On Saturday mid-morning I called at New House farm to ask the farmer Max if I could examine the ground markings in the field where the 24 sheep had disappeared now that the snow had melted. Max gave me permission but said I would have to go alone, as he was very busy with his farm work. He said before you go he wanted to show me a dead sheep he had discovered a few days before in a field at the back of the farm. The animal was only 60 to 80 feet from the farmhouse on a slight bank, the animal had been clearly eaten by predators at some point, the ewe was entangled in fence wire and large quantities of wool were spread around the carcass.
Max stated that when he discovered the animal he noticed that its left ear was missing and the cuts to its head looked very precise, the majority of the carcass that had been eaten had taken place after he first discovered the animal.
On examination of the animal the neck and especially the ribcage could clearly be identified has been eaten by predators, the exposure of the face and jaw did look very precise and I think there is a good possibility that the animal was mutilated first and eaten by predators later. (See photo below) The location of the carcass right next to the farm house would give any one cause for concern, a much greater examination of the area must be a top priority if we are not going to miss vital clues to the cause of this phenomena.
Green Ball of light
Max also related an interesting incident that happened about 1990. A friend Steve Roberts had just dropped Max off at the farmhouse and as he drove through the farm gate a fluorescent green light the size of a light bulb passed over the farm gate and passed the farm buildings and disappeared in to the distance. Steve said the whole sky appeared green in colour, the time was about midnight. Max said that Steve was a good friend and did not tell stories and that he was very frightened by the experience.
I asked Max if his father had ever seen anything unusual at the farm, Max replied yes, his farther had lived at New House Farm all his life and the first time he ever saw any strange mutilations was back in 1958.