I am still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing. I have been around cattle all my life. I am 57. We lose animals to a variety of things but never anything like this. I found my first one on Dec. 23, 2011. Not sure why but my very first thought was kids. But upon closer inspection decided the "cuts" were too precise and the lack of blood just didn't make since. Second place I went was cult or some kind of witch craft type worship/sacrifice. I was totally unaware of this type of thing, so immediately started researching and found it happens all over the country and has been reported as far back as the 60's, as I'm sure you already know. I feel it probably happened even before that and even more often than is reported now.
I have read about everything I can find out there and there is an argument (pro & con) for about anything the human mind can imagine. I am open minded, but do believe it was human or something out of the norm be it Govt. or of paranormal nature. These cows were not killed by an animal. Yes, insects are definitely contributing to the decomposition. Also, when they split from bloating the skin will look somewhat stretched. In the case of the calf, which I have attached below, You won't have bloating in the head. The ear was without a doubt in my mind, cut off, as was the hide along the jaw, the tongue removed and a circle above the eye. It's tail was cut off and lying behind it, but the female parts were gone. This calf had not been dead long enough to begin bloating. It didn't even have the insects on it yet. I have been back to look at the 2 most recent ones and the coyotes, vultures, etc. seem to be avoiding them. Usually a carcass will be quickly dismembered and bones strung around as the coyotes, etc drag off pieces and eat on it. These are still intact.
This property is relatively isolated and not much traffic travels the road that it is on. None of the neighbors have a view of the property from their homes and I do not live at this property. I have talked to many of them and most have not heard of this and say they didn't see or hear anything unusual. I only know of other cases that I have found online. The closest being the one that was in Jan. 2012 in northern Kansas City near the air port (which was a month after my first one and I did see it on the news on TV) and in Rich Hill, MO which is south of me. I live fairly close to an air base and have seen a lot of helicopter activity the last couple of years. Not to mention the chemtrail activity.
Actually the more I look at the photo, I didn't realize it at the time, but the eyeball may have possibly been removed.
hope you don't mind - "non-other that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" - I think you mean "none other than".
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But that certainly begs the question, what do you do with all these weird random cow parts? Is someone building a freaky monster or are they just very particular about their cuts of beef? 
