Starting in 1975, Colorado was ground zero for the cattle mutilation phenomenon. Today we look at the reporting of two journalists, Dane Edwards of the Brush Banner and Dorothy Aldridge of the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, as they cover the strange phenomenon that still persists today, which the FBI dubbed the result of "natural predator activity."
Sources:<a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/04/detectives-perplexed-by-mysterious-oregon-cattle-mutilations.html"> 
The Oregonian</a><a href="https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/ufos-and-horse-called-snippy"> 
Denver Public Library</a><a href="https://www.csindy.com/temporary_news/colorado-s-cattle-mutilation-history-and-the-journalist-who-wouldn-t-let-it-go/article_6769e632-2de0-5997-beda-9e12f9088bea.html"> 
Colorado Springs Independent</a> 
<a href="https://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/category/ufos/ufological-history/the-phyllis-budinger-collection/">The Black Vault</a>

The Death of Seymour Cray

Western Fringe is a podcast about the weird history of Colorado.

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