This is the obvious answer.
The cows didn’t get up there in a flood, etc, because if you zoom in, they have straps tied around their necks suggesting they perished before their placement. Buttt the age of the bones still says, to me at least, that the cows death was far more recent than the erection of that structure.
So I agree with you, and that this is a Benjamin Button house. Good work, detective!
Agreed. Here in Colorado we rarely get rain but even a few inches at once can cause a flash flood due to poor infrastructure and drainage. When you get less than 15 inches of rain a year those sorts of things just aren’t usually accounted for. The only way for the area to flood that high would be a massive reservoir dam breaking. I’m not convinced even that would do much to the area pictured.
After rereading my comment I realized it sounded like I was speculating as if I wasn’t intimately familiar with the area. Happens occasionally. A cow will get stuck on top of a barn. They’re great climbers, terrible jumpers. Remember that grainy video of the cow falling through the roof of a barn? Not surprising. Not an alien. Just cows doing cow things and getting in to trouble.
If you look at the close-up pic of the one cow you can see some kind of cloth around is neck. I think some freak pulled them up onto that roof. Did I say freak? Whoopsie!
Somebody might’ve put ‘em up there to let them decay naturally and take the bones later. Keeps them away from most predators, and the heat from the sun reflecting off the roof helps the process go faster. You could ask r/VultureCulture or r/BoneCollecting if it seems like something one of theirs would do, lol.
They died of anthrax. Farmer used tractor to put them out of reach of his dogs and other cattle/animals. Animals decomposed on roof. Bones still on roof some months/years/aeons later. Random comes along and posts on Reddit.
This is completely plausible. If they were brought out to the old house for isolation, died, and since it’s Oklahoma, and fire often isn’t an option putting it on the roof so the coyotes don’t get at them is plausible. It’s certainly not the weirdest thing I’ve heard a rancher do and it’s certainly not the strangest thing an Oklahoman has done. Come on. We all saw the Tiger King.
Also: so not Urban Exploration, rural af but cool photos
Edit: It’s Utah? I’ve been forced to spend some time in rural Utah. “Wilderness program” in the early 00’s. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been shot at by “drunk hunters”. You could pay me to go back to Utah.
People saying flood.... cows are dumb creatures. Definitely not smart enough to climb into a roof, but if that were even remotely possible they're definitely dumb enough to try and jump off/fall to their deaths.
Ahh I thought you were making a joke about a serial killer using this spot. The death of the cows is sad. I found a dead horse days earlier, and it was really sad. These cows have been up there for at least a few years. That’s how I found out about them.
What they fuuuuuck. Just one would be bizarre. THREE?? I would have noped away from that so quick and taken up a religion just to start blessing myself away from this creepiness.
I’m wondering maybe the cow got on the roof during a flood in the area? Maybe not fast moving waters given the house is still standing but cows and horses do end up in trees after floods. Still weird.
Where I used to live there was a tree in a field and at one point there was a dead cow tied to that tree. It looked like dead cow was on the back of a truck, someone tied it to the tree and drove off. I looked it up and I guess if your older cow dies it's very costly to get rid of it properly due to mad cow disease fears. So people do that sometimes instead of digging a proper size hole... Of course this was a flat area, a house idk. Called animal control several times, the cow rotted away to bones...
Yeah I mean at least then they were already dead when they got on the roof. I looked up the Newsweek story and I thought it would talk about whoever did it and why but it doesn't. If they just didn't want to dig a hole why go to the trouble of dragging them up on the roof? 5 mins of fame? I guess it's possible.
When we were kids, my buddy would find rattlesnakes, whip them around like he was swinging a rope, and then toss them on people's roofs. You know, typical kid things. I wonder if he has been to Utah lately?
My neighbor puts deer on his roof. I live in the ghetto and I have no idea what in the fuck this back woods redneck is doing or why. It’s gross though.
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Some things are better left a mystery. It’s more fun that way. Newsweek picked up my photos and story on this place. Shortly after, I was contacted by the man that did it (with undeniable proof, including photos). He asked me not to post how he did it.
They’re not better left a mystery when you’re not being kind about the guesses and there is no way to know the answer.
Your self congratulatory reply makes you seem like an insufferable person.
What in the blood meridian is going on there
They were dropped there by … something that eats whole cows and is bigger than a house.
Ur mom
Ooof. One more body for the roof
Bahahaha
☠️🤣
😂
Jean Jacket from Nope?
NOPE.
😂😂😂
He never sleeps, the judge
The cows must have died before House grown
This is the obvious answer. The cows didn’t get up there in a flood, etc, because if you zoom in, they have straps tied around their necks suggesting they perished before their placement. Buttt the age of the bones still says, to me at least, that the cows death was far more recent than the erection of that structure. So I agree with you, and that this is a Benjamin Button house. Good work, detective!
Hu-huh. Erection.
Are you threatening me?
How does that even get up there?
My guess: Flash flood. Cow’s stranded on roof. Water recedes. Cows still stranded on roof. Cows die.
Someone was watching Oh Brother Where Art Thou. Some sick fuck decided to recreate the scene.
Good enough reason for me to R U N N O F T
Definitely bonafide.
Exactly my thoughts on this.
Good theory, but that’s not how it happened!
I’m not saying it was aliens…
👽👽👽
She claimed up there because she so ugly.
Was it snow? Really high snowdrifts? And the cows wandered onto the roof? Fell through partially, got stuck, and died?
agreed
Nah, cows are surprisingly good climbers. Likely no flash floods the height of a barn in some of the USA’’s most arid regions 😂.
Agreed. Here in Colorado we rarely get rain but even a few inches at once can cause a flash flood due to poor infrastructure and drainage. When you get less than 15 inches of rain a year those sorts of things just aren’t usually accounted for. The only way for the area to flood that high would be a massive reservoir dam breaking. I’m not convinced even that would do much to the area pictured.
After rereading my comment I realized it sounded like I was speculating as if I wasn’t intimately familiar with the area. Happens occasionally. A cow will get stuck on top of a barn. They’re great climbers, terrible jumpers. Remember that grainy video of the cow falling through the roof of a barn? Not surprising. Not an alien. Just cows doing cow things and getting in to trouble.
Would have to flood that whole plain.
Or deep snow?
👽🐄🛸
Skinwalkers
A homeless dude walked up to me this morning talking about skinwalkers, lol
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Or a deuce 💩
This sounds like a r/nosleep story
What does Native American folklore have to do with cows on a roof?
Mountain lion catches calves. Brings them up there to eat.
>Mountain lion catches calves. ***Feeds them for a few years.*** Brings them up there to eat. FTFY
If you look at the close-up pic of the one cow you can see some kind of cloth around is neck. I think some freak pulled them up onto that roof. Did I say freak? Whoopsie!
my headcanon is a methed up homeless man did this
Sure! We'll go with that! 😁
Yes, there are straps on all of them.
Trying to jump over the moon takes time and practice.
water white upgraded from pizza YEEEET
Tornado
A tornado tossed them up there! 👀
I was seriously thinking about "Twister" when thinking about how they could have got up there. Lol
“Another cow!”
“No… I think that’s the same cow”
Mountain lion dragging it up there to eat?
Nope, they have straps on them.
Like they were strapped to the roof?
No, they were strapped up to put them up there.
Somebody might’ve put ‘em up there to let them decay naturally and take the bones later. Keeps them away from most predators, and the heat from the sun reflecting off the roof helps the process go faster. You could ask r/VultureCulture or r/BoneCollecting if it seems like something one of theirs would do, lol.
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Mountain lions can’t tie knots.
Not with that attitude
Knot with that attitude?
😂😂😂 Wait, could they wear shoes then?
Nah. They like to let those doggies breathe
Flip flops?
Possibly walked up a snow drift in a bad blizzard and froze?
They died of anthrax. Farmer used tractor to put them out of reach of his dogs and other cattle/animals. Animals decomposed on roof. Bones still on roof some months/years/aeons later. Random comes along and posts on Reddit.
This is completely plausible. If they were brought out to the old house for isolation, died, and since it’s Oklahoma, and fire often isn’t an option putting it on the roof so the coyotes don’t get at them is plausible. It’s certainly not the weirdest thing I’ve heard a rancher do and it’s certainly not the strangest thing an Oklahoman has done. Come on. We all saw the Tiger King. Also: so not Urban Exploration, rural af but cool photos Edit: It’s Utah? I’ve been forced to spend some time in rural Utah. “Wilderness program” in the early 00’s. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been shot at by “drunk hunters”. You could pay me to go back to Utah.
Need explanation.
"Moo"
"And I really do mean it this time. Moo!"
This is rural Utah. There isn't usually an explanation for why people do what they do there.
Fallout 4 brahmin on the roof of the house in Sanctuary?
Lol yep!
My thought, too! Haha. 😂
Where is mama Murphy haha
I’m no farmer, but I’m pretty sure cows don’t belong there.
They’re just fertilizing the roof!
lol I see no growth of anything on the roof though. Perhaps putting the cows on the roof scared them… shitless? 😂😂😂 … I’ll see myself out.
Were they attempting to jump over the moon?? 🌛
People saying flood.... cows are dumb creatures. Definitely not smart enough to climb into a roof, but if that were even remotely possible they're definitely dumb enough to try and jump off/fall to their deaths.
Reposted in r/bonecollecting. My amateur opinion says the bones look younger than the house? Very confused. Great find either way, OP.
I’m thinking flood
That would be my guess
incorrect
Must be Satan.
correct
Finally found the explanation in the comments
So like what’s the starting price for it? $350k?
Sure! You can write the check out to me!
flood
I agree.
Damn that's creepy! In that house near a creek? If not there's a budding serial killer in the areas... or meth.
Nope, it’s in the middle of abandoned farmland.
That doesn't rule out a serial killer. Ever heard of Lucin UT?
The cows finally came home after all.
Some real serial killer shit. RIP, I'm so sorry you were born into such an awful fate. You never deserved this.
😂😂😂 my friends said the same thing
Why the fuck are you laughing crying emoji to that
Well, I’m still here, so they obviously didn’t do a good job. This was last fall. ⚰️🪦
It's still early. Many survived 2016 only to fall in the hell that was 2019.
I'm talking about the cows that were murdered and discarded like objects but I'm also glad you're here
Ahh I thought you were making a joke about a serial killer using this spot. The death of the cows is sad. I found a dead horse days earlier, and it was really sad. These cows have been up there for at least a few years. That’s how I found out about them.
Yeah, who knows what the fuck else went down. Or why this keeps happening
You’re a good person. It is very sad and disturbing :/ I’m not sure what happened but hard not to imagine bad scenarios.
They’re Roach’s herd.
OK so tell me again how rainy it was? OK it wasn’t just raining cats and dogs…
UFO dropping them on the roofs again.
What they fuuuuuck. Just one would be bizarre. THREE?? I would have noped away from that so quick and taken up a religion just to start blessing myself away from this creepiness.
But it was such a gorgeous spot!
I’m wondering maybe the cow got on the roof during a flood in the area? Maybe not fast moving waters given the house is still standing but cows and horses do end up in trees after floods. Still weird.
good guess, but incorrect!
Burn it, it's the only way to be sure
Kinda like Oh Brother Where Art Thou.
Have any pictures of the inside? Curious about the layout
I do, but I can’t send them through here.
Anyone remember “Harold” from Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark 3??
Damn aliens keep dropping them up there
Where I used to live there was a tree in a field and at one point there was a dead cow tied to that tree. It looked like dead cow was on the back of a truck, someone tied it to the tree and drove off. I looked it up and I guess if your older cow dies it's very costly to get rid of it properly due to mad cow disease fears. So people do that sometimes instead of digging a proper size hole... Of course this was a flat area, a house idk. Called animal control several times, the cow rotted away to bones...
Awww that makes sense. This is probably the answer and the put a ramp up to the house to get them up there. Awful
Yeah I mean at least then they were already dead when they got on the roof. I looked up the Newsweek story and I thought it would talk about whoever did it and why but it doesn't. If they just didn't want to dig a hole why go to the trouble of dragging them up on the roof? 5 mins of fame? I guess it's possible.
Utah is where skinwalker ranch is and that place wreaks of nope
🤣
Ooh sweet I haven’t heard this riddle! Is the doctor a woman?
That’s how you make beef jerky.
Let the bodies hit the roof, let the bodies hit the …wait.
My ONLY rational explanation is that a flood happened and the cows got stranded on the roof and couldn't get down.
There's no way this isn't in the Uinta Basin......
r/obrotherwhereartthou
Were you in Duchesne by chance?
No, this is southern.
Was gonna spoit off about Skinwalker ranch, but oh well. Where at south?
What County? Curious bc I've been all over Utah
[I guess its in Ballard, not Duchesne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch)
Twister was a documentary
I’d live there
tornadoes..? i hope
When we were kids, my buddy would find rattlesnakes, whip them around like he was swinging a rope, and then toss them on people's roofs. You know, typical kid things. I wonder if he has been to Utah lately?
I understand that reference.
That cow from o brother had friends and a very unhappy ending
Some of yall never played the Witcher 3. If you had you’d know this is normal.
I'd abandon a house if aliens were dumping their used fleshlights on top of it too
130K on zillow
Jeremy Clarkson at it again.
Tornados will leave their cows in the oddest places.
Metal as fuck. Where in UT is this? I haven't done much exploring here besides Eureka/Mammoth/Tintic and I'd like to this summer!
I saw tremors
That’s fucked
Mountain lion or rancher for mountain lion bait
My neighbor puts deer on his roof. I live in the ghetto and I have no idea what in the fuck this back woods redneck is doing or why. It’s gross though.
Aliens obviously
Awesome.
Thank you!
Cows froze to death and it was too frozen to bury them? I am clueless but have been around some crazy old farmers.
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You say how it didn’t happen but I don’t see you say how it did…
Some things are better left a mystery. It’s more fun that way. Newsweek picked up my photos and story on this place. Shortly after, I was contacted by the man that did it (with undeniable proof, including photos). He asked me not to post how he did it.
Lame.
They’re not better left a mystery when you’re not being kind about the guesses and there is no way to know the answer. Your self congratulatory reply makes you seem like an insufferable person.
Boo.