“Their ears had been chewed off, their tongues had been ripped out, their lips had been torn off; their faces had just been literally ripped off. When I found them that way, all covered in blood, I just started screaming and screaming.”
Those are the words of Teresa Parker, a resident of Ditto Road in Waddy, describing the horrific mutilation of her five pet goats two weeks ago.
Parker’s was one of six confirmed attacks in the area between Nov. 28 and Dec. 6 that left eight goats mutilated and five were later euthanized because of the severity of the injuries. Three bulls were also attacked, but did not have to be euthanized because of their injuries.
No one knows what kind of creature is responsible for the attacks, and officials, who have organized a town meeting in Waddy for Monday, are left shaking their heads at the eerie circumstances surrounding the mutilations.
Animal Control Director Rusty Newton said he had several people relay stories of an unidentified large, black, hairy shape in the area, but nothing more specific than that.