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10/13/09
A cow is on average 4'6" tall at the shoulders, and can be nearly 6' when lifting it's head. Where exactly is this cow going to go inside this ship??? And if it's not taken alive and/or butchered upon entry, that craft's volume couldn't take much more than 4 cow-volumes. Not all that practical a use for a atmospheric/space-going vehicle.
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10/13/09
2) A drinking straw
Problem solved!
10/13/09
I'm thinking we've got some cow-tipper/Bessie Enthusiast bycatch going on here. They came for the cow -- the human just happened to be lurking suspiciously near the cow.
10/13/09
And SO much easier to explain to the bull & calves when Else's finally returned!
10/12/09
When did UFOlogists get nonexistant CSI image processing software?
"we zoomed in and had photoshop set to 'bicurious'"
"Um, that's bicubic"
"whatever. there's some melted cheese stuck to your foil hat."
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I mean yeah, where are the horns?!?
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@Gann: Apparently, cows are not dehorned everywhere
10/13/09
@Gann: just in case you say that's a bull
10/12/09
When will these unheralded geniuses have their moment on Fox News? WHEN?
10/12/09
After all, "The 3d analysis is self-evident."
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10/12/09
If the photo is authentic:
-A experimental aircraft?
This for once seems like a stretch, based on the location and and the fact that there is a friggin' COW in tow. Why on earth would they test a experimental aircraft by tractor beaming a cow? If this were the case I wouldn't be surprised if whatever organization that did this is purposely fucking with us.
-A space/air craft of alien origin?
If they are a highly advanced, and trying to be stealthy, Its unlikely that this would have been seen. We wouldn't have seen it. or would we? maybe a partial malfunction of its stealth system or something? If they are being stealthy, does that indicate malevolence towards us or the planet? Or that we are being studied, and to avoid ruining their experiment, don't show themselves?
Last but not least, WHY COWS?
10/12/09
@warpped655: Because cows are the ONLY animals that have compatible blood to humans'. If aliens are part of any plot to take over our world by using millions of alien/human hybrids (since that would be required in order to survive in our planet, plus for strategic and political reasons), then they need a lot of blood to maintain their research and programme. And instead of slaughtering thousands of humans and causing panic, they abduct cows.
At least, that's what a documentary on History Channel said last year. ;P
10/12/09
I don't subscribe to the conspiracy theories I mention above, but it does make you think what's going on (if all these reportedly abducted cows were indeed abducted in mysterious ways).
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Cows, on the other hand, put out on the first date. And aliens don't have time to waste.
10/12/09
Damn it, Kirk, get the hell back to your own century!
10/12/09
Stand 100 metres back and look at this picture.
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@Dirk Anger: wow, can you see that cow's dong? those aliens must have given us that really advanced nanoparticle treatment, that's the only explaination, to the scientists coming up with it the same week. And the government's in on it.
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(Okay, the above fear is inspired by lack of sleep/high amounts of refined sugar).
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