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Lightning Killed 106 Cows in New South Wales, Australia

“We’ve always had small losses from lightning strikes, but nothing of this magnitude. We’ve gone through droughts and floods over the years, but this is the worst thing we’ve ever experienced.”

– NSW Australia Farmer Warwick Marks

Farmer Warwick Marks stands amid 68 of his cows killed instantly by a severe lightning storm on Monday, October 31, 2005, at his Dorrigo pasture west of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales north of Sydney. Photograph © 2005 by Coffs Coast Advocate.
Farmer Warwick Marks stands amid 68 of his cows killed instantly by a severe lightning storm on Monday, October 31, 2005, at his Dorrigo pasture west of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales north of Sydney. Photograph © 2005 by Coffs Coast Advocate.
Dorrigo is a little west of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney. Glen Innes is 125 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of Dorrigo. Lightning hit and killed 38 cows in Glen Innes and 68 in Dorrigo, on October 31, 2005.
Dorrigo is a little west of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney. Glen Innes is 125 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of Dorrigo. Lightning hit and killed 38 cows in Glen Innes and 68 in Dorrigo, on October 31, 2005.

November 3, 2005 Dorrigo, near Coffs Harbour, NSW Australia – The Coffs Coast Advocate in New South Wales, Australia, reported today that “an unusual high pressure system over the Tasman Sea, pushing a strong northeasterly wind and blowing moisture over the state,” has been blamed for severe lightning storms that killed 106 cows on two farms, Monday, October 31, 2005. Click for report.

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Part 3: Unusual Animal Deaths – Sheep Mutilations in Moortown, Dartmoor, England

"What's amazing is that those first seven mutilated sheep in Moortown, Dartmoor, in January 2005 all had their necks twisted and broken. Now ten months later, these six sheep in October 2005 - also in Moortown - have their necks twisted and broken, too."

- Michael Freebury, Independent Investigator

Dartmoor Forest National Park is indicated by the yellow dot in southwestern England on the map above. Below in more detail and highlighted by yellow is Moortown east of Tavistock where the bloodless mutilations of thirteen sheep have occurred in 2005.
Dartmoor Forest National Park is indicated by the yellow dot in southwestern England on the map above. Below in more detail and highlighted by yellow is Moortown east of Tavistock where the bloodless mutilations of thirteen sheep have occurred in 2005.

Megalithic Mysteries describes the ancient Merrivale Stone Circle in Tavistock near Dartmoor where sheep graze: "Eleven stones in a circle varying in height from 30cm (1 foot) to 50cm (1 foot 6 inches). It is a flattened circle measuring 20.5m (67 feet 5 inches) E-W by 17.8m (58 feet 5 inches). A 3m (10-foot 4-inch) tall, slender stone stands at an azimuth of 182 degrees from the centre of the circle, suggesting an attempt for cardinal-point alignment. The axis of the ring is 88 degrees - 268 degrees, a similar suggested alignment." Photo © by Megalithic Mysteries.
Megalithic Mysteries describes the ancient Merrivale Stone Circle in Tavistock near Dartmoor where sheep graze: "Eleven stones in a circle varying in height from 30cm (1 foot) to 50cm (1 foot 6 inches). It is a flattened circle measuring 20.5m (67 feet 5 inches) E-W by 17.8m (58 feet 5 inches). A 3m (10-foot 4-inch) tall, slender stone stands at an azimuth of 182 degrees from the centre of the circle, suggesting an attempt for cardinal-point alignment. The axis of the ring is 88 degrees - 268 degrees, a similar suggested alignment." Photo © by Megalithic Mysteries.

November 2, 2005  Moortown, Dartmoor, England - In the 1970s, counties in southern England including Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire had hundreds of people reporting strange, unidentified lights in the sky and on the ground; humanoids - tall and short; cattle herds being mysteriously transported at night from one farm to another (The Dyfed Enigma © 1979 by Randall Jones Pugh and F. W. Holiday); and unusual, bloodless animal deaths often referred to as "mutilations" because the same tissues are excised from animal to animal. Often it's an ear, an eye, the jaw flesh, the tongue removed deep within the throat sometimes along with trachea and esophagus; all or parts of genitals; and rectal and/or vaginal tissue cored out in deep, bloodless holes.  

 

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Updated Part 2: Unusual Animal Deaths – Another Half Cat Mutilation in San Antonio, Texas

“What struck me odd about this particular cat was that it had been cut in half and it looked like it had been gutted. It just did not seem possible that a predator animal could do that.”

- Robert Casell, San Antonio resident and former Los Angeles policeman

Half cat discovered October 17, 2005, San Antonio, Texas. Image provided to Earthfiles by resident, Robert Casell.
Half cat discovered October 17, 2005, San Antonio, Texas. Image provided to Earthfiles by resident, Robert Casell.

Updated October 30, 2005  San Antonio, Texas - Back in October 1999 in Fort Worth, Texas, five mutilated cats were discovered. The strange deaths included half cats, a cat that had been skinned, and another that had its tail sliced in two halves down its length. Also in October 1999, bloodlessly decapitated and half cats were found in San Jose, California; London, England; and Toronto, Canada. Other 1999 cases involved excisions of paws and/or back leg from cats in Tucson, Arizona occurred in March and June. 

 

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Updated: Five “Satellites” That Merged As One Star

"One of the weirdest things about it was their relative velocity toward each other and they just stopped instantly. The physics was amazing! They stopped instantly all together and formed one point of light."

- Eyewitness Brian Mihelic

Aransas Pass at Port Aransas near Corpus Christi, Texas, is the entrance to 200 miles of white sand in the Padre Island National Seashore on Padre Island.
Aransas Pass at Port Aransas near Corpus Christi, Texas, is the entrance to 200 miles of white sand in the Padre Island National Seashore on Padre Island.

Updated: October 27, 2005  Redding, California - Earlier this month at 100305 Earthfiles, I reported about the lights that pretended to be stars before moving over Jackson, Michigan, on Labor Day weekend in 1967. Hundreds of people had reported that year ­ and in 1966 - unidentified flying objects in the Michigan skies. For the first time in thirty-eight years, one of those eyewitnesses named John Dotson told me about the holiday night he and his father watched over four hours as "stars" moved around in the night sky forming geometric patterns, flying apart and forming more geometric patterns.

 

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Updated Part 1: Unusual Animal Deaths – 22 Horses and 1 Burro Near Calhan, Colorado

“At present I do not have any explanation for the puncture holes in the Sixkiller horses and burro.”

– John Heikkila, D.V.M., Veterinarian

Calhan, Colorado, is on Route 24 near the center of the map. All the yellow-colored areas are sites where I have investigated unusual animal deaths since 1979.
Calhan, Colorado, is on Route 24 near the center of the map. All the yellow-colored areas are sites where I have investigated unusual animal deaths since 1979.
Six of sixteen horses on DeWitt ranch found dead October 22, after six horses and one burro on Sixkiller ranch found dead on October 11, 2005, all near Calhan, Colorado. Photograph © 2005 by Chuck Bigger/The Denver Post.
Six of sixteen horses on DeWitt ranch found dead October 22, after six horses and one burro on Sixkiller ranch found dead on October 11, 2005, all near Calhan, Colorado. Photograph © 2005 by Chuck Bigger/The Denver Post.

 October 27, 2005  Calhan, Colorado – Since October 11, 2005, I have received reports of unusual animal deaths in San Antonio, Texas; Dartmoor, England; and Calhan, Colorado. The San Antonio case is another bloodless half cat. In England, six sheep were found with classic mutilation excisions without blood or signs of struggle. And in Calhan, Colorado, six horses and a burro were found dead on October 11. Then, eleven days later on October 22, sixteen more horses were found dead not far from the first unusual animal deaths. Click for report.

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H5N1 Bird Flu – The Next Pandemic?

“According to recent work that was published in Science two weeks ago, it’s very clear that the 1918 virus was a pure avian strain that probably mutated and directly infected humans. And it’s very similar potentially to the current avian flu.”  

– Ira Longini, Ph.D., Emory University, Biostatistics

Yellow arrow points at Honk Kong, China, where the first cases of H5N1 illness and deaths in humans were reported in late 1997. Since then the H5N1 avian virus has been spread by migratory birds to at least 14 other countries. The newest cases are at the far upper left in Turkey, Romania and Greece, plus recently Croatia. Map © 2005 by Earthfiles.
Yellow arrow points at Honk Kong, China, where the first cases of H5N1 illness and deaths in humans were reported in late 1997. Since then the H5N1 avian virus has been spread by migratory birds to at least 14 other countries. The newest cases are at the far upper left in Turkey, Romania and Greece, plus recently Croatia. Map © 2005 by Earthfiles.
In January 2004, South Korea dumped bags of potentially bird flu-infected chickens in Yangsan. Other countries also killing birds to stop the spread of avian flu were China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Laos and Taiwan. Photo © 2004 by AP.
In January 2004, South Korea dumped bags of potentially bird flu-infected chickens in Yangsan. Other countries also killing birds to stop the spread of avian flu were China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Laos and Taiwan. Photo © 2004 by AP.

Updated October 26, 2005  Atlanta, Georgia – The lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus has been making headlines nearly every day the past four weeks:Click for report.

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“Throw Away Pets” – Asia’s Burmese Pythons Spreading in Everglades

“The invasion of non-local animals, such as the Asian Burmese python beginning now to populate the Florida Everglades, is one of the greatest environmental threats in the United States.”

– Steven Williams, Director, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Yellow spot marks the site in the Shark Slough about 3 to 4 miles NNW of Pay-hay-okee Overlook in Everglades National Park where a partly digested 6.5-foot-long American alligator was found on September 26, 2005, hanging out of a headless, 13-foot-long Burmese python's belly.
Yellow spot marks the site in the Shark Slough about 3 to 4 miles NNW of Pay-hay-okee Overlook in Everglades National Park where a partly digested 6.5-foot-long American alligator was found on September 26, 2005, hanging out of a headless, 13-foot-long Burmese python’s belly.
American alligators in the Everglades National Park (ENP) can grow ten to fifteen feet long. Photograph courtesy ENP.
American alligators in the Everglades National Park (ENP) can grow ten to fifteen feet long. Photograph courtesy ENP.

October 21, 2005  Homestead, Florida – Until recently, the top predator in the Florida Everglades has been the American alligator. The males can grow to nearly fifteen feet long and a couple of feet wide. The females are a little smaller, around ten feet. Their long teeth and claws are lethal weapons and their jaws are like steel traps. Nothing wanted to take them on ­ until people started throwing their unwanted adult Burmese python “pet” snakes in the Everglades to get rid of the uncontrollable monsters which can grow to twenty feet long, or more. The python has a hinged jaw that allows it to swallow large prey after it has squeezed its victim to death. A small child is as vulnerable as a house cat. Click for report.

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Saturn’s Icy Moon, Dione, Up Close

"Dione reveals a wonderful variety of surface features that are simultaneously familiar and unlike any other place in the solar system."

- NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

October 11, 2005, image of Saturn's icy moon, Dione, above the planet's thin rings. Behind Dione are the shadows of Saturn's B and C rings. Image from the Cassini spacecraft at 24,200 miles (39,000 kilometers) distance. Image courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.
October 11, 2005, image of Saturn's icy moon, Dione, above the planet's thin rings. Behind Dione are the shadows of Saturn's B and C rings. Image from the Cassini spacecraft at 24,200 miles (39,000 kilometers) distance. Image courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

October 19, 2005  Pasadena, California - NASA reports that "speeding toward pale, icy Dione, Cassini's view is enriched by the tranquil gold and blue hues of Saturn in the distance. The horizontal stripes near the bottom of the image are Saturn's rings. The spacecraft was nearly in the plane of the rings when the images were taken, thinning them by perspective and masking their awesome scale. The thin, curving shadows of the C ring and part of the B ring adorn the northern latitudes visible here, a reminder of the rings' grandeur."

 

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