Updated 15/10/2020

2020 has been a strange year, it has to be said, with the global coronavirus epidemic dominating news across the world. The summer months brought more strangeness in the form of animal mutilations across France, the UK and Oregon, USA. (Now Sweden and Kenya too)

Taking inspiration from the US government's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), we put together a set of 'five observables or 'calling cards': which might help identify genuine cases of unusual animal mutilation.

Unusual Animal Mutilation (UAM) - 'calling cards'

- Remote location; no evidence of a struggle, no tracks, no signs of predation, suggestion animal was killed elsewhere and deposited at the scene.

- No blood, or very little blood found at the scene, possible evidence of exsanguination.

- Precise, almost surgical, removal of tissue and organs, usually bloodless suggesting that the cuts were made post mortem.

- Flesh removed from jaw area, exposing clean bone, ears cut back to skull, circular or oval incision to rectal area, eyes and genitals frequently removed and absent from scene. Small holes through which organs are sometimes removed.

- UAP, UFO, strange lights and/or other unusual aerial activity, such as helicopters, observed in or around the area. May also be associated with other types of paranormal phenomena, such as cryptids or poltergeist activity.

The following reports conform to the above criteria:

The UK

22nd January, Pob Green, Diggle (new) https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...rmers-17615193

Tuesday, April 21st, near Netherton, Huddersfield - https://news/18410023.graphic-nether...p-slaughtered/

July, 20th, Barnsley Road, Denby Dale, Huddersfield - https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/...after-18633123

July 5th Todmorden, Calf mutilation - http://www.theoutpostforum.com/tof/s...ll=1#post59565

Healy Dell Nature reserve - unconfirmed report to Deborah Hatswell at BBR (British Bigfoot Research).

Tickton, North Yorkshire - unconfirmed report to Paul Sinclair (Truth Proof).

France - Feb - onwards, 2020

http://www.theoutpostforum.com/tof/s...ll=1#post59557

https://news.sky.com/story/france-ho...tions-12059258

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...igation-latest

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-french-police

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54065973

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...rance-pandemic

Oregon, USA

https://www.opb.org/news/article/cen...tles-ranchers/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...eastern-oregon

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/76728...=1598630572331

13th September Ukiah, Oregon - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...&id=1822295510

11th October 2020 - Lawton, Oklahoma -

https://www.swoknews.com/news/sherif...910a78cd8.html

https://www.earthfiles.com/2020/10/1...tober-11-2020/


Sweden

Https://www.fr24news.com/a/2020/09/h...in-france.html

Kenya

https://www.earthfiles.com/2020/09/2...united-states/

More to come...?