# Killingbeck 2024: Cattle Mutilations Across Wyoming and the West in 1970s Still a Mystery

> Dale Killingbeck, 2024. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for Rommel's conclusion in his own words.

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# Cattle Mutilations Across Wyoming and the West in 1970s Still a Mystery

Dale Killingbeck, 2024. _Cowboy State Daily_.

A regional news history of the 1970s mutilation wave that quotes Kenneth Rommel's 5 March 1980 letter to the FBI: "Most credible sources have attributed this damage to normal predator and scavenger activity."

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## What it's used for here

Source for Rommel's conclusion in his own words.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Rommel's New Mexico inquiry concluded that the most credible sources attributed the damage to normal predator…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0150V84321/rommels-new-mexico-inquiry-concluded-that-the-most-credible)

Evidence

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
Killingbeck, D. (2024). Cattle Mutilations Across Wyoming and the West in 1970s Still a Mystery. Cowboy State Daily. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/10/26/cattle-mutilations-across-wyoming-and-the-west-in-1970s-still-a-mystery/
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[Read it free at cowboystatedaily.com](https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/10/26/cattle-mutilations-across-wyoming-and-the-west-in-1970s-still-a-mystery/)

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