Skeleton of the horse Snippy on display in Alamosa Colorado with vet Dr Wallace A Leary On September 9, 1967, at Alamosa, Colorado, an appaloosa horse named "Snippy" was found dead and mysteriously "mutilated." Numerous UFO sightings were reported in the area, which, according to the owner, were somehow involved with the animal's untimely demise. Snippy's skeleton -- originally prepared for a teaching specimen is apparently now on display in Alamosa as "the horse that got zapped by a UFO."