Listen as we discuss & debate how In the
mid 1990's, a rancher and his family decided to purchase a 480 acre
piece of isolated property in the Uinta Mountains region of Northeastern
Utah with the intent to raise cattle. Soon after, the family began
experiencing various forms of paran...ormal
activity on the property and in their home. This is the true story of
the Skinwalker Ranch. The name Skinwalkers comes from the Navaho's
belief about shape-shifting witches who come from the 'other side'.
The Sherman family spent nearly two years at the Skinwalker ranch
before the stress from their experiences caused them to put the property
up for sale. In that time their cattle were being mutilated, their dogs
were found incinerated, and the family reported seeing strange objects
with lights hovering over their property. The Shermans were also
terrified by the ongoing poltergeist-like activities happening inside
their home. Doors often slammed shut, objects would disappear and later
reappear, and strange sounds were heard coming from beneath their
property that resembled movement of heavy machinery. The family even
claimed to have encountered a number of strange creatures on their
property on several occasions. Creatures resembling Bigfoot, the alien
from the movie Predator, and wolf-like animals were all reported with
great detail. Mr. Sherman even recalled shooting at a large wolf-like
animal while it was trying to attack one of the calves just days after
moving to the ranch. According to Mr. Sherman, the bullets had no effect
and the animal ran off. Two years of this and the family called it
quits.
The property sold and was purchased by The National
Institute for Discovery Science when they caught wind of the strange and
terrifying paranormal events unfolding at the ranch. NIDS, which funds
studies into the paranormal, set up a team of scientists and sent them
to the ranch to study the phenomena reported there. According to
researchers George Knapp and Colm Kelleher, along with other scientists
there, they witnessed beings coming through 'portals' on the property
and numerous other bizarre phenomena. In 2005, Hunt for the Skinwalker
was published detailing their findings at the ranch.