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Oct 28, 2005 7:18 am US/Mountain

Lightning Confirmed As Cause For 16 Horses Deaths

CALHAN, Colo. (AP) ― Lightning was indeed behind the deaths of 16 horses in eastern El Paso County last week, sheriff's investigators said.

Computer technology at the Colorado Springs Fire Department recorded a dozen lightning strikes between 5:15 and 6:12 a.m. Oct. 19, all within the same general area, investigators said Thursday.

The horses were found a few days later grouped together in a pasture near Calhan, with some of their eyeballs burst.

Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Clif Northam said investigators still don't know what killed six horses and a burro found in eastern El Paso County on Oct. 11.

(© 2005 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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