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.

[JM07]

well said.

have you had many CONFIRMED cases of a horse being "tagged" then shortly afterwards, gone missing?

thanks...

[MHOL]

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[JM07]

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i thought as much.

thank you for that.

[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!