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The third sheep had cuts over its body with the most damage done to the flank and loin area. Updike saw dog tracks around the gate area of the pasture after he found the last sheep. “The first and the last one looked like dogs had attacked them, but I’ve never seen one eaten up like the lamb was,” Updike said. “The lamb is puzzling because the skeleton was not tom apart or broken anywhere.”
Updike said that he never saw any other animals around when he found the sheep, although he has occasionally seen dogs crossing the pasture. “Whatever’s doing it is smart because it comes, gets its fill and goes on,” Updike said. “Normally a dog or dogs would get back in the flock the next night if they’re running free, but we just don’t know what could be doing it.”
Rappahannock’s Game Warden, Jim Bankston, agreed that there is no way to determine what has been attacking the sheep, but said he does not think that a bear could be responsible. Bankston saw one of the dead sheep. “There are too many things about the attacks that indicate it was not a bear,” Bankston said. “There are two bee hives next to the pasture that I don’t think a bear would bypass; a bear would have most likely picked up the sheep and carried them away to eat them if it did bypass the hives and
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