Across the open rangelands of the American West, ranchers began finding their cattle dead under baffling circumstances—organs removed with surgical precision, blood mysteriously absent, and no tracks of predators or people anywhere around the scene. For decades, these incidents appeared without pattern or warning, often accompanied by reports of strange lights, low humming noises, or an eerie stillness settling over the land hours before the discovery. Law enforcement, veterinarians, and even federal investigators have all studied the phenomenon, yet a small but troubling percentage of cases refuse to fit any conventional explanation. Today, the mystery continues to shadow rural communities, leaving behind more questions than answers.

Join us on this episode of Three Theories as we explore three distinct possibilities behind the chilling phenomenon of cattle mutilations. Are these deaths simply the misunderstood work of natural decay and scavengers? Could they be part of covert human research or classified operations? Or is something far stranger responsible for what ranchers keep finding in their fields? What do you believe?

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