The Clearview Rocky Mountain Ranch Case: Leo Sprinkle’s Lost Kiowa Field Notes

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This episode explores Leo Sprinkle's field notes related to unusual activities reported near a ranch in Kiowa during the 1970s.

This document marks Part Two of the Rocky Mountain Ranch Research archival series, drawing from rare and lesser-known material preserved in the R. Leo Sprinkle Papers Collection at the American Heritage Center in Laramie, Wyoming. Included is a handwritten page of investigative field notes recorded during an interview with Bill Waugh, Undersheriff of Elbert County, Colorado. The notes relate to a ranch case near Kiowa and summarize reports of unusual activity in the region during the 1970s. Referenced phenomena include: • Bright orange and red lights reported near the property • Accounts of vehicles seemingly disappearing along rural roads • Multiple suspected cattle mutilations, including a major bull case • Unusual predator behavior, with carcasses left untouched for extended periods • Strange photographic failures where objects would not appear on film • Indications of law enforcement awareness and concern surrounding the events These notes represent a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the kind of firsthand testimony and investigative documentation Dr. Sprinkle quietly gathered while researching UFO-related and high-strangeness cases across the American West. These are not…

People in this episode

Host: Katie Paige

Topics covered

• UFOs
• investigative research
• historical documentation
• ranch case
• high-strangeness phenomena
• field notes

Keywords

• field notes
• UFO-related
• cattle mutilations
• investigative documentation
• high-strangeness
• ranch case
• historical mystery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Heritage Center

Places: Laramie, Wyoming, Elbert County, Colorado, Kiowa

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