Now for the otherworldly side of this debate that debunks the debunkers and, yes, I agree with Styx in that many possible overlapping explanations can all be in play at once with this once odd phenomenon. Now this cowazy crap is at least nearly a half century old... that seems kinda like a common thing at this juncture, as opposed to a formerly extremely weird anomaly that it used to be. Take a look-see...
Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon and ET Connections Crystalinks https://www.crystalinks.com › cattle_mutilation Sheep, horses or even humans have also been similarly mutilated, according to some accounts. Many mutilated cattle have been found marked with fluorescent paint ...
https://www.crystalinks.com/cattle_mutilation.html
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