Sightings1974

Cascade County, Montana sheriff's office investigates livestock mutilations

When: Aug 1974
Where: Great Falls, MT
Sources: 2 public sources

Cascade County Courthouse in Great Falls, Montana, county seat during the 1970s mutilation reports Aualliso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From August 1974 into 1976 the Cascade County Sheriff's Office handled more than 100 reported livestock mutilations, many investigated by deputy Keith Wolverton, amid reports of helicopters. A 1980 New Mexico review said Montana's livestock lab blamed scavengers for carcasses it examined.

Sources

PressCattle mutilations: Biggest animal cold case file in the nation? (opens in a new tab)Blaine County Journal (Steve Edwards) / 2019-12-11
OtherOperation Animal Mutilation (Rommel report), Montana section (opens in a new tab)District Attorney, First Judicial District of New Mexico (transcription hosted by RR0) / 1980-06

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