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Snippy the Horse - First Animal Mutilation Case

DATE9 Sep 1967
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONAlamosa, Colorado, USA, United States
COORDINATES39.73°N, 105.99°W

An Appaloosa mare was found dead and mutilated near Alamosa with smooth cuts, missing flesh, and no blood. This became the first widely-reported animal mutilation case linked to UFO activity, sparking decades of cattle mutilation investigations.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // COMPILED REFERENCE · CTD-0165 ]

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