History Main / AliensStealCattle

* In ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'', in Oregano Desert, you can see cattle being abducted by FlyingSaucer in the background. Flying saucer part of the level also has cows in it.

* Purportedly TruthInTelevision. Well, has its basis in RealLife legends and conspiracy theories, at any rate.
** To clarify, "cattle mutilations" is a widely popular form of alien lore; it's still being researched today, with government funded officers, even.
*** Apparently, the cows die of natural causes, and very specific areas decay and get guzzled up by maggots first, often with scalpel-like precision.
** Maybe the aliens like a good steak?
*** More like some good Rocky Mountain oysters, as it's more often the genitals of the dead animal that are missing than the high-grade cuts of beef.
** Another theory is that at least some of these mutilations were carried out by people who had some vendetta against the rancher owning the cows in question. Then they conveniently stayed silent when people thought space aliens were doing it.
*** Except identical "mutilations" have been found on carcasses of wild animals like elk and coyotes. Really, only the "maggots and other scavengers" explanation holds water once the phenomenon is studied ''without'' being overly-focused on things that moo.
** While its unknown if they have anything do with starting the misconception, cattle rustlers have capitalized on the belief by attaching lights and speakers to their trucks to mimic [=UFOs=], which scares the hell out of ranchers. Before you laugh, consider that most ranching in the United States takes place in deserts and praries, the sheer isolation and remoteness of which can be pretty terrifying at night even without anything allegedly paranormal.
* Usually debunked in the form of predation. Or sometimes the cattle were stolen, or just escaped. It must be embarrassing when someone claims that alien stole some of their cattle, and a few hours later, a neighbor calls them and tells them the cattle are grazing on said neighbor's crops, down the road.

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* In ''Film/{{Predator2}}'', the government team sets up an ambush in a meatpacking plant, where they know the alien will be going because it needs to eat. Justified, since the Predator is undoubtedly carving beef from cattle carcasses, and almost certainly is not paying for what he takes.
* Taken to the extreme in ''Film/WarGod'', where the Martian saucer who invaded a farm steals the cattle, a hundred ducks in the pond, and ''all'' the crops. In broad daylight, to the horror of the farm's unlucky owner.

* It's been noted in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' that Dubwool -- which are one of their world's equivalents to sheep, not cattle -- are noted to mysteriously vanish if there's a Beheeyem (a mon with a resemblance to an alien) in the vicinity. (However, it is worth mentioning that Dubwool is a sheep, not a cow.)

* The player can actually do this in the original ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'' Careful with the hatch there. "MOOOO" CLUNK. Hilarity. In relation to the intro text, the aliens [[MistookTheDominantLifeform mistake the cows for the dominant earth life form.]] Which kind of makes sense. They stand around all day, get fed and milked by the two legs... The Turnipseed Farm map's Abduction mission involves stealing all the area's cows. [[MissionControl Orthopox]] has a taste for hamburgers, and the Rockwell map's Rampage mission has him release them all just so you can cook them for him by shooting them with your DesintegratorRay. In the UpdatedReRelease for the PS4, nabbing a cow with your {{Flying Saucer}}'s [[TractorBeam Abduct-o-Beam]] nets you the "As Is Tradition" trophy.

* In Website/ShiftyLook's ''Webcomic/{{Katamari}}'', the Prince has to deal with a mysterious UFO abducting all the cows (and anything made from cows or even vaguely resembling cows) on Earth. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that the aliens are ''also'' cows, and since they're doing a rescue effort after a disaster on their planet they're just grabbing whatever ''might'' be one of them]].

** {{Subverted|Trope}} in the episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E11Eve Eve]]" (also where the page quote originates from). Mulder presents a case involving dead exsanguinated cows and a man murdered in the same way. His theory is that its the work of aliens, and he is usually right to certain degree. In this case, however, he was completely off. [[EnfantTerrible Murderous]] [[CreepyTwins creepy little]] [[CloningBlues cloned girls]] created in a SuperSoldier project were the villains of the episode.

* It's been noted in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' that Dubwool -- which are one of their world's equivalents to sheep, not cattle -- are noted to mysteriously vanish if there's a Beheeyem (a mon with a resemblance to an alien) in the vicinity.

* In ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare Gold]]'', Orbulon does this in his stage (albeit with pigs instead of cattle) in order to have them processed into burgers at the local fast food joint.

* ''MOO!'', a disturbing video by ''WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}}'', features cows being abducted for mutilation and converting their body parts into [[BodyHorror musical instruments]]. The aliens even clone them in test tubes until one [[GoneHorriblyWrong turns into an incredibly freaky mutant which spawns more... Mutant cows which fight back with the aliens and team up with them later when another group of aliens invade Earth]]. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Yeah...]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SG&hl=en-GB&v=f9iIgQN5uZE It has to be seen to be believed]].

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