Sightings1967

Death of 'Snippy' the horse near Alamosa, Colorado

Name: Death of 'Snippy' the horse near Alamosa, Colorado
Start: 1967-09
Location: Alamosa, CO

When: Sep 1967
Where: Alamosa, CO
Sources: 1 public source

Alamosa, Colorado, near where the horse Snippy was found dead in 1967 Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A three-year-old Appaloosa called Snippy was found dead on a ranch north of Alamosa in the San Luis Valley, and claims of a missing-blood mutilation tied the case to UFOs. Sheriff's investigators and veterinarians disagreed on the cause; a shooting was among the explanations offered.

Sources

PressTown gets Snippy about skeleton of mutilated horse (opens in a new tab)The Denver Post / 2006-12-08

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