# Some wounds were made by an unknown agent using heat or energy, beyond what scavengers or ordinary tools do.

> Disputed: Some wounds were made by an unknown agent using heat or energy, beyond what scavengers or ordinary tools do.

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[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)[Do the wounds called "mutilations" need any cause beyond scavengers, decomposition or people with knives?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014E9G5Z6R/do-the-wounds-called-mutilations-need-any-cause-beyond)Answer

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# Some wounds were made by an unknown agent using heat or energy, beyond what scavengers or ordinary tools do.

Some wounds were made by an unknown agent using heat or energy, beyond what scavengers or ordinary tools do.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Tissue from wound edges shows heat damage that drying in the open does not produce, in blind comparison with controls.

## What would rule it out

- Blind histology of mutilation and control carcasses finds no difference.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[A Colorado pathologist and a 1991 Oregon State laboratory report found lesions consistent with heat or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0152SR3D9N/a-colorado-pathologist-and-a-1991-oregon-state-laboratory)

Speculative

FOR

[NIDS's own pathologist noted the same changes could come from drying and oxidation of exposed tissue.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D01531J7TTK/nidss-own-pathologist-noted-the-same-changes-could-come-from)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Do the wounds called "mutilations" need any cause beyond scavengers, decomposition or people with knives?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014E9G5Z6R/do-the-wounds-called-mutilations-need-any-cause-beyond)

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

Most likelyScavengers, insects and bloating after a natural death produce the classic picture of missing soft tissue,…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Some wounds were made by an unknown agent using heat or energy, beyond what scavengers or ordinary tools do. [Answer ANS0D0152HY1NVQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D0152HY1NVQ
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