Ask A Genius 1247: Skippy the Horse
Author(s): Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Ask A Genius
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/02/01
Rick Rosner: So, Skippy the Horse. When I was a teenager, there was a story about a horse named Skippy that was allegedly dissected by extraterrestrials. According to the tale, you can tell when aliens perform a dissection because they remove the animal’s rear end perfectly circularly.
It also turns out that in nature, certain bacteria—or perhaps maggots—can consume tissue in an almost perfect 4‑inch circle. However, those who believe in UFOs dismiss natural explanations; they insist it must be the work of aliens. Anyway, Skippy passed away, and his body was reportedly defleshed by a local veterinarian who then mounted his skeleton above his storefront in Boulder during the 1970s. This display unnerved me because I’ve never been fond of skeletons.
So there you go—a horse skeleton that has become part of local lore. That reminds me—I brought up life in Boulder because, right now, Los Angeles is facing severe fires. Santa Monica—and even the Pacific Palisades area of Santa Monica—is burning due to high Santa Ana winds spreading the flames.
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