# Onet 2000: Animal Mutilations: What We Know

> George E. Onet, 2000. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The strongest published statement of the "something other than scavengers" reading, from…

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# Animal Mutilations: What We Know

George E. Onet, 2000. _National Institute for Discovery Science_.

NIDS's veterinary pathologist summarises the mutilation literature: the soft tissues usually missing, the FBI-era finding of predators, and the minority reports (a Colorado pathologist's and a 1991 Oregon State laboratory's) of lesions consistent with heat or electrosurgery, which he notes could also be desiccation.

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## What it's used for here

The strongest published statement of the "something other than scavengers" reading, from the investigators' own side.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Some wounds were made by an unknown agent using heat or energy, beyond what scavengers or ordinary tools do.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D0152HY1NVQ/some-wounds-were-made-by-an-unknown-agent-using-heat-or)

Answer

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[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)

Evidence

EVD

[Despite many cases and official inquiries, no one has been arrested for a mutilation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0152A41QT1/despite-many-cases-and-official-inquiries-no-one-has-been)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Onet, G. E. (2000). Animal Mutilations: What We Know. National Institute for Discovery Science. https://web.archive.org/web/20001018011004/http://www.nidsci.org/articles/animal1.html
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[Read it free at web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20001018011004/http://www.nidsci.org/articles/animal1.html)

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