins

My Last Mute Field Investigation

Meet Chuck Zukowski

Margie Kay in the "Show Me" State

Chapter 10 Bizarre Mutilation Cases: "It Must be Aliens, Right?" 455

The Blood Sucking Scorpion Crab Thingy

Animals Found in Trees

It Must Have Been el Chupacabra

The Varginha Case

Brazil Cow and Sheep Mystery

Human Mutilations

Hitting a Brick Wall

Humans Mutes in Africa Today

Chapter 11 Mutes and the Media 481

The Terms We Choose: The Role of Languaging

Do Reporters Fan the Flames of Hysteria?

A Hoax About a Hoaxer?

Sensationalizing the Sensational

Careful What You Wish For: The BBC Boys

This is NOT a Funny Subject!

Chapter 12 Mad Cows and Angry Ranchers 499

A Self-Negating Mystery

Where's the Beef?

Did You Know?

Modern Beef is What's for Dinner

Auntie Biotic Abuse

The Politics of Modern 21st Century Beef

Meet the Meat Monster

I Know, It's Just a Coincidence, Right?

Who Knows What Outbreak Lurks?

Anthrax

Mad Cow Disease: Is it Loose in the Food Chain?

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

NIDS and the Mad Cow Paper

NIDS Conclusion, Hypothesis and Predictions

Why Leave the Body?

Where Does That Leave US?

Debunking Common Theories About Cattle Mutilations

MuteSpeak: Stalking the Stalkers

Bibliography/Suggested Reading 561

About the Author: 563

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