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This article was originally written for a paranormal magazine called The Paranormal Journal, it became known as The Underground Files covering ghosts, ufos, cryptozoology, and government conspiracies amongst others. I no longer write for the magazine and it is no longer in existence. Arkansas Ranchers Alert after Horse Stabbings The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a story on December 8th, 1998 by The Associated Press about Horse stabbings in Arkansas. The authorities put ranchers on alert in western Arkansas after two horses were stabbed to death and eight others were wounded over a weekend. Some of the horses were befriended in fields and others were lured with food to the front of their barn stalls before being attacked Police Officer Larry Croom said. Two of his horses were wounded just two weeks after another of his horses was stabbed to death in a pasture. The attacks happened at three farms, all along a quarter mile stretch of a rural road. All but one of the horses was stabbed in the head or neck, said Croom. “Anyone who can look into the soft, brown eyes of a horse and then stab it has the profile of a serial killer,” a police spokeswoman Victoria Harris said. The Dallas Morning News ran a story on December 12th, 1998 by The Associate Press regarding the person or persons responsible for stabbing the horses in Arkansas. An FBI profile describes the attacker in a strange series of horse stabbings as someone with a friendly personality who may be dangerous when cornered, Barling police said. Police have footprints from the scene and a called in tip from a potential witness, Barling police spokeswoman Victoria Harris said. She said the police have two suspects, one for the Barling area, another from outside the immediate area. “This (profile) gives us a direction to look in. We can now try to fit some of the (leads) with this,” Ms. Harris said. “This is such a difficult investigation because the victims can’t talk.” Two horses were killed and a dozen injured in the attacks that began in October of 1998. The FBI profile of the attackers indicates suspects who are clean cut and personable individuals, Ms. Harris said, but the profile also indicates the actions maybe “related to a sexual dysfunction” and that the individuals likely have a history of cruelty to animals, she said. She said the profile identifies the suspects as people who would be dangerous if cornered. “Trying to find a pattern on this guy is going to be one of our biggest assets,” she said. More than 100 tips have poured into the Baring Police Department since the latest attacks took place. Ms. Harris said one caller reported seeing a vehicle parked near one of the horse pastures, two sets of footprints and vehicle tracks were found at the scene. No motive is known for the attacks. Police discredited revenge attacks, although 8 of the 14 horses belong to officials involved in law enforcement, including Barling and Fort Smith police officers, Sebastian County deputies and a judge. Someone picked on the wrong horses…! Business organisations and individuals contributed more than $17,000 to a reward fund for information on the case, Ms. Harris said. The Greensboro, North Carolina News and Record ran a follow up story on December 13th, 1998 by the New York Times News Service. Sugar was the first horse to be killed, a 12 year-old roan, her owner found her in her stall, dead of stab wounds. Sixteen days later, Haven, a grey 6 year-old mare, was found dead in a meadow not far from Sugar, she too had been stabbed. Ten other horses had survived attacks, probably because their attackers had been scared off by the neighing and flailing hooves of terrified horses, the police say. The savagery and senseless attacks would sicken people anywhere. Arkansas Ranchers Alert After Horse Stabbings written by Bill Barber. |
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