# Predators, disease and scavenging, read as mutilation.

> Most likely: Predators, disease and scavenging, read as mutilation.

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# Predators, disease and scavenging, read as mutilation.

Predators, disease and scavenging, read as mutilation.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Wound edges show tooth and beak marks under magnification; bloat and scavenging account for missing tissue and apparent bloodlessness.

## What would rule it out

- A necropsy by an independent veterinary pathologist finding cuts with heat or tool signatures and no scavenger marks.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[The Roosevelt vet who assisted NIDS with necropsies said its one case so far was not a mutilation, and put…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014YD476K9/the-roosevelt-vet-who-assisted-nids-with-necropsies-said-its)

Suggestive

FOR

[The county sheriff's office said mutilation reports usually arrive one to three weeks after the animal is…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014YMY098N/the-county-sheriffs-office-said-mutilation-reports-usually)

Suggestive

FOR

[The missing parts the family described (an eye, the rectum) are the soft tissues scavengers take first.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014CJT2DE1/the-missing-parts-the-family-described-an-eye-the-rectum-are)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[What happened to the Shermans' cattle?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D0147YC7V7H/what-happened-to-the-shermans-cattle)

Most likelyPredators, disease and scavenging, read as mutilation

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Predators, disease and scavenging, read as mutilation. [Answer ANS0D014CB02BG8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D014CB02BG8
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