- Update From Bill Oliver <boliver@direct.ca
11-13-98
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- Add Denver To The List
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- From: WHawkI@aol.com <WHawkI@aol.com
To: boliver@direct.ca <boliver@direct.ca Date: November 13, 1998 12:18
PM Subject: 1/2 cats
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- I was looking at some of the stories
on the Sightings web page when I saw the story of the !/2 cats.
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- About 2 years ago I was walking my dog
in the park in a northern suburb of Denver (I've walked him there almost
every day for the last 11 years) and came upon a black cat that was cut
in half. It was so gross that all I did was push it off the side of the
path so my dog wouldn't see it. It was if someone had cut in two right
under the rib cage. It looked like a straight cut
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- I didn't look to see if any organs were
missing but there was no blood present and neither was the lower half of
the body.
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- I figured it was either the fox that
run through the area or some nutcakes practicing some sort of satanic rituals.
The next day the carcass was gone so I just forgot about the whole thing
until reading your story.
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- Now I wonder if there might be something
else going on!
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- Hello,
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- Over in New Mexico we have ourselves
a serial cat murderer and mutilator on the loose. Yup, police in and around
the city of Los Alamos are telling cat owners to keep their cats inside
of their house, unless they want to risk getting their feline friends murdered
and mutilated.
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- On Wednesday, a girl searching for her
missing cat discovered a DUMP SITE where a killer had discarded THREE different
cats, after murdering them. All three cats were mutilated as well. And
yes, one of the cats WAS the cat that this girl was looking for. She found
her cat, but certainly not in the condition that she was hoping to find
him.
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- All three murdered cats were taken to
a veterinarian, who is trying to figure out exactly how the murders and
mutilations were performed. I wish there some info given on exactly what
TYPE of mutilation was done. You know me, always eager to hear and read
about all the gory details.
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- Meow meow,
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- JOE
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- The following appears courtesy of the
9/10/98 Reuters news wire:
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- Warnings Issued After Cat Mutilations
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- (LOS ALAMOS) Reuters --Police are warning
Los Alamos residents to keep their cats indoors in the wake of a grisly
discovery. Yesterday, a Los Alamos girl searching for her missing cat discovered
a shallow grave in a forested area containing three mutilated cats, including
her own. The animals' bodies have been taken to a Los Alamos-area veterinarian
for examination.
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- This one is from 1997
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- First, a bit of (probably extraneous)
background: I work for a media clipping and research bureau in Omaha,
NE. As such, I see most of the TV news broadcasts from area cities - Omaha,
Lincoln, and Des Moines, IA. All day. EVERY day. Now...earlier this week,
I saw a report on Lincoln, NE's [1] CBS affiliate KOLN. The content of
this story was the fact that the Capital Humane Society will not allow
black cats to be adopted near Halloween, since people apparently have the
habit of hurting the poor critters. The director of the local chapter
was even featured in a soundbite, discussing the practice.
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- The gauntlet was thrown down. Naturally,
I had to pick it up. That afternoon, I rang the Capital Humane Society.
There I spoke to someone named "Don," who is the assistant director
if I understood him correctly. He told me that yes, in fact that chapter
will not allow black cats to be adopted near Halloween, and for the reason
that they are prone to sacrifice/mutilation, etc.
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- I asked him if there had ever been in
his memory an *actual incident* involving the mutilation or killing of
a cat. He said in fact there had been, about "five or six" years
ago. He said that a black cat had been brought in post-Halloween, partially
flayed but still alive. They apparently saved the poor thing, with the
help of a local vet who runs a clinic devoted to cats. He also said that
a Florida company had been involved, supplying some sort of skin substitute
for the kitty. He even gave me the name *and* telephone number of the vet
who helped save the cat, who I will probably call on Monday. Supposedly,
the cat now resides at her clinic.
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- He couldn't (or wouldn't) give me an
answer as to whether or not he thought the UL spurred the mutilation, or
vice versa. He DID cite the alleged use of the feline in "satanic"
rituals as the reason for such mutilations. I wonder if the vet will have
any opinion on the genesis of this bizarro practice. I'm also wondering
if she'll have any knowledge of any other incidents.
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- I have never heard of any satanic cult
practice involving the sacrifice of live cats. I think personally that
the word "satanic" is far overused to describe things that are
otherwise abhorrent.
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- On a related note, whilst watching the
news of late, I've noticed that the shooting spree that occurred in Mississippi
a couple of weeks ago has now been attributed at least in part to satanic
worship; the same goes for a suicide and attempted suicide in Keokuk, a
town on the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. KCCI, the CBS affiliate
(hmm...a trend) in Des Moines, IA [2], had a piece on of late about the
existence of satanic cults in the upper Midwest. Some "expert"
appeared in the clip, claiming that Satan worship is far more common in
the Midwest than one might think. Sounds like typical local news fearmongering
to me...however, I do find the assertion interesting, if not particularly
believable. At any rate, I shall report back on my conversation with the
aforementioned veterinarian ASAP.
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- Note - We received the following two
stories from Bill Oliver of UFO*BC which further underscore the growing
problem of the bizarre cat mutilations he has been investigating since
the phenomena first came to his attention over a year ago. Bill has dubbed
these strange mutilations 'half cats' because that's all that is usually
found of the unfortunate animals. Should you have any further information
about this strange, and growing, unpleasant issue please contact Bill via
the above email.
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- Who..or What..Is Causing Cat
Mutilations?
By Doug Murphy Staff Writer
(unidentified Arizona newspaper)
7-29-98
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- You let the cat out in the middle of
the night. Come morning you find its remains in a nearby field, the heart,
liver and lungs missing. Was it a predator or a person? Or does it fall
into the unexplained category, a Ahwatukee Foothills version of X-Files?
Good questions.
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- According to Phoenix police officer Tom
Craig, an Ahwatukee Foothills resident who has been investigating a recent
spate of cat killings, "It could be a coyote, although the wounds
to the cats seem to be pretty clean cuts."
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- Craig isn't sure what to make of the
occasional cat mutilations. "It's kinda weird," he admitted,
which seems to be the only thing that people can agree upon.
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- Shannon Doorley, who lives near 47th
Street and Chandler Boulevard, agrees. Four of her neighbors, she says,
have found mutilated dead cats in the last few weeks. "It's scary
when lots of domestic cats are found with their parts all over," she
said.
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- One neighbor's cats was found with its
neck broken, cut open with the internal organs missing. Another, she reported,
was found with a perfect circle cut in it, and another neighbor found just
a leg and tail while walking one of the greenbelts.
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- As with every other recent unexplained
phenomenon, El Niño could provide one answer. With a mild, wet winter
the animal population has thrived, creating a large number of animals at
both ends of the food chain. Plant life provides food for mice, rabbits
and birds, which in turn means easy hunting for owls and coyotes, which
still live in Ahwatukee Foothills.
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- "I've seen coyotes roaming this
area at night," said Craig, who used to work the night shift in Ahwatukee
Foothills. "They were here before we were." Fellow officer Robert
"Barney" Barnhart said that the police once took a cat that had
been killed to a veterinarian to see if the cause of death could be determined.
The vet, according to Barnhart, thought an owl was probably the culprit,
but couldn't rule out human intervention.
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- But Dr. Patty O'Beirn of the Mountain
Park Ranch Animal Hospital believes the cause might be more sinister. "I'm
definitely suspicious that something is happening in this area," she
said.
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- O'Beirn has heard stories about mutilated
cats from her clients, and a year ago, she said, a fellow veterinarian
saw the remains of a cat with injuries that appeared to have been inflicted
with a sharp instrument
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- "I can't honestly tell you what
is causing these wounds," she said, since she hasn't been able to
inspect the bodies of the animals. Craig, who patrols this area, said,
"I doubt it's a satanic thing. We haven't found anyone that we can
really tie to it."
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- With no suspects, no motives, no witnesses
and uncertainty as to even whether the wounds were caused by man or animal,
Craig said, "I can't rule out anything."
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- The only advice that Craig had for cat
owners was the obvious one: "I would say keep them inside."
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- Police Investigate Strange
Cat Mutilations
Note - We do not have the exact
date of this story but it is recent
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- LEE (AP) -- The mutilated bodies of several cats, cut in half perhaps
with a sword or machete, have been found in recent weeks on lawns and roadsides
of this rural town, police said yesterday.
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- The mutilations have upset many town
residents, prompting some to keep a closer watch on pets and even children.
Police Sgt. Joseph Buffis said authorities fear the violence could potentially
escalate into attacks on humans. "Somebody's obviously very troubled,
and we need to find the person and get them whatever help they need,"
he said.
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- The bodies of four cats -- either the
front or back halves -- were recovered within the last month in a northwestern
section of this Berkshire Mountain town. Police were checking yesterday
into a fifth unconfirmed report that another cat's body turned up in the
neighboring town of Lenox.
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- There was little blood where the bodies
were found, so the cats were apparently mutilated elsewhere. Sgt. Buffis
said police have few leads and can't say for sure if the mutilations occurred
locally. However, most of the dead animals were found in a radius of about
one mile. "I ... make sure my cat's in. It's a little alarming,"
said Susie Brown, a town resident. "I do try to keep a little better
eye on her."
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- Authorities had been unable to identify
any of the dead cats or possible owners. They say the number of missing
cats in town has risen dramatically from just two or three in August 1995
to about 20 a year later. Sgt. Buffis said some of the rise may be blamed
on coyotes or traffic accidents, but he suspects that some of the missing
cats fell victim to mutilation.
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- It is illegal to neglect or abuse animals,
and Sgt. Buffis said police were not looking on the case as a prank, however
cruel. He said autopsies indicate the cats were dead when they were cut
apart.
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- Animal sacrifice or mutilation can occur
in the context of religious or quasi-religious teen-age cults, according
to Theodora Capaldo, president of Psychologists for Ethical Treatment of
Animals. Animal mutilation can also signal a mental disorder and sometimes
accompany wife and child abuse, she said.
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- She also said cats, with their evil associations
in occult lore, are often the targets of mistreatment. "Cats have
become a symbolic animal that people tend to project all sorts of evil
onto," she said.
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- However, Humane Society officer Randy
Lockwood, who is also a psychologist specializing in human-animal relationships,
said, "This is probably the act not of organized Satan worshipers,
but of what we might call ... disturbed youth."
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