A Utah rancher who lost one of his bulls to a cattle mutilation earlier this summer enlisted paranormal researchers and other experts to look at the curious case, and their collective findings were rather remarkable. Paul Martinez discovered the downed animal on his property back in July, and the incident made headlines in late August. Speaking to a local media outlet last week, the rancher revealed several intriguing details about the case that came to light throughout the summer when he allowed an array of intrigued individuals to examine the animal and the scene of the strange slaying.

The first such weird insight came to light around 10 weeks after the incident, when livestock investigator Rob Wilcox used a metal detector on the downed bull, which remained where it had been killed. Strangely, he noted, something about the creature's carcass or the land around it activated the device. Even stranger was that, following his visit to the site, the metal detector stopped functioning. Meanwhile, paranormal investigator Ryan Burns, who was also brought on to study the situation, recounted how the land around the downed bull was particularly peculiar in that it was "like walking on memory foam," which only held tracks for "about an hour" before they "just disappeared."

Another interested party invited to visit the ranch was Dustin Eskelsen, who serves as the director of the Mutual UFO Network's Utah branch. He extracted soil samples from the location of the mutilation as well as 25 feet away and sent them off to a lab for testing. While the results were fairly routine, a significant difference in sulfur levels stood out as being unusual to Eskelsen. Similar tests done by Utah’s Department of Agriculture found contrasting calcium and iron levels between the target area and a control area.

Martinez's rigorous attempt at figuring out what happened to his bull extended even further as he also turned to Johnny Alberto Gamiochippi, of the Northern Ute Tribe, who posited that something could have disturbed ancient spirits at the site. To that end, the pair pointed to a bizarre incident that occurred a few weeks before the cattle mutilation in which an intoxicated man escaped from police custody and wound up on Martinez's ranch, where he stole his ATV and led police on a wild chase. "He might have been possessed by some demons," Gamiochippi mused, suggesting that the sinister spirits then somehow turned their attention to the unfortunate bull.

Ultimately, the rancher's dogged pursuit left him with far more questions than answers regarding the puzzling incident. That said, Martinez should be commended for the lengths he went in his quest to solve the case and his willingness to share the fruits of those efforts with the public, as one rarely hears of the aftermath of a cattle mutilation event once it's made initial headlines. To that end, he expressed hope that by coming forward with his story, he can become a "resource" for other ranchers who find their animals falling victim to the phenomenon that continues to defy even the most thorough of investigations.