Maybe it was the flying mountain sheep? We'd just been on a long horseback ride in that area a couple of days before this blowdown.

KOAT Albuquerque -- SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. -- There is a mystery near Santa Fe and it is one that covers miles and miles of the Santa Fe National Forest.

A blowdown wiped out thousands of trees in the forest. It is an occurrence that takes place when high winds toss sections of trees to the ground. But this one is not just a section of trees. Trees were snapped like twigs for miles near Pecos Baldy.

"Thirteen hundred acres, almost 4 miles long, almost a mile wide in places, almost a continuous swath of trees just mowed down," said Miles Standish with the Santa Fe National Forest.

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