The mystery of the missing horse tails

Three Belgian draft horses from a ranch near Parker are missing their carefully-groomed tails and owners suspect thieves are to blame. "Somebody was brazen enough to come in and cut the tails off our horses," said Tom Johnson. Johnson co-owns Happy Trails Horse-Drawn Rides with Jim and Cheryl Hoff, who board the horses at their property on Crystal Peak Road. The horses' tails were cut off last Tuesday or Wednesday night, said Johnson. "I have no idea what would possess somebody to do it or why somebody would do it," said Johnson, who called the incident "creepy." The horses weren't physically harmed; the tails were cut off below the dock, or the fleshy part of the tail. As much as two and a half feet of hair was cut away. But by whom?...

Reported by 9News.com in Colorado.