Animal Mutilation FAQ's

Animal Mutilation FAQs.

Why are LITS / UFOS or Unknown Animals often reported in association to animal mutilation cases?

Preliminary research suggests that in the majority of ET or Unknown Animal theorised animal mutilation cases, attendant UFO or cat activity is generally reported post the event. This would suggest that the only reason the UFO or cat is associated with a specific case of mutilation could be that the witness is led during questioning.
An individual who is already under a high amount of stress related to the discovery of a mutilated carcass can in no way be regarded as psychologically sound at the time of questioning. To ask a witness if he /she saw unusual lights around the time of the event could only be counterproductive to the investigation.

Why are animal mutilations reported to UFO or paranormal investigation groups?

This is quite simple; there is no reason. A witness who makes his first line of contact a Para or UFO group instead of a vet or the police could be said to have decided that the animal’s death and / or injuries may have been caused by something of this nature. This would make the investigation biased from the angle of the witness from the start. The animal’s owner can hope to gain nothing other than notoriety or publicity from reporting an unusual animal death to most groups of this kind. There have been many prosecutions worldwide for acts of unspeakable cruelty on animals, but sadly many more cases that remain unsolved due to the cases not being reported to the police. UPIA are a little different than most in that we submit any relevant findings to the police or DEFRA.

So, in animal mutilation cases, what are the ‘Typical’ or ‘Classic’ injuries one would expect to see?

Certain injuries are regarded by some ‘Experts in the Field’ to be conclusive proof of Alien participation. Unfortunately, the majority of ‘Experts’ only gain their understanding of forensics from historical reports found on the internet, a lot of which have been changed to fit the ET or Unknown Animal hypothesis, and were originally carried out by individuals who have no qualifications or understanding of forensics or pathology, let alone zoology or basic anatomy. It is worth remembering that it is unlikely for anyone with a belief in the ET or Big Cat Animal Mutilation theory to publish reports of cases which are proved to be non ET or Cat related, therefore this information is one-sided. Below is a list of common injuries -which seem to appear extensively, and in many cases back to the earliest known report of the injury – with possible alternative (and mundane) explanations.

Exsanguination.

Exsanguination is the technical term used by experts to describe a complete lack of blood within the body of the animal. In a lot of cases, the term Ensanguination is incorrectly used instead. (Ensanguinate means ‘to fill with blood’)

The presumption that an animal has been exanguinated is often made on the principle that no blood is observed during the examination of the animal – please bear in mind at this point that ‘Full Examination’ may be translated to ‘Stood At A Distance’ or ‘Poked With A Stick’ when this task is carried out by some investigators.

The lack of visual blood in itself is not unusual, as without conducting a full autopsy of the animal it would be impossible to conclusively tell whether there was blood in the carcass or not.

During the first six hours post mortem, all body fluids gravitate to the lowest point of the body – the point of the animal’s body which is in contact with the surface it is found on. Unless the animal is turned over (in which case blood and fluid deposits will be viewable as a bluish black discoloration of the skin) or properly examined by a qualified pathologist the animal cannot be thought to be exanguine on observation alone.

Another popular theory that the uninitiated examiner may cite to give substance to a presumed lack of blood, is that the animal’s wounds do not appear to have bled. It is in fact typical of post mortem mutilation for the animal to not bleed, or at most seep slowly. After death, the circulatory system no longer pumps blood through the body; therefore although wounds inflicted within a few hours of death may seep slightly, no significant haemorrhage is possible. Any wounds upon an animal’s carcass which do not appear to have bled out can therefore be assumed to be post-mortem.

A knowledgeable examiner will therefore conclude that a lack of visible blood at the scene where wounds would suggest there would be a substantial amount of blood loss, and there is no evidence of environmental or scavenger ‘clean up’, would conclude not that the animal had been subject to some vampire ET attack, but that in all probability the animal had been moved from the place where it had died. (Luminol can be used to determine to some extent if the site has been cleaned up, although not conclusively.) Other reasons for the appearance of lack of blood within the body include cat attacks, where wild cats are known to drink the blood of their prey, and hunters have killed and then ‘bled’ the animal.

I haven’t found a single qualified pathologists report from a case of animal mutilation where it has been conclusively proved that the animal suffered Exsanguination.

Removal of Organs, Tissue and Body Parts etc.

To find the carcass of a severely mutilated animal is unpleasant and stressful to say the least. The realisation that some of its body parts have been removed can be downright horrifying to our well ordered human minds and sense of self-preservation.
Unfortunately, this aspect if often utilised by less professional investigators to evoke a kind of macabre fascination to their case. In reality, most, if not all cases with missing parts can be explained rationally.

For the purpose of this essay, we will divide animals into three groups –farmed animals, wild animals and pets. Most of the following reality explanations can be applied to all the groups.

Cases involving farm animals are generally divided into two groups by the nature of their apparent injuries:
In ET attack cases, the injuries seem to the uninformed investigator to reflect surgically precise cuts or incisions and careful removal of visible parts or organs which are inferred to have been taken as ‘samples’ by alien visitors, and Unknown Animal attacks, which tend to be rather more messy, and tend to look like a scene from the Chainsaw Massacre films, and include attacks by Big Cats and the ever elusive Chupacubra (although it is unfair to apportion guilt to a creature whose very existence has never been proved).

There are many cases where animals have been found and the body cavity has been reported to be completely devoid of organs or the brain is said to be missing. Again, these observations should be taken with a pinch of salt if this information has not been forwarded by a vet or other specialist, as most animal mutilation hobbyists have no real knowledge of anatomy, or the processes by which tissue decomposes. Most organ tissue can begin to liquefy within hours in the right environment as does insect activity, but this would probably be overlooked by the hobbyist due to the fact that they probably wouldn’t even know the correct procedure to ascertain approximate time of death, let alone have studied the intricacies of entomology…

The missing organ aspect tends to apply exclusively to wild or farmed animals, and the occasional but very rare horse.

There are several reasons why organs may be missing other than putrification, the most likely one being that the organs have been scavenged by a predator. Although it is worth noting that most cats wouldn’t eat the lesser organs if there was prime flesh on the menu, there are plenty of other opportunistic meat eaters roaming (and flying) the earth who wouldn’t pass up the chance of an easy meal. Illegal hunters have also been known to gut animals before taking them home, as I discovered when investigating the case of a mutilated deer last year, at which point the case becomes a police matter.

Insect activity may be the cause of odd holes found on corpses too. Bot flies, for example, have a lovely and very intricate reproductive cycle which culminates in a half inch long maggot being embedded in flesh, happily munching away. Nice. I wont go into that any further – just try to accept that insects can and will burrow into living and dead flesh, which could explain some of the odd ‘injuries’ found in mutilation cases. Birds and small carnivores will also happily dig little holes into flesh, and will generally start with the most easily available parts, which may explain missing eyes and tongues.

Small body parts, such as ears, tails or feet are often removed as trophies by illegal hunters, much in the same way as people will have a stuffed animal head adorning their wall, or a ‘lucky’ rabbit’s foot – again, this is a matter for the police. Skin may be removed is to prevent identification of the animal. These injuries are often made with very clean cuts – that’s because the cuts were made by a person with a very sharp knife or, depending on the environment, the flesh around the wound has begun to dry out and curl back, making the wound appear cleaner than it was originally.

Long Neat Incisions.

Often, supposedly mutilated animals exhibit what could be described as ‘surgical incisions’. These marks are often accredited to either big cats or alien visitations. If this observation has been made by a professional individual who has the skill necessary to reach that conclusion, such as a vet or pathologist, the case should be a police matter - Its most likely that the incision has been made by a disturbed individual with a sharp knife – another good reason why these cases should be reported to the appropriate organisations.

Other reasons for very neat, cut like apertures come from the natural decomposition of the flesh – during this process the putrification of organs create gases which expand within the body, causing the skin to stretch and split. As the gases escape, the skin starts to dry and shrink, making the splits appear very neat. Much in the same way that a tear in stretched fabric does.

I’ve found an animal I believe has been mutilated – what do I do?

First of all, don’t panic – as illustrated above, although most cases are upsetting most injuries can be rationally explained.

If the animal belongs to you, contact your vet or the RSPCA. A vet is the only person that will be able to determine conclusively the extent of the animals injuries and if a crime may have taken place.

If you find livestock or a wild animal, please contact your local police, DEFRA or the RSPCA, who will be able to assist you further.

Feel free to contact UPIA for advice, but not until you have notified the appropriate authorities. Although our animal scene investigators are trained to preserve evidence, we are not trained vets or pathologists. We can, however, give advice on what precautions you can take to preserve the scene for further investigation.