Was it UFO? Unknown Horse Killer Lurks in Eastern Plains
Scott Rappold
Colorado Springs Gazette
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Calhan, Colorado (US):
This is eastern El Paso County, where stories of mysterious black aircraft, unexplained lights in the sky and bizarre cattle experimentation aren’t considered too farfetched.
Many remember the string of cattle mutilations that occurred in the 1970s and happen to this day. Of course, it’s been a long time since Colorado ranchers sat on their porches at night with shotguns, scanning the sky, but there’s a new mystery on the eastern plains, one involving the unexplained deaths of six horses and a burro in Calhan.
The case has UFO investigators talking about aliens and mysterious black helicopters. Several have launched their own investigations into the deaths. The truth, they say, is out there. On Oct. 11, six horses and a burro — all healthy — were found dead in a field near Calhan. The veterinarian who examined them, Dr. John Heikkila, ruled out a winter storm, disease, toxic plants and lightning.
Officials remain puzzled by the quarter-inch puncture holes in the animals’ hides, originally thought to be gunshot wounds, but no evidence of bullets was found. Toxicology tests for common poisons came up negative, and expensive testing for “unusual possibilities” was not done, because of cost, Heikkila wrote in his Nov. 20 autopsy report. He concluded that an unusual toxin, delivered through a dart or pellet, caused the deaths.
The horses’ owner, Bonny Blasingame, also thinks they were poisoned. She doesn’t know who would do it, but others have an idea. “I’ve talked to several of my friends who think that it’s aliens,” Blasingame said.
She said she didn’t laugh. Fears were heightened by the deaths of 16 more horses, found near Calhan on Oct. 22, though investigators determined lightning caused the deaths.
Dec 26, 2005
Scott Rappold
Colorado Springs Gazette
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Calhan, Colorado (US):
This is eastern El Paso County, where stories of mysterious black aircraft, unexplained lights in the sky and bizarre cattle experimentation aren’t considered too farfetched.
Many remember the string of cattle mutilations that occurred in the 1970s and happen to this day. Of course, it’s been a long time since Colorado ranchers sat on their porches at night with shotguns, scanning the sky, but there’s a new mystery on the eastern plains, one involving the unexplained deaths of six horses and a burro in Calhan.
The case has UFO investigators talking about aliens and mysterious black helicopters. Several have launched their own investigations into the deaths. The truth, they say, is out there. On Oct. 11, six horses and a burro — all healthy — were found dead in a field near Calhan. The veterinarian who examined them, Dr. John Heikkila, ruled out a winter storm, disease, toxic plants and lightning.
Officials remain puzzled by the quarter-inch puncture holes in the animals’ hides, originally thought to be gunshot wounds, but no evidence of bullets was found. Toxicology tests for common poisons came up negative, and expensive testing for “unusual possibilities” was not done, because of cost, Heikkila wrote in his Nov. 20 autopsy report. He concluded that an unusual toxin, delivered through a dart or pellet, caused the deaths.
The horses’ owner, Bonny Blasingame, also thinks they were poisoned. She doesn’t know who would do it, but others have an idea. “I’ve talked to several of my friends who think that it’s aliens,” Blasingame said.
She said she didn’t laugh. Fears were heightened by the deaths of 16 more horses, found near Calhan on Oct. 22, though investigators determined lightning caused the deaths.
Dec 26, 2005
