A town in Wyoming has been left shaken after animal carcasses were repeatedly found neatly arranged at the same intersection.
Cheyenne Animal Control has been called to the intersection of South Greeley Highway and East Nation Road at least six times in the past four months to deal with dead animals that have been deliberately placed on the side of the remote road. Laramie County Sheriff’s Office he said in a Facebook post.
“One incident involved two raccoons and a skunk, which were found neatly placed next to each other,” he wrote. “This is a pattern that has caught the attention of both Cheyenne Animal Control and local residents.”
According to police, it is illegal in the state to “deposit or place dead animals in rivers, ditches, railroad tracks, highways or public lands.”
This is not the first time the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office has noticed the unusual sighting, as they saw additional reports in 2022 at that location.
Cheyenne Animal Control has been called to the intersection of South Greeley Highway and East Nation Road at least six times in the past four months to deal with dead animals that have been deliberately placed on the side of the remote road.
Animal control officer Johnny Kindsvater (pictured) said it does not appear the animals were hit by a car or killed by other animals.
This year, however, “there definitely seems to be a pattern,” said animal control officer Johnny Kindsvater. State of the Cowboys Diary.
“It’s certainly worrying,” he said.
At first, the officers just picked up the carcasses without a second thought, but now they are curious as to why these animals died and are placing them at the specific location, which is quite remote and there is only a concrete business nearby.
Animal Control plans to investigate, although it does not have the resources to perform autopsies on all the animals found.
They face further challenges as there aren’t many cameras nearby and it’s in an isolated area of Cheyenne. They also believe the animals are abandoned at night, Kindsvater told Cowboy State Daily.
According to police, it is illegal in the state to “deposit or place dead animals in rivers, ditches, railroad tracks, highways or (on) public lands” (photo: file image)
The animals began appearing in April of this year and at one point, they were called two days in a row.
“It’s certainly strange,” Kindsvater said.
The animals began appearing in April of this year and at one point were called two days in a row.
Kindsvater said Your Wyoming Link It does not appear that the animals were hit by a car or killed by other animals.
“They don’t appear to have any lacerations or any other strange signs of trauma,” he told the outlet.
Law enforcement is now encouraging Cheyenne residents to report any “suspicious activity in the area” to police or animal control.