New posters reporting plaits etc

[MHOL]

Has anyone noticed that most of the reports are from new people? If these people would like to post the incident number for the report they post I will gladly check it out and alert horse watch nationally.

[MHOL]

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[MurphysMinder]

Thank you for that voice of reason. Yes everyone needs to be alert but I think there is a degree of panic now, we have to bear in mind that there is some very windy weather at the moment and horses manes may tangle when they have never done before.

[Sprout]

Interesting thread about this spate of plaiting and previous ones, on NFED - it is suggested it is NOT to do with subsequent thefts .....

[oofadoofa]

That's reassuring! I had a phone call from someone last night in my village telling me that all her ponies had been tagged by having a piece cut out of their tails yesterday. So I checked mine and it appears that one of mine has had a section cut out of his tail too. But why the hell would any horse thief do that?!! Are they really going to go down in the dark and feel which horse has a piece of tail missing. Sure enough, my horse was still there this morning and I'm not particularly worried about it. It seems to me that most people that have reported these mane plaits seem to keep their horses on exposed hillsides, could it be any coincidence that it has been rather windy lately?

[MHOL]

My own horse has had a piece of his tail go missing, but the culprit we discovered was his companion, yes there are reported cases of tails being cut, and I don't know why this seems to be happening nationwide but it is definately not to do with stealing the horse or rocking horse material, I am sure it would be easier to buy a tail or mane attached to the skin from a slaughter house than creep about on a dark night cutting unknown horses bits of tails off then managing to keep it all in one clump!

Making people aware and alert is good but someone is creating nationwide hysteria, you only have to google plaits horse thieves and every forum in the country has a friend who had this happen to them! Especially the Guildford Horse!

[MHOL]

On doing some research they appear to be made by bigfoot! Now I would panic

Mane Braiding
From Robin Bellamy:

An unusual phenomenon has been noted in relation to the sightings and footprints of Bigfoot type creatures. Please see photo below:

This particular one is in a horse's mane. These intricate braidings appear overnight, and there are often Bigfoot or Sasquatch type footprints nearby. They have been reported by people in the United States, and in Russia. However, we have not heard of anything similar occurring in Canada.

We must add that no creatures were actually seen braiding the horses mane, but we can say quite confidently that the horse did not do this on it's own!

I have found pictures some of which people are saying are man made for marking for theft and others are to promote detangler, make your own minds up.

[T_K]

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On doing some research they appear to be made by bigfoot! Now I would panic

Mane Braiding
From Robin Bellamy:

An unusual phenomenon has been noted in relation to the sightings and footprints of Bigfoot type creatures. Please see photo below:

This particular one is in a horse's mane. These intricate braidings appear overnight, and there are often Bigfoot or Sasquatch type footprints nearby. They have been reported by people in the United States, and in Russia. However, we have not heard of anything similar occurring in Canada.

We must add that no creatures were actually seen braiding the horses mane, but we can say quite confidently that the horse did not do this on it's own!

I have found pictures some of which people are saying are man made for marking for theft and others are to promote detangler, make your own minds up.











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If I wasn't in work I'd be rolling around of the floor laughing right now!

[MHOL]

I don't mean to make light of it, I can imagine people who have had suspicious plaits being terrified but we need to be sensible about the unfounded reports being spread about. I would never of believed the plait my friends horse had would of been made by the wind but there are so many across the country and no reports of stolen horses for the amount of plaits. Sorry if it upsets the new posters but i cannot stress enough the need for incident numbers before posting and causing hysteria.

Edited to say my friends horse looked exactly like the first picture in two braids meeting in the middle and a plait to join.

[Chico Mio]

Both of my horses, plus my friend's five - who all live on a remote, windswept farm have these 'dreadlocks'. Ari who has a long, fine Arab style mane, has spectacular hair braids that I unwrap every night. Anyone who has snuck onto my friend's farm would have had to chase five difficult to catch horses over twenty-five hectares in the pitch black to 'plait' them.

I can see my two all day, everyday and they are in at night. They still come in 'plaited' after a couple of windy days.

All the above pictures look very familiar.