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The Utes and the Navajo

The earliest known inhabitants of this land played a big part in its ominous name. The property lies on land traditionally inhabited by the Ute Tribe, but the term “skin-walker” comes from Navajo legend, and translates to “by means of it, it goes on all fours.”

In Navajo culture, skin-walkers are evil witches with the ability to shapeshift into any animal or human. The skin-walker legend is not well understood outside of Navajo culture, but what little is known about it by outsiders is enough to inspire scary stories of all varieties. One such story involves the Ute tribe. The legend goes that during a time of hostility between the Utes and Navajo, members of the Navajo decided to unleash skin-walkers upon their enemies, and those skin-walkers still stalk the land today … btw the pic is what the navajo thought they look like

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I am "peaceful crocidile" I just forgot to change my name

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The Navajo tribe of native Americans released "skin walkers" on their enemies and they say they were witches that could transform into any animal or person.

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This should be first it was so long ago but it was not recorded

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Since the 1950s, there have been hundreds of reports of UFOs and unexplained phenomena in the Uinta Basin, and not just at Skinwalker. Neighbors of the ranch report seeing various types of bright lights in the sky, often appearing as a shape that looks like a doorway or portal. Others report giant flying objects.

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strange noises are heard around the property. locals hear rumbles distant thunder and explosions. These noises have been heard for five years.

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1994 The Sherman Family purchases the property in the hopes of settling down and running a cattle ranch.

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1994 The Sherman Family purchases the property in the hopes of settling down and running a cattle ranch.

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“What Is Skinwalker Ranch, and What’s Really Going on There?” Utah.com, 17 Mar. 2023, www.utah.com/articles/post/what-is-skinwalker-ranch-and-whats-really-going-on-there/. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.

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after Bigelow sells skin walker ranch an anonymous buyer acquires the land

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Newspaper reports “Strange Noises” from homesteaders in the Utah Basin.

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Arnold family (owners, Hilltop) witness UFO craft.

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Robert Bigelow and NIDSci in 1995 had founded the National Institute for Discovery Science to fund research on UFOs and the paranormal.

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Robert Bigelow and NIDSci in 1995 had founded the National Institute for Discovery Science to fund research on UFOs and the paranormal.

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Unlike those families in horror movies, the Shermans decided to dump the property before it was too late. They sold the ranch in 1996, just two years after they had bought it.

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In 1994, Terry and Gwen Sherman were scouring northeastern Utah for a remote property where they could raise their teenage son and 10-year-old daughter when they found an incredible 512-acre sprawling ranch in the Utah Basin. The remote property was unoccupied for almost seven years.

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And boy was Robert Bigelow into that kind of thing. Just a year earlier, in 1995, he had founded the National Institute for Discovery Science to fund research on UFOs and the paranormal. The Shermans’ nightmare ranch was Bigelow’s playground

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Kandus Linde and Tom Lewis become caretakers of Skinwalker Ranch.

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Kandus Linde and Tom Lewis become caretakers of Skinwalker Ranch.

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new owners

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Utes join US troops in campaign against Navajo: Skinwalker Curse.

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Utes join US troops in campaign against Navajo: Skinwalker Curse.

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Several bands of Ute tribes are relocated by the US government onto the reservation surrounding Skinwalker Ranch.

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When Skinwalker finally did change hands, it was passed off to a group that would experience a lot of the same anomalies (and frustrations) as NIDSci.

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skinwalker

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Skinwalker

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The idea of shape-shifting witches in the present-day Uinta Basin might be hard for some to believe, but not the Sherman family. Who purchased the ranch in 1994 with the intention of settling down and relaxing in their new country home.

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The Shermans and the other people that have owned the ranch have had problems with cow deaths. An example is where a cow has been struck by lightning but they don't see any marks of the lightning on the ground.

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ufo sited

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After Skinwalker Ranch was bought by Robert Biglow, all they found were more questions and no answers

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cow by by

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har har har har har har har har har

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it isn't really about skinwalkers

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skin walker

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Brandon Fugal bought skin walker ranch in 2016