# Alien Cattle Mutilators have moved on to Pianos

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 18, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-cattle-mutilators-have-moved-on-to-pianos/357258 "2006-05-18T14:15:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-cattle-mutilators-have-moved-on-to-pianos/357258/1 "2006-05-18T14:15:05Z")

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A piano was found near the top of Ben Nevis in Britain:

[http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060518/D8HLSV680.html](http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060518/D8HLSV680.html)  
The keyboard was missing. I’ll bet it was removed _with surgical precision_.

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-cattle-mutilators-have-moved-on-to-pianos/357258/2 "2006-05-18T16:23:46Z")

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So they started with four legged creatures, now they have attacked a three legged creature, us two legged creatures had better watch out :eek:

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**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-cattle-mutilators-have-moved-on-to-pianos/357258/3 "2006-05-19T00:21:12Z")

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I love the idea of a piano under a cairn.

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-cattle-mutilators-have-moved-on-to-pianos/357258/4 "2006-05-19T00:29:11Z")

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Those pesky von Trapps.