# Help me ID this Eighties cattle-mutilation/conspiracy movie
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 11, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316 "2011-10-11T16:30:05Z")
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316/1 "2011-10-11T16:30:05Z")
It had a female sheriff in the American West trying to figure out what was up with a rash of cattle mutilations. There were black helicopters, I think, and hints of a vast government conspiracy etc. One guy who was snooping a bit too much was killed by a poison added to his toothbrush which made him liquefy and blow up… or something. It’s been a long time since I saw it.
And yes, it was a bad movie. Kinda like a low-budget extended _X-Files_ episode.
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### Author:  [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316/2 "2011-10-11T18:20:58Z")
Endangered Species with JoBeth Williams and Robert Urich.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316/3 "2011-10-12T02:35:12Z")
Thanks - I think you’re right: [Endangered Species (1982) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083885/)
Funny, I remember the female sheriff but have no memory of Robert Urich being in it at all.
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### Author:  [@quasito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasito)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316/4 "2013-05-12T03:39:18Z")
God, I love the internet. This would of kept me up all night wondering and I’m not being sarcastic. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@quasito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasito)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316/5 "2013-05-12T03:41:37Z")
… and as I suspected:
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUSq2f_vAk8)
what did I say about loving the internet? Instant gratification!
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-eighties-cattle-mutilation-conspiracy-movie/599316/6 "2013-05-12T03:46:41Z")
> [@quasito](#):
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> God, I love the internet. This would of kept me up all night wondering and I’m not being sarcastic. Thanks.
Welcome to the Dope!
Stick around, we do stuff like that all the time 😃