![]() In 1998, a police officer saw a large light plunge into the reservoir and then reemerge, flying off into the night sky. Other strange sightings have occurred directly next door, at Bottle Hollow-a 420-acre man-made reservoir on Ute land abutting the ranch, which was filled with fresh water in 1970 by federal government mandate. While skinwalkers don’t feature in Ute religion, there are still aspects of the ranch that make sense within the context of Ute lore. Cursed water, cursed lightsĪ small river runs through the property on Skinwalker Ranch. And there was direct conflict when the Navajo attempted to move up into Ute territory,” at modern-day Pagosa Springs and Durango. “The Navajo were more aggressive people they took slaves, they had Ute slaves. And when the Utes and the Navajo did cross paths, it was an acrimonious relationship, explains historian Sondra Jones, author of Being and Becoming Ute. Among the Navajo, skinwalkers are like werewolves: evil witches who can transform themselves into the creatures of their choosing.īut Sherman’s family ranch was 400 miles north of Navajo Nation. Repeated sightings of humanlike creatures have led some to invoke the name “Skinwalker,” a shape-shifting character from Navajo tribal folklore. It almost looked like a bird of prey, maybe a raptor print, but huge and, from the depth of the print, from a very heavy creature.” The ‘Skinwalker’ in Skinwalker Ranch It looked unusual: a single large print in the snow with two sharp claws protruding from the rear of the mark going a couple of inches deeper. “It was then that I saw it-a single, obvious oval track about six inches in diameter embedded deeply in the patch of snow. ![]() “The only indication of the beast’s presence was the penetrating yellow light of the unblinking eyes as they stared fixedly back into the light.”Īfter Kelleher fired at the creature with a rifle, it disappeared. “The large creature that lay motionless, almost casually, in the tree,” said Kelleher. The Uinta Basin of eastern Utah has been such a hotbed of paranormal sightings over the years that some extraterrestrial enthusiasts have deemed it “UFO Alley.” “You can’t throw a rock in Southern Utah without hitting somebody who’s been abducted,” local filmmaker Trent Harris told the Deseret News. Had the Shermans been lying about what they saw? Or under the spell of a collective delusion? Without evidence, the stories they told are difficult to believe, but they’re hardly unique. The ranch was resold to Adamantium Real Estate in 2016. But they were unable to capture any meaningful physical evidence supporting the Shermans’ incredible stories. That surveillance yielded a book called Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah, in which several of the researchers claimed to have seen paranormal activities. Under the name the National Institute for Discovery Science, Bigelow set up round-the-clock surveillance of the ranch, hoping to get to the bottom of the paranormal claims. Image courtesy of Prometheus Entertainment
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