# Goleman 2011: Wave of Mutilation: The Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon of the 1970s

> Michael J. Goleman, 2011. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The scholarly account of how ordinary carcasses became "mutilations."

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# Wave of Mutilation: The Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon of the 1970s

Michael J. Goleman, 2011. _Agricultural History_.

A historian's study of the 1970s mutilation wave. Argues that most cases were scavengers (coyotes, magpies, badgers) taking soft tissue first, that officials unfamiliar with scavenging described the wounds as human work, and that press coverage drew more reports.

**Skinwalker Ranch** Articledoi: **[10.3098/ah.2011.85.3.398](https://doi.org/10.3098/ah.2011.85.3.398)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The scholarly account of how ordinary carcasses became "mutilations."

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The historian of the wave finds most cases were scavengers, misdescribed by officials unfamiliar with…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0151JP7NJF/the-historian-of-the-wave-finds-most-cases-were-scavengers)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

[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)

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## Cite it

```
Goleman, M. J. (2011). Wave of Mutilation: The Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon of the 1970s. Agricultural History. https://doi.org/10.3098/ah.2011.85.3.398
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[Find it at jstor.org](https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3098/ah.2011.85.3.398)

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