by professorpan » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:33 pm
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/1000farming/tm_objectid=16289547&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=occult-fear-as-sheep-slaughtered----name_page.html">icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0..._page.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>A DARTMOOR farmer who found six of his sheep with their necks broken and their eyeballs removed believes occultists could be responsible.<br><br>Four of the dead animals had been laid out in a square, while the other two were discovered near stones apparently arranged to make a pagan symbol.<br><br>Farmer Daniel Alford previously found seven of his sheep killed and left in a circle less than half a mile away on moorland near Tavistock, Devon, in January.<br><br>Mr Alford, from Sampford Spiney, near Tavistock, said the sheep were wild moorland animals and would have been difficult to catch without a net.<br><br>Devon and Cornwall Police said the incident was being investigated. <p></p><i></i>