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it is doubtlessly one of the strangest
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locations in the entire world it is a
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roughly 500 acre ranch located in a
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remote part of Uinta County in
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northeastern Utah in 1994 the Sherman
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family purchased the property with the
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intention of living a simple private
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quiet life the ranch seemed perfect for
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this lifestyle
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they couldn't have known how wrong they
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would be
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the Shermans would live here for just
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under two years until they could no
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longer endure it in that time they would
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claim to have not won nor even just a
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handful but dozens perhaps over a
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hundred unexplainable experiences when
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they finally went public with their
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story the whole world turned their eyes
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to this remote area of the country and
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the Sherman Ranch would be given the
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name by which it is better known today
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Skinwalker Ranch
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ladies and gentlemen hello and welcome
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to fire of learning this is the campfire
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series join us as we tell the full
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actual story of what happened at
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Skinwalker Ranch before we begin I would
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like to thank Yocum Marnie the writer
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verbach Sherry Cartwright Blair Emily
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Clark Bill Allen Rodney Ron Ariel
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jardeal Stephen Turner WT expletive
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Soros and Washburn turp ninjas Arya
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medani Sid Leone will Robert miravinjin
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and avantia Eleni for being my most
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recent supporters on patreon they join
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these supporters listed here who helped
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to make these videos possible
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foreign
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it's quite clear there is an interest in
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the area fencing security cameras
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blocked off roads and no trespassing
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signs surround the property making it
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explicitly clear that the area is off
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limits to the General Public
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it was not like that whatsoever when
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Terry and Gwen Sherman purchased the
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property and moved in with their
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children in the Autumn of 1994. what we
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will now discuss is the standard account
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of the events that would take place on
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this Ranch in the two years the Shermans
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lived on it and the years after in which
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the area was officially investigated
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many of the details of which were
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originally brought to the public in the
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famous 2005 book hunt for the skinwalker
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science confronts The Unexplained at a
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remote Ranch in Utah by Dr column A
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Kelleher and George Knapp
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the Shermans purchased the ranch with
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the intention of raising their two
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children a teenage son and a 10 year old
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daughter and cattle on it Terry was an
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experienced cattle rancher and the area
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seemed suitable for the needs of raising
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the quality cattle for which it was
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known the prior owners of the property
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Kenneth and Edith Myers had owned it
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since the 1930s because the property had
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been vacant for years before the
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Shermans acquired it it was a neglected
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Fixer-Upper but the Shermans felt up to
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this task as soon as the Shermans had
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begun moving in however they began to
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notice strange things about the property
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firstly there had been an unexplained
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clause in the contract requiring them to
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contact the Myers family for permission
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to dig on the property secondly when
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they arrived it is said they found the
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home itself had been practically
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fortified as if the Myers were expecting
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some kind of intrusion the doors and
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windows had been bolted shut with metal
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bars placed in the windows as well there
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were also chains on each side of the
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house which were assumed to have once
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been used to hold guard dogs however the
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Shermans chalked these unusual features
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up to the old couple just being a little
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bit eccentric the family moved in and
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began to settle down into their new
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lives
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it was not long after that the first
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incident occurred
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one day the Sherman couple their two
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children and Terry's father noticed a
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dog-like animal in the distance
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approaching the ranch from about 400
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yards away they could tell it was really
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quite large probably a wolf
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at about 50 yards away it paused and
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stared the family down for a moment then
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slowly approached them the wolf did not
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seem to hesitate whatsoever which
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suggested to them that it was possibly
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tame maybe even someone's pet as it came
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closer they were better able to make out
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its features this was no ordinary Wolf
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the wolf it was said came up to the
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chests of the two six foot tall men
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present it was intimidatingly muscular
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with gray fur and piercing blue eyes
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though a strong feeling of unease came
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over Terry as it came right up to his
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family the wolf still appeared
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completely tame they even pet the Beast
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within a split second however the wolf
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turned and rapidly darted towards the
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Corral that held Terry's calves it
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attacked a curious calf who had stood
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too close to the gate
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Terry and his father rushed to attack
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the Beast and save their calf but their
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blows failed to deter the creature in
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the slightest Terry called to his son to
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bring him his gun occult 357 Magnum
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pistol this is where a tense and strange
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situation became a Horror Story
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he shot the creature at point-blank
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range but the bullet had little more
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effect on the wolf than did the blows of
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the two men the Beast did not simply
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withstand it it seemed unconcerned by it
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altogether Terry shot the animal twice
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more it released the calf and slowly
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walked away then turned and faced the
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family it stood there staring them down
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still showing no signs of having been
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harmed Terry shot again and it walked
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back about 30 more feet but remained
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staring at the family Terry called to
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his son to bring him his 30-06 a rifle
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which he used for elk hunting even with
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this greater Firepower however when he
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shot at the creature though it was
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claimed he heard the bullet hit the wolf
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from only about 40 feet away it again
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had seemingly no effect he fired again
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this time it is claimed visibly removing
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flesh from the wolf
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still it seemed indifferent at this
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point the wolf turned and paced away
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from the area
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to say those present were shocked is an
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understatement Terry felt it best to
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pursue this throughout however and try
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to finish it he and his son followed the
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beast but it was moving quickly they saw
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it disappear into the trees before they
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could reach it however they were able to
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follow its tracks they followed them for
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about a mile until
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the tracks disappeared
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this made no sense the ground on which
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the tracks disappeared was soft as soft
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as the ground on which there were tracks
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they could find no explanation as to why
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the tracks would have abruptly stopped
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but abruptly stopped they had
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as the sun set and their search for
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signs of the wolf yielded nothing Terry
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decided it would be best to return home
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lacking the ability to answer the many
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questions they had Terry felt it best to
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try to forget the incident
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in the following weeks there would be
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more sightings of not just this wolf or
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one like it but other odd canines as
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well though these incidents weren't
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quite as intense they were generally
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just sightings eventually the Shermans
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would stop seeing these mystery canines
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for a while however this did not mean
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normalcy return to their lives
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unfortunately this incident was only the
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first of a series of incidents that
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would confuse disturb and threaten the
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family during the two years they owned
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the property soon the Wolves would be
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replaced by a great many other forms of
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strangeness
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the family began to notice things going
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missing on the ranch and not just
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trivial or small things for example
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Terry would leave an area for a few
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minutes and come back to find heavy
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large Ranch equipment missing such as a
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70 pound post digger some of the objects
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like the post sticker were eventually
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found the trouble was finding them
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sometimes only added to the mystery for
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example the post digger was allegedly
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found 20 feet up in a tree sometime
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later there was another major incident
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their first encounter with a phenomenon
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that would haunt them much more
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consistently
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strange lights and the crafts to which
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they were occasionally said to have
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belonged
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one evening as night fell Terry his son
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and his nephew noticed lights on his
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land in the distance a white headlight
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and red tail lights probably an RV
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assuming they were trespassers he was
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determined to drive them off however as
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the three began walking in the direction
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of the lights the lights silently moved
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away from them as they increased their
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pace and Drew closer the lights suddenly
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Rose about 50 feet in the air they could
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better see the outline of the vehicle
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now it was an object shaped more like a
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refrigerator than an RV
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the group froze watching as the object
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flew off into the night sky disappearing
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from sight
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it was becoming clearer that the
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Shermans were not just the victims of
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random Oddities that happened across
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their paths by coincidence but that
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there was perhaps something unusual
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about the ranch itself indeed as time
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passed they would come to learn that Not
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only was the Uinta Basin regarded as an
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area in which unusual happenings weren't
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so unusual but that the land on which
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they lived itself may have had a close
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connection to this strangeness some
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regarded part of it as cursed
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oftentimes when a scary story is said to
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have precedence in Native American
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folklore it uh doesn't actually however
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in this case there does seem to be at
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least some truth to the claim that the
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people indigenous to the area the youths
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have historically regarded the area of
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Skinwalker Ridge part of which lies on
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the north of the ranch as dangerous
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Supernatural even cursed holding a kind
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of connection to what are called Skin
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Walkers
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Skin Walkers are dark figures from the
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folklore of various Southwestern
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amerindian groups the full extent of
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Skinwalker folklore is not well
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understood outside of these groups it is
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often considered a private and
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uncomfortable subject however from the
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information that these groups have
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shared it is known that skinwalkers are
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Sinister figures capable of wielding
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powerful black magic they attain these
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Powers through the completion of a
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number of dark rituals including the
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murder of a family member and the
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consumption of their flesh
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in some instances the skinwalker in its
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natural state resembles a foul thin husk
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of a person with eyes that burn a coal
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red in the darkness they are said to
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possess great strength speed and
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endurance they are closely connected to
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dark spirits and can cause illness and
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curse others they are capable of
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entering and corrupting the minds of
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others driving them mad causing them to
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do terrible things
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the most famous of their powers though
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is the ability to shape-shift often
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transforming into an animal such as a
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bear bird or wolf
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the strange history of the Uinta Basin
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does not end there in 1911 an article in
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the sun Advocate was published
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discussing strange noises resembling
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Thunder heard throughout the Basin that
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were reportedly causing settlers unease
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some residents reported hearing them day
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and night in summer and winter for years
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the noise was attributed to layers of
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rock moving on the uint default
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for years beginning the 1950s residents
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of Uinta County began reporting what
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would add up to thousands of UFO
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sightings incidents of cattle
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mutilations and purported
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extraterrestrial encounters alongside a
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wide variety of other abnormal phenomena
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like Sasquatches and Poltergeist
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activity this was especially true in the
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1970s when the rate of UFO and ET
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incidents increased dramatically Uinta
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County became one of the most
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significant hot spots of unexplained
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phenomena in the entire country a
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position the area retains to this day
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frustrated as these occurrences and
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others like them continued as the cold
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of winter set in Terry would often
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Patrol his land at night he claimed he
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would often see strange lights moving
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around in the darkness though generally
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they were only glimpses from a distance
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one snowy fiercely cold winter night
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however it is claimed he noticed the
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craft which was unlike any he had ever
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seen before
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it was jet black dead silent and hovered
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about 30 feet off the ground it began
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flashing a series of multi-colored
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Lights under the ground below almost
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like a disco ball as if it were looking
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for something
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Terry hid to avoid detection when the
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object was about a hundred yards away he
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quietly stretched which caused some of
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his joints to pop
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seeming to have somehow heard the noise
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the object turned its lights off turned
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towards him and then slowly flew away in
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the opposite direction
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several weeks later Gwen essentially saw
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the same thing following her car one
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evening she rushed home and as she
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pulled in the object flew over her house
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and off into the distance
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about an hour later Gwen looked outside
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and saw a craft like that of the
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mistaken RV from before sitting on her
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property inside she could see a seven
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foot tall figure wearing a black uniform
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and headgear standing in what was
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described as a light filled doorway
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she got the impression the figure was
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staring at her and so she closed the
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blinds
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by the following morning when she and
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her husband investigated all that
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remained were unusually large footprints
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one of the most common things the
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Shermans would see were described as
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large glowing orange objects they each
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witnessed them with Terry perhaps
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witnessing it dozens of times overall he
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would watch them for hours at a time
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sometimes with a night vision scope on
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his rifle it was said they always
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appeared in the same place over an area
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of cottonwood trees about a mile away
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where one would hover silently however
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it would appear in different shapes
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sometimes flat and elongated other times
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as round as the moon the angle from
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which the Shermans viewed it seemed to
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influence how its shape appeared with
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the area around his Homestead being the
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only area in which it was perfectly
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visible it was claimed that motorists on
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a nearby roadway would have seen a faint
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normal looking orange cloud
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one night Terry allegedly noticed
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something that added to the strangeness
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he noticed in the middle of the Orange
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Mass a blue spot
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he realized it was the sky blue sky
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shining in the middle of the object when
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the sun had long set
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when he began to see fast-moving
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triangular objects exiting the orange
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object as well he suspected it was some
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kind of portal
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at first despite how disturbing and
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confusing these incidents were no clear
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harm actually came to the Sherman family
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themselves apart from the stress fear
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and confusion these incidents caused
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this was even true of their animals with
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the possible exception of the wolf
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incident but whether the wolf had any
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relation to these other anomalies who
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could say
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however either way according to the
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story The phenomena or whatever control
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them would begin to take a dangerous
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interest in Terry's cattle
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one day following a fierce blizzard
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Terry noticed one of his cows was
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missing he went to search for it
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eventually finding its tracks following
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them until they abruptly stopped in the
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middle of an open area
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Like the Wolf in this case it was as if
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the cow had vanished there were no
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Predator tracks alongside them and no
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explanation as to why the tracks would
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have stopped
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his cow was never discovered
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she was the first of five to disappear
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throughout that winter alone
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the coming of spring in 1995 did not
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relieve them of their stresses with much
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of the strangeness continuing to Center
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on the cows in April they began to find
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their cows deceased in horrifying States
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they would have much of their rears and
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bodies removed as if surgically as the
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missing parts seemed to have been
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removed with precision and there was a
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distinct lack of blood
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more cattle mutilations occurred in the
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following months Terry began to notice
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many shared features surrounding them
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yellow lights would appear on his
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property oftentimes in poor weather than
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the following day he would find a cow
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mutilated with again what seemed like
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surgical Precision it was also noted
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that the cow carcasses seemed to Decay
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more slowly than they should have on one
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occasion Terry noticed strange liquid
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Brown chemical next to a cow carcass he
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touched it describing it as gel-like and
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cold it evaporated however before he
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could find something with which to
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collect it
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each cow was worth thousands of dollars
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this was becoming a serious threat to
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Terry's livelihood
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strange things were happening several
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times a month but Skinwalker Ranch is
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famous not merely for the frequency of
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such events but the variety as well
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strange sounds would be heard that
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seemed to come from underground Holes
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about a foot deep and several feet in
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diameter would appear in areas where
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flying lights were seen the night before
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meaning hundreds of pounds of soil
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apparently vanished from his property
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overnight mysterious circular
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Impressions were made in the grass Terry
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would hear voices speaking in an
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unfamiliar language from above him
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another major Oddity observed on the
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ranch were what were described as flying
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glowing orbs multiple colors were noted
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blue yellow orange red it was Saturday
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quote unquote usually signaled trouble
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and that they seemed to observe him and
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investigate his activities they were
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generally seen at a distance however a
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few Close Encounters were described
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on one occasion in April of 1996 Terry's
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dogs attacked one of these blue orbs
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when the dogs got close to the aura bit
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descended somewhat and flew around the
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dogs just Out Of Reach of their bites as
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if it were taunting them the orb then
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moved behind the tree line and the dogs
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followed once the dogs and orbs were out
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of sight Terry heard the dogs give out
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disturbing Yelps and then silence
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the following morning when he
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investigated the area he found three
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large brown circles of burned grass and
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the remains of the dogs which were
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described as a greasy mess in the center
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of each of them
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during another encounter Terry and his
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wife were able to observe the blue orbs
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much more closely they were described as
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perfectly round about three times the
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size of a baseball with a clear
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shell-like exterior which was said to be
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not unlike glass inside they observed
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what was described as a swirling
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incandescent intensely blue liquid
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substance that seemed on the verge of
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boiling the object also made a faint
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crackling sound like the sound of
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electricity it was also noted to have
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interfered with the electricity in the
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house perhaps most interestingly the
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objects seemed to produce a feeling of
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intense anxiety in them that seemed
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unnatural even in the circumstances as
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if it were an artificial emotion
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it was following the loss of Terry's
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cherished dogs that after well over a
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year of Terror and strangeness the
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Shermans came to agreement that it was
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time to leave it was around this time
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that Sherman finally went public with
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what was happening he spoke to Zach van
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Ike of the Deseret News the second
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largest paper in Utah at the time his
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story was printed on June 29 1996. the
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information he gave the newspaper was
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limited but it was enough information
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for the story to spread across the
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country though Terry was reluctant to
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potentially lose his privacy he
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ultimately felt that drawing attention
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to his situation would deter whoever was
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responsible or at least lead to answers
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it would not stop the incidents in fact
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all it did at first was attract
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attention to the property including that
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of a number of unwanted visitors hoping
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to investigate he turned away most with
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a few exceptions a few of these visitors
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reportedly actually triggered a number
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of strange events on their own namely
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those who were described as eccentric it
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wasn't long before a word of the
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property caught the eyes of those in
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high places within a few weeks of the
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first publication the property would be
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purchased by an individual named Robert
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Bigelow Who took possession of it on
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September 5th of that year
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the Shermans unhappy but desperate to
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leave sold the property for less than
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they had paid for it
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Robert Bigelow was and is a billionaire
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real estate Tycoon whose side interests
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included the supernatural
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he had such an interest in a subject
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that he had found that an organization
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called the National Institute for
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Discovery science nids or nidsai for
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short the year prior an organization
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dedicated to scientific research of
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paranormal topics
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Skinwalker Ranch was precisely what they
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were looking for
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the nids team that formed included a
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number of professionals and Skeptics
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including individuals with backgrounds
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in physics astronomy psychology
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veterinary science Etc also associated
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with the project where noteworthy
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figures such as Edgar Mitchell an
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astronaut who had walked on the moon the
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parapsychologist Hal putoff and the
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ufologist Jacques filet chosen to head
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the research team assembled for the
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00:23:46,919 --> 00:23:52,919
ranch was Dr column A Kelleher an Irish
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00:23:49,859 --> 00:23:55,259
scientist with a PhD in Biochemistry as
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you will recall Kelleher would later be
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the author of the famous book hunt for
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00:23:57,179 --> 00:24:01,500
the skinwalker which he co-wrote with
566
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George Knapp a journalist known for his
567
00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:06,720
investigation of UFO topics namely the
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00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:08,159
story of Bob lazar's involvement in area
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00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,558
51.
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the Shermans moved to a ranch located
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00:24:10,558 --> 00:24:16,319
about 20 miles away however Terry was
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00:24:14,159 --> 00:24:18,299
unable to abandon his desire to figure
573
00:24:16,319 --> 00:24:21,599
out what had caused him and his family
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00:24:18,298 --> 00:24:24,298
so much hardship and driven him away
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00:24:21,599 --> 00:24:27,480
with his family safe he volunteered to
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00:24:24,298 --> 00:24:30,179
work as the ranch manager nids agreed
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00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:33,058
the research team arrived in September
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00:24:30,179 --> 00:24:35,100
of 1996 to begin their investigation
579
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they would not be permanently stationed
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00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:38,099
on the ranch but spent a great deal of
581
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,798
time there
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00:24:38,099 --> 00:24:43,319
on their very first day the team
583
00:24:40,798 --> 00:24:45,779
encountered carcasses of mutilated cows
584
00:24:43,319 --> 00:24:48,658
the three large circles of dried grass
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00:24:45,779 --> 00:24:51,178
where Terry had lost his dogs which was
586
00:24:48,659 --> 00:24:53,940
surrounded by tall Healthy Green Grass
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00:24:51,179 --> 00:24:56,700
and a number of holes in the ground that
588
00:24:53,940 --> 00:24:59,340
were attributed to Flying lights
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00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:01,200
soon after the team witnessed something
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00:24:59,339 --> 00:25:04,079
for themselves
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00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:06,538
one night a bright light was seen
592
00:25:04,079 --> 00:25:08,759
hovering over the tree line it was
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00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:11,038
observed by four people including
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00:25:08,759 --> 00:25:13,440
Kelleher and Sherman they said it
595
00:25:11,038 --> 00:25:16,859
hovered for about 10 minutes moved
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00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:19,019
downward out of sight then came back up
597
00:25:16,859 --> 00:25:21,000
photographs were taken but it was
598
00:25:19,019 --> 00:25:23,460
claimed that they failed to display the
599
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,319
true brightness of the light none of the
600
00:25:23,460 --> 00:25:27,120
four present were able to recognize it
601
00:25:25,319 --> 00:25:29,099
as anything familiar
602
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:31,199
in the following months they would
603
00:25:29,099 --> 00:25:33,418
observe a number of other Oddities here
604
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:36,840
and there that suggested that Sherman
605
00:25:33,419 --> 00:25:39,900
really was telling the truth however it
606
00:25:36,839 --> 00:25:41,879
was in March of 1997 that the period in
607
00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:44,880
which the strangest events that the team
608
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:47,880
would witness started happening
609
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:50,880
on March 10th a calf was discovered
610
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:53,700
dismembered with its organs blood and
611
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,980
much of its body removed the calf had
612
00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:59,038
been seen alive when it was tagged just
613
00:25:55,980 --> 00:26:00,778
45 minutes prior the injuries were
614
00:25:59,038 --> 00:26:02,099
seemingly made with professional
615
00:26:00,778 --> 00:26:05,700
instrumentation
616
00:26:02,099 --> 00:26:07,558
on March 12th at 11 PM when dogs owned
617
00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:09,840
by the team were heard howling and
618
00:26:07,558 --> 00:26:12,119
barking Terry Kelleher and another
619
00:26:09,839 --> 00:26:15,000
researcher gathered in Terry's truck to
620
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,859
investigate eventually as they drove
621
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:19,619
around the property they were startled
622
00:26:16,859 --> 00:26:22,259
as they came upon what appeared to be a
623
00:26:19,619 --> 00:26:25,619
huge animal estimated by Terry to weigh
624
00:26:22,259 --> 00:26:28,319
about 400 pounds in a tree with yellow
625
00:26:25,619 --> 00:26:31,379
eyes that reflect the car lights
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00:26:28,319 --> 00:26:32,819
Terry got out and shot at it the eyes
627
00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:34,980
disappeared
628
00:26:32,819 --> 00:26:37,079
they believed they had hit the creature
629
00:26:34,980 --> 00:26:39,419
and that it had fallen to the ground but
630
00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:42,599
when he investigated Terry could not
631
00:26:39,419 --> 00:26:45,240
find the creature Terry then saw it or a
632
00:26:42,599 --> 00:26:47,699
separate creature again nearby and shot
633
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:50,880
at it at what he said was point-blank
634
00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:52,200
range however again he could find no
635
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,419
carcass
636
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,580
the group would investigate spending
637
00:26:54,419 --> 00:26:59,278
around two hours looking for signs of
638
00:26:56,579 --> 00:27:02,579
the creature or creatures but little was
639
00:26:59,278 --> 00:27:05,819
discovered however they did find two
640
00:27:02,579 --> 00:27:08,220
oval-shaped tracks in the snow about 20
641
00:27:05,819 --> 00:27:10,139
feet apart from each other from it it
642
00:27:08,220 --> 00:27:12,480
was determined that at least one of the
643
00:27:10,140 --> 00:27:14,880
animals appeared to have had two claws
644
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:17,519
six inches in diameter
645
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:19,980
Kelleher compared it to that of a huge
646
00:27:17,519 --> 00:27:21,839
bird of prey the tracks were never
647
00:27:19,980 --> 00:27:24,599
identified
648
00:27:21,839 --> 00:27:27,298
the next major incident easily one of
649
00:27:24,599 --> 00:27:29,459
the strangest occurred in April
650
00:27:27,298 --> 00:27:31,440
Terry and Gwen were driving by an
651
00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:33,778
enclosure containing four of the most
652
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,720
prized Bulls which were still held on
653
00:27:33,778 --> 00:27:38,700
the property Gwen remarked that it would
654
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:42,839
be terrible if something were to happen
655
00:27:38,700 --> 00:27:46,140
to them 45 minutes later they returned
656
00:27:42,839 --> 00:27:47,278
to the area to find that the Bulls had
657
00:27:46,140 --> 00:27:49,860
vanished
658
00:27:47,278 --> 00:27:51,659
Terry began searching the property he
659
00:27:49,859 --> 00:27:53,399
managed to find them though the
660
00:27:51,659 --> 00:27:55,620
circumstances in which he found them
661
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:58,140
only added to his questions
662
00:27:55,619 --> 00:28:01,199
the Bulls were discovered huddled
663
00:27:58,140 --> 00:28:03,480
together in a small trailer seemingly in
664
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:06,960
some kind of hypnotic state
665
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:09,659
it seemed unlikely that four fully grown
666
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:12,058
Bulls would have or even could have
667
00:28:09,659 --> 00:28:14,640
entered the trailer and arranged
668
00:28:12,058 --> 00:28:16,619
themselves like this on their own when
669
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,538
Terry called out to his wife and banged
670
00:28:16,619 --> 00:28:20,219
on the metal door the Bull's trance was
671
00:28:18,538 --> 00:28:22,140
broken and they began to panic
672
00:28:20,220 --> 00:28:24,538
destroying the interior of the trailer
673
00:28:22,140 --> 00:28:25,559
they knocked down a metal door and
674
00:28:24,538 --> 00:28:27,900
escaped
675
00:28:25,558 --> 00:28:29,700
the niche team was not present when this
676
00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:31,500
occurred but arrived not long after
677
00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:33,538
finding evidence that they said
678
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:36,000
suggested that the Bull's had in fact
679
00:28:33,538 --> 00:28:39,000
been in the enclosure with no clear
680
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:41,880
explanation as to how exactly they had
681
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:44,099
entered it while investigating the team
682
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,778
noticed the metal bars that the
683
00:28:44,099 --> 00:28:48,418
enclosure in which the cows had been
684
00:28:45,778 --> 00:28:51,000
held were magnetized especially the
685
00:28:48,419 --> 00:28:52,919
borrowers closest to the trailer they
686
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,700
took photographs and footage of the
687
00:28:52,919 --> 00:28:56,038
scene
688
00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:59,940
the magnetization gradually diminished
689
00:28:56,038 --> 00:29:02,220
being barely detectable after 48 hours
690
00:28:59,940 --> 00:29:03,960
though Oddities continue to be observed
691
00:29:02,220 --> 00:29:06,298
and experienced throughout the months
692
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,919
the next major incident occurred in
693
00:29:06,298 --> 00:29:11,700
early June
694
00:29:07,919 --> 00:29:14,640
one night a bluish white orb the size of
695
00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:16,440
a basketball was cited about 75 yards
696
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:19,080
away from Kelleher and one of his
697
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:21,840
Canadian Partners bobbing slightly no
698
00:29:19,079 --> 00:29:24,298
more than 15 feet off the ground
699
00:29:21,839 --> 00:29:26,519
then it abruptly disappeared
700
00:29:24,298 --> 00:29:28,798
the researchers searched the area with a
701
00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:30,359
powerfully bright beam and night vision
702
00:29:28,798 --> 00:29:32,879
binoculars
703
00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:35,939
eventually the Canadian researcher
704
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:39,059
noticed something with the binoculars he
705
00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:41,600
said a quote-unquote huge black thing in
706
00:29:39,058 --> 00:29:44,099
a tree was ahead of them moving North
707
00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:45,719
Kelleher tried to get a photograph of it
708
00:29:44,099 --> 00:29:48,839
but he could neither see it nor
709
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:51,079
photograph it then the Canadian
710
00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:54,959
researchers suddenly yelled out quote
711
00:29:51,079 --> 00:29:58,259
it's got me it's saying we are watching
712
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,220
you end quote Kelleher still could not
713
00:29:58,259 --> 00:30:01,740
see it
714
00:29:59,220 --> 00:30:04,079
the unnamed Canadian researcher claimed
715
00:30:01,740 --> 00:30:06,659
it was large and blotted out all the
716
00:30:04,079 --> 00:30:09,058
stars in the binoculars when he snapped
717
00:30:06,659 --> 00:30:11,580
out of it he explained that it had taken
718
00:30:09,058 --> 00:30:13,798
control of his mind and had given him
719
00:30:11,579 --> 00:30:15,960
that message
720
00:30:13,798 --> 00:30:19,319
the final major incident that nids would
721
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:23,399
witness occurred on August 26th of 1997
722
00:30:19,319 --> 00:30:26,460
around 2 30 a.m on this night two
723
00:30:23,398 --> 00:30:28,739
researchers Jim and Mike noticed a
724
00:30:26,460 --> 00:30:30,840
yellow light appear about a hundred feet
725
00:30:28,740 --> 00:30:32,399
below a bluff overlooking the property
726
00:30:30,839 --> 00:30:35,220
from which the researchers were
727
00:30:32,398 --> 00:30:37,139
observing it was an area in which one of
728
00:30:35,220 --> 00:30:39,298
them had been meditating because there
729
00:30:37,140 --> 00:30:41,520
was a claim from past stories involving
730
00:30:39,298 --> 00:30:43,319
visitors to the property that meditation
731
00:30:41,519 --> 00:30:46,500
could trigger an event
732
00:30:43,319 --> 00:30:48,720
they photographed it as Mike washed the
733
00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:51,179
light with a pair of infrared binoculars
734
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:53,399
he realized that it appeared to be the
735
00:30:51,179 --> 00:30:56,399
light of a tunnel that was opening just
736
00:30:53,398 --> 00:30:59,278
above the ground then he saw a faceless
737
00:30:56,398 --> 00:31:01,739
black humanoid creature estimated to be
738
00:30:59,278 --> 00:31:04,200
about six feet tall and 400 pounds
739
00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:05,220
emerge from it and move off into the
740
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,460
darkness
741
00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:10,798
however Jim who did not have binoculars
742
00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:13,140
did not claim to be able to see this
743
00:31:10,798 --> 00:31:15,898
figure nor did he identify the light as
744
00:31:13,140 --> 00:31:17,759
a tunnel rather he only saw it as a much
745
00:31:15,898 --> 00:31:20,398
duller yellow light
746
00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:22,798
the yellow light then slowly disappeared
747
00:31:20,398 --> 00:31:25,259
the two researchers descended to
748
00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:27,960
investigate they smelled a sulfurous
749
00:31:25,259 --> 00:31:30,898
odor their nard alert machine picked up
750
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:33,419
Alpha Beta gamma and x-ray radiation
751
00:31:30,898 --> 00:31:36,359
that quickly faded they found nothing
752
00:31:33,419 --> 00:31:38,460
else that night or the following day the
753
00:31:36,359 --> 00:31:39,778
photographs they obtained were of poor
754
00:31:38,460 --> 00:31:42,000
quality
755
00:31:39,778 --> 00:31:45,419
another incident of interest is the one
756
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:47,880
involving the cameras in July of 1997
757
00:31:45,419 --> 00:31:50,278
the team has set up cameras in an area
758
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:53,340
of unusually high reported activity
759
00:31:50,278 --> 00:31:56,519
about a year later three would be
760
00:31:53,339 --> 00:31:57,538
mysteriously damaged all at once at 8 30
761
00:31:56,519 --> 00:32:00,298
pm
762
00:31:57,538 --> 00:32:03,720
when investigated the wires were found
763
00:32:00,298 --> 00:32:06,418
ripped out however neither these cameras
764
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:09,120
nor the other cameras which faced these
765
00:32:06,419 --> 00:32:11,038
cameras picked up what damaged them nor
766
00:32:09,119 --> 00:32:14,219
anything of much note throughout the
767
00:32:11,038 --> 00:32:16,079
entirety of their use for that matter
768
00:32:14,220 --> 00:32:17,759
the team would also do a great amount of
769
00:32:16,079 --> 00:32:20,339
Investigation throughout the rest of the
770
00:32:17,759 --> 00:32:22,679
Uinta Basin and even abroad when
771
00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:25,079
interviewed a number of individuals
772
00:32:22,679 --> 00:32:27,960
shared experiences that suggested that
773
00:32:25,079 --> 00:32:30,000
the Shermans were not alone they too
774
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,419
spoke of strange cattle mutilations
775
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,380
balls of light and mysterious
776
00:32:32,419 --> 00:32:36,720
unidentifiable craft
777
00:32:34,380 --> 00:32:39,120
some of these individuals were Sherman's
778
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:41,519
Neighbors in fact regarding the cattle
779
00:32:39,119 --> 00:32:44,038
mutilation specifically Terry even said
780
00:32:41,519 --> 00:32:46,740
of his neighbors that quote if I'm crazy
781
00:32:44,038 --> 00:32:49,200
then we both have the same problem end
782
00:32:46,740 --> 00:32:51,240
quote it is necessary to mention as well
783
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,580
however four of the Sherman's neighbors
784
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:55,798
themselves told the nid's team they did
785
00:32:53,579 --> 00:32:58,798
not believe Sherman's stories
786
00:32:55,798 --> 00:33:03,480
the nid's investigation lasted for six
787
00:32:58,798 --> 00:33:07,079
years from 1996 to 2002. the period of
788
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:08,940
March to August of 1997 represented the
789
00:33:07,079 --> 00:33:11,158
period of the strangest and most
790
00:33:08,940 --> 00:33:13,980
frequent activity that Ned's reported
791
00:33:11,159 --> 00:33:16,080
after the portal incident involving Jim
792
00:33:13,980 --> 00:33:18,659
and Mike however fewer and fewer
793
00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:20,939
Oddities were noted on the ranch
794
00:33:18,659 --> 00:33:24,000
they would continue to research the area
795
00:33:20,940 --> 00:33:26,820
for years but after 1999 especially
796
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:31,519
there was very little of note happening
797
00:33:26,819 --> 00:33:35,158
in 2002 the investigation ended in 2004
798
00:33:31,519 --> 00:33:37,079
nids disbanded Bigelow explained on his
799
00:33:35,159 --> 00:33:39,240
website that there had been no need for
800
00:33:37,079 --> 00:33:41,398
investigative work for well over two and
801
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:44,159
a half years at that point but stated
802
00:33:41,398 --> 00:33:47,239
that he would reactivate nids with new
803
00:33:44,159 --> 00:33:50,700
Personnel if an opportunity arose
804
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:53,099
interestingly and very importantly many
805
00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:56,640
of the results of this investigation are
806
00:33:53,099 --> 00:34:00,359
kept confidential by Bigelow to this day
807
00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:03,059
in 2005 hunt for the skinwalker was
808
00:34:00,359 --> 00:34:04,678
published leading to the next phase in
809
00:34:03,058 --> 00:34:07,079
the ranch's history
810
00:34:04,679 --> 00:34:08,940
the book caught the attention of figures
811
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:11,819
within the United States government
812
00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:14,639
specifically a scientist working for the
813
00:34:11,820 --> 00:34:16,379
defense intelligence agency Dr James a
814
00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:18,899
lakatsky
815
00:34:16,378 --> 00:34:20,639
lakatsky contacted Bigelow about
816
00:34:18,898 --> 00:34:23,699
visiting the ranch
817
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:26,460
while there laketsky witnessed what he
818
00:34:23,699 --> 00:34:29,178
claimed to be as strange yellow spectral
819
00:34:26,460 --> 00:34:31,740
object which Bigelow did not see
820
00:34:29,179 --> 00:34:33,480
lakatski became convinced of the
821
00:34:31,739 --> 00:34:35,939
veracity of the story
822
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:38,760
Bigelow then contacted a friend of his
823
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:41,220
the late Nevada Senator Harry Reid to
824
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,899
tell him about a member of the Dia's
825
00:34:41,219 --> 00:34:45,959
interest in the ranch
826
00:34:42,898 --> 00:34:48,898
Reed's interest was also peaked before
827
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:51,720
long nids was replaced by the much more
828
00:34:48,898 --> 00:34:54,179
secretive government-funded Advanced
829
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:58,079
Aerospace weapon systems applications
830
00:34:54,179 --> 00:35:01,139
program or ASAP which contracted the
831
00:34:58,079 --> 00:35:04,619
newly formed Bigelow Aerospace Advanced
832
00:35:01,139 --> 00:35:07,199
space studies or Bass to investigate a
833
00:35:04,619 --> 00:35:10,680
great number of UFO and other paranormal
834
00:35:07,199 --> 00:35:12,239
cases including and especially that of
835
00:35:10,679 --> 00:35:15,358
Skinwalker Ranch
836
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:16,979
the bass offsap investigation was funded
837
00:35:15,358 --> 00:35:20,159
by the defense intelligence agency
838
00:35:16,980 --> 00:35:24,000
receiving 22 million dollars and a staff
839
00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:27,239
of around 50 people it lasted from 2008
840
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:29,519
to 2010 a period which was marked by a
841
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:31,979
great number of other strange events and
842
00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:34,199
occurrences the details of this
843
00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:36,719
investigation were largely kept secret
844
00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:39,480
for many years but while the large
845
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:41,759
portion still is some information has
846
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,559
come out in recent years although there
847
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:46,440
is a huge amount of misinformation about
848
00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:48,838
ossap because essentially there seems to
849
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,880
have been attempts to conceal what the
850
00:35:48,838 --> 00:35:53,519
program was doing and there were other
851
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:56,640
later initiatives such as Luis
852
00:35:53,519 --> 00:35:59,159
elizondo's atip work the distinctions
853
00:35:56,639 --> 00:36:03,118
between which were not immediately clear
854
00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:06,239
anyway in the 2021 book Skin Walkers at
855
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:09,838
the Pentagon laketsky Kelleher and Knapp
856
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:11,759
outline this era like the preceding era
857
00:36:09,838 --> 00:36:13,500
a great number of strange events are
858
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,420
said to have taken place in this period
859
00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:18,179
including what has been termed The
860
00:36:15,420 --> 00:36:20,400
Hitchhiker effect this refers to the
861
00:36:18,179 --> 00:36:22,679
effect the ranch seems to have on those
862
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:25,139
who visit it after they leave
863
00:36:22,679 --> 00:36:27,059
according to the authors a large number
864
00:36:25,139 --> 00:36:29,940
of individuals who visited the ranch
865
00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:32,460
during the OSAP era experienced or
866
00:36:29,940 --> 00:36:34,559
witnessed things similar to what was
867
00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:37,380
often reported on the ranch in other
868
00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:40,500
places after having left the ranch like
869
00:36:37,380 --> 00:36:43,619
orbs objects being misplaced in absurd
870
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:46,019
ways and wolf-like creatures what's more
871
00:36:43,619 --> 00:36:48,358
these sightings were said to have spread
872
00:36:46,019 --> 00:36:51,119
to these individuals family members and
873
00:36:48,358 --> 00:36:53,519
peers who had not been on the ranch in a
874
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:56,220
way that Kelleher compared to a virus
875
00:36:53,519 --> 00:36:59,639
however at the end of this investigation
876
00:36:56,219 --> 00:37:02,039
likewise though much remains unknown it
877
00:36:59,639 --> 00:37:05,460
appears no substantial evidence was
878
00:37:02,039 --> 00:37:08,099
produced of anything unknown to science
879
00:37:05,460 --> 00:37:10,440
the Sherman family moved away they have
880
00:37:08,099 --> 00:37:13,460
since often refused to publicly discuss
881
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:16,200
what happened on the ranch in 2016
882
00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:19,199
Bigelow sold the property to adamantium
883
00:37:16,199 --> 00:37:21,719
real estate headed by Brandon fugle on
884
00:37:19,199 --> 00:37:24,059
the condition that research continued on
885
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:26,578
the ranch sightings of The Unexplained
886
00:37:24,059 --> 00:37:30,719
continued into this period and indeed
887
00:37:26,579 --> 00:37:32,579
continue to this very Day in 2020 an
888
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,618
ongoing television show was launched
889
00:37:32,579 --> 00:37:37,140
focusing on the investigation of the
890
00:37:34,619 --> 00:37:39,420
ranch under Fugal called The Secret of
891
00:37:37,139 --> 00:37:41,519
Skinwalker Ranch which aired on the
892
00:37:39,420 --> 00:37:44,039
History Channel like the knits team
893
00:37:41,519 --> 00:37:46,320
Fugal and his team of researchers have
894
00:37:44,039 --> 00:37:48,420
been unable to obtain conclusive proof
895
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,359
of any phenomena unknown to science
896
00:37:48,420 --> 00:37:53,460
existing on the property however Fugal
897
00:37:51,358 --> 00:37:55,980
is confident that there is something
898
00:37:53,460 --> 00:37:59,280
happening here that more than justifies
899
00:37:55,980 --> 00:38:02,760
continued investigation however behind
900
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:04,920
the scenes of this uh Sensational TV
901
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:07,440
show there does seem to be genuine
902
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:09,240
investigation occurring with Fugal and
903
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:12,358
his team having respectable intentions
904
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:16,919
overall which I do respect
905
00:38:12,358 --> 00:38:20,639
so what can we make of all of this
906
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:22,920
well firstly contrary to many claims one
907
00:38:20,639 --> 00:38:24,838
might encounter it is blatantly not true
908
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,579
that the incident stopped when the
909
00:38:24,838 --> 00:38:29,699
professionals showed up like you would
910
00:38:26,579 --> 00:38:31,859
expect of standard nonsense rather the
911
00:38:29,699 --> 00:38:35,279
professionals now have a number of their
912
00:38:31,858 --> 00:38:37,500
own stories to tell however it is true
913
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:40,320
that the team failed to gather much that
914
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:42,659
could be useful to science at the end of
915
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:44,820
all this investigation those involved
916
00:38:42,659 --> 00:38:47,519
have produced a few low quality
917
00:38:44,820 --> 00:38:50,099
photographs and videos strange readings
918
00:38:47,519 --> 00:38:52,440
on their instruments and things like a
919
00:38:50,099 --> 00:38:55,200
few plaster castes of round impressions
920
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:57,240
in the soil moreover much of this
921
00:38:55,199 --> 00:39:00,179
limited evidence has not been released
922
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:01,679
to the public for inspection Beyond this
923
00:39:00,179 --> 00:39:04,440
they have added to the number of
924
00:39:01,679 --> 00:39:06,358
witnesses of these Oddities likewise
925
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:08,099
Terry Sherman had only been able to
926
00:39:06,358 --> 00:39:09,539
produce some poor quality images and
927
00:39:08,099 --> 00:39:12,119
photographs as well
928
00:39:09,539 --> 00:39:14,400
other than this their efforts to study
929
00:39:12,119 --> 00:39:18,059
and measure the phenomena empirically
930
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:19,260
were constantly foiled there is no hard
931
00:39:18,059 --> 00:39:21,659
evidence
932
00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:24,599
as far as we know again there is still
933
00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:26,399
quite a bit evidently under lock and key
934
00:39:24,599 --> 00:39:28,500
those involved in the nid's
935
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:31,320
investigation have often been criticized
936
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:34,139
for ignoring the lack of Hard Evidence I
937
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,700
don't think they do Kelleher and nap did
938
00:39:34,139 --> 00:39:38,039
comment on this and hunt for the
939
00:39:35,699 --> 00:39:40,139
skinwalker and were fairly open about
940
00:39:38,039 --> 00:39:42,300
the frustration of trying to find hard
941
00:39:40,139 --> 00:39:44,819
evidence and seem to understand the
942
00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:47,700
issue of not having it very well however
943
00:39:44,820 --> 00:39:48,720
there are other very major issues with
944
00:39:47,699 --> 00:39:51,838
the book
945
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:54,239
for example many of the stories we have
946
00:39:51,838 --> 00:39:56,279
so far discussed as I mentioned in the
947
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:58,618
beginning were brought to the public by
948
00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:00,480
Kelleher and nap through the book hunt
949
00:39:58,619 --> 00:40:02,760
for the skinwalker but are said to have
950
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,838
originated with Terry Sherman and his
951
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:07,619
family
952
00:40:03,838 --> 00:40:09,779
the problem is that for starters they
953
00:40:07,619 --> 00:40:12,420
did not actually interview the Shermans
954
00:40:09,780 --> 00:40:14,940
during the writing of the book in fact
955
00:40:12,420 --> 00:40:16,980
the Shermans were not even aware a book
956
00:40:14,940 --> 00:40:19,320
was being written about them until it
957
00:40:16,980 --> 00:40:21,300
was published the authors to my
958
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:23,940
knowledge have never commented on or
959
00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:25,800
explained this I personally strongly
960
00:40:23,940 --> 00:40:27,838
suspect this was simply a genuine
961
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,640
mistake likely they thought they had
962
00:40:27,838 --> 00:40:31,920
everything they needed and didn't want
963
00:40:29,639 --> 00:40:33,900
to bug Terry Sherman whom they assumed
964
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,880
probably correctly would not be
965
00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:37,800
interested in collaborating on something
966
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:40,320
like a book that would give him all this
967
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:43,320
publicity that he did not want whatever
968
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:45,240
their reason though the major problem is
969
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:48,539
that in the words of Terry Sherman
970
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:50,399
himself the stories in the book some of
971
00:40:48,539 --> 00:40:53,820
which we have just looked at aren't
972
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:56,400
entirely accurate he said they only
973
00:40:53,820 --> 00:40:57,539
resembled a true accounting of his
974
00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:00,059
experiences
975
00:40:57,539 --> 00:41:03,300
this was brought to light in chapter 8
976
00:41:00,059 --> 00:41:06,659
of the book The Utah UFO display by the
977
00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:08,760
late Frank B Salisbury the 2010 Edition
978
00:41:06,659 --> 00:41:11,879
mind you not this one from 20 years
979
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:14,099
before the incident Salisbury did sit
980
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:16,680
down with Sherman to interview him and
981
00:41:14,099 --> 00:41:19,740
worked with Junior Hicks a local UFO
982
00:41:16,679 --> 00:41:21,659
expert and James carrion to shed further
983
00:41:19,739 --> 00:41:24,000
light on this case
984
00:41:21,659 --> 00:41:26,759
this word resembled
985
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:29,338
what exactly does that mean
986
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:31,200
it's hard to say the Shermans don't seem
987
00:41:29,338 --> 00:41:33,539
to have released an extensive correction
988
00:41:31,199 --> 00:41:35,460
and they are the only people who could
989
00:41:33,539 --> 00:41:37,320
shed some light on the specific
990
00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:40,079
irregularities in the book for the most
991
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:42,838
part however they seem uninterested in
992
00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:45,000
doing further interviews Mr Sherman did
993
00:41:42,838 --> 00:41:46,559
mention some things such as that the
994
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,858
version of the wolf story in the book
995
00:41:46,559 --> 00:41:52,400
was based on hearsay but was apparently
996
00:41:49,858 --> 00:41:55,679
reluctant to explain further
997
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:58,139
that is actually a very serious issue
998
00:41:55,679 --> 00:42:01,259
there's really no evidence but there is
999
00:41:58,139 --> 00:42:03,420
witness testimony but the testimony of
1000
00:42:01,260 --> 00:42:06,320
the main witness was delivered by others
1001
00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:09,539
and contains in the witness's own words
1002
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:11,940
inaccuracies but the witness has not
1003
00:42:09,539 --> 00:42:12,960
fully clarified his own account of what
1004
00:42:11,940 --> 00:42:14,940
happened
1005
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:17,400
even if this were an honest mistake and
1006
00:42:14,940 --> 00:42:19,980
I think it was it's a serious blow to
1007
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:22,079
The credibility of the whole book it
1008
00:42:19,980 --> 00:42:24,539
begs the question of how much else is
1009
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:26,339
wrong for example are the descriptions
1010
00:42:24,539 --> 00:42:28,858
of what the rest of the nids team
1011
00:42:26,338 --> 00:42:31,380
experienced factual accounts
1012
00:42:28,858 --> 00:42:33,838
Frank B Salisbury also interviewed
1013
00:42:31,380 --> 00:42:37,740
someone else of great interest Garth
1014
00:42:33,838 --> 00:42:40,799
Myers brother of Kenneth Myers Kenneth
1015
00:42:37,739 --> 00:42:42,899
and his wife Edith Myers were if you
1016
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:45,660
recall the individuals who had owned
1017
00:42:42,900 --> 00:42:47,760
Skinwalker Ranch for 60 years prior to
1018
00:42:45,659 --> 00:42:49,799
the Germans the things the Sherman's
1019
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:51,900
witnessed and experienced had been
1020
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,480
reported across the country including
1021
00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:56,460
and especially in the Uinta Basin for
1022
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:59,338
decades before Skinwalker Ranch was ever
1023
00:42:56,460 --> 00:43:01,800
famous but if the anomalies have been
1024
00:42:59,338 --> 00:43:04,739
active for that long on the ranch itself
1025
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:06,440
as is often believed as the ranch is in
1026
00:43:04,739 --> 00:43:09,118
fact suspected to be some kind of
1027
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:11,280
epicenter of the area's strangeness that
1028
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:15,358
has lasted for decades maybe centuries
1029
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:18,660
why didn't the Myers experience anything
1030
00:43:15,358 --> 00:43:20,279
well they probably didn't but it isn't
1031
00:43:18,659 --> 00:43:23,159
actually completely clear that they
1032
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:25,500
didn't the Myers simply never reported
1033
00:43:23,159 --> 00:43:27,838
anything and passed away before the
1034
00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:29,818
ranch and their names became famous but
1035
00:43:27,838 --> 00:43:31,199
others have claimed some interesting
1036
00:43:29,818 --> 00:43:33,119
things
1037
00:43:31,199 --> 00:43:36,118
some have come forward over the years
1038
00:43:33,119 --> 00:43:39,240
claiming that the Myers experienced and
1039
00:43:36,119 --> 00:43:42,300
witnessed some similar things mutilated
1040
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:44,459
cows strange objects on their land
1041
00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:47,760
people who would knock on their doors
1042
00:43:44,460 --> 00:43:50,579
and disappear a worker who was allegedly
1043
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:54,060
abducted a store clerk mentioned that
1044
00:43:50,579 --> 00:43:57,720
Edith Myers had a few UFO stories to
1045
00:43:54,059 --> 00:43:59,338
tell Etc however Garth Myers tells a
1046
00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:01,500
different story and sets the record
1047
00:43:59,338 --> 00:44:04,078
straight about what happened with the
1048
00:44:01,500 --> 00:44:06,300
Myers and why they sold the ranch in
1049
00:44:04,079 --> 00:44:08,280
salisbury's book which was written about
1050
00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:11,039
a year before garth's death and about
1051
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:13,079
four years before salisbury's
1052
00:44:11,039 --> 00:44:14,818
some of the seemingly untrue claims
1053
00:44:13,079 --> 00:44:16,859
about the Myers experience don't come
1054
00:44:14,818 --> 00:44:18,420
from hunt for the skinwalker but that
1055
00:44:16,858 --> 00:44:19,920
book seems to have made some errors
1056
00:44:18,420 --> 00:44:22,019
about them as well
1057
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:24,119
the common story is that the Myers
1058
00:44:22,019 --> 00:44:27,539
bought the ranch in the 50s and
1059
00:44:24,119 --> 00:44:29,818
mysteriously vacated it in 1987. seven
1060
00:44:27,539 --> 00:44:32,699
years later they sold the abandoned
1061
00:44:29,818 --> 00:44:35,519
Ranch to the Shermans who upon entering
1062
00:44:32,699 --> 00:44:37,559
the property found it in disrepair and
1063
00:44:35,519 --> 00:44:41,219
found the main building seemingly
1064
00:44:37,559 --> 00:44:44,159
heavily fortified Garth Myers contested
1065
00:44:41,219 --> 00:44:47,459
this the ranch which was purchased in
1066
00:44:44,159 --> 00:44:51,838
the 30s not the 50s he said wasn't just
1067
00:44:47,460 --> 00:44:54,300
abandoned Kenneth died in 1987. Edith
1068
00:44:51,838 --> 00:44:57,119
lives there for five more years on her
1069
00:44:54,300 --> 00:45:00,119
own until she moved to a Resting Home in
1070
00:44:57,119 --> 00:45:03,059
1992. the ranch was vacant for two years
1071
00:45:00,119 --> 00:45:04,800
not seven even during those two years
1072
00:45:03,059 --> 00:45:07,259
the property was leased to other
1073
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:09,060
ranchers and occasionally visited he
1074
00:45:07,260 --> 00:45:11,339
also added that there were far fewer
1075
00:45:09,059 --> 00:45:13,559
locks and fortifications on the house
1076
00:45:11,338 --> 00:45:15,358
than is often claimed saying that
1077
00:45:13,559 --> 00:45:18,239
someone could have easily kicked the
1078
00:45:15,358 --> 00:45:20,460
door down to get in if they wanted to he
1079
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:22,379
also said that his sister-in-law did not
1080
00:45:20,460 --> 00:45:25,619
live there with guard dogs but rather
1081
00:45:22,380 --> 00:45:28,858
had only one three-legged dog for part
1082
00:45:25,619 --> 00:45:32,039
of that period on her own when Edis died
1083
00:45:28,858 --> 00:45:35,039
in 1994 the ranch was left to Garth
1084
00:45:32,039 --> 00:45:37,679
Garth and his sisters decided to sell it
1085
00:45:35,039 --> 00:45:41,099
they sold it to the Shermans not long
1086
00:45:37,679 --> 00:45:43,818
after most importantly he told Salisbury
1087
00:45:41,099 --> 00:45:46,740
that quote there was nothing
1088
00:45:43,818 --> 00:45:49,500
unequivocally absolutely nothing that
1089
00:45:46,739 --> 00:45:52,679
went on while she and my brother lived
1090
00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:54,358
there end quote Salisbury asked if this
1091
00:45:52,679 --> 00:45:56,818
may have been something that Kenneth and
1092
00:45:54,358 --> 00:45:59,039
Edith just didn't share Gareth had a
1093
00:45:56,818 --> 00:46:00,960
background in science and Salisbury said
1094
00:45:59,039 --> 00:46:03,239
he seemed to have a very skeptical
1095
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:05,099
attitude about such things and so it was
1096
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:07,019
proposed that they may have never told
1097
00:46:05,099 --> 00:46:09,780
him because they knew they wouldn't be
1098
00:46:07,019 --> 00:46:12,000
believed however Garth adamantly
1099
00:46:09,780 --> 00:46:14,040
rejected this possibility saying they
1100
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,800
were very close and kept up with each
1101
00:46:14,039 --> 00:46:18,659
other on a regular basis Garth also
1102
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:21,539
worked on the ranch himself for a few
1103
00:46:18,659 --> 00:46:24,480
Summers as a teenager Gareth also
1104
00:46:21,539 --> 00:46:27,300
claimed he told Robert Bigelow this same
1105
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:28,920
thing when Bigelow called him to ask why
1106
00:46:27,300 --> 00:46:32,400
his family had never reported anything
1107
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:34,980
upon hearing gara's account Bigelow went
1108
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:37,139
so far as to call him a liar
1109
00:46:34,980 --> 00:46:39,599
this is actually very interesting
1110
00:46:37,139 --> 00:46:41,519
because this is not the only incident in
1111
00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:43,859
which Bigelow was said to fly off the
1112
00:46:41,519 --> 00:46:45,900
handle when it was suggested to him that
1113
00:46:43,858 --> 00:46:48,119
there could be nothing happening on the
1114
00:46:45,900 --> 00:46:50,700
ranch which has led some to suggest that
1115
00:46:48,119 --> 00:46:52,800
his employees may have exaggerated or
1116
00:46:50,699 --> 00:46:54,838
even made things up during the
1117
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:56,039
investigation in order to please their
1118
00:46:54,838 --> 00:46:58,920
boss
1119
00:46:56,039 --> 00:47:01,858
but was Garth Myers a liar
1120
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:04,019
well there's one person who generally
1121
00:47:01,858 --> 00:47:05,578
supports Garth Meyer's account to the
1122
00:47:04,019 --> 00:47:07,500
best of his knowledge
1123
00:47:05,579 --> 00:47:09,480
Terry Sherman
1124
00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:11,338
furthermore while the neighbors of the
1125
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:13,559
property have their own stories to tell
1126
00:47:11,338 --> 00:47:16,199
not many recall anything happening to
1127
00:47:13,559 --> 00:47:18,539
the Myers although neighbor John Garcia
1128
00:47:16,199 --> 00:47:21,779
claimed he did see a round floating
1129
00:47:18,539 --> 00:47:23,699
reddish orange house-sized object on
1130
00:47:21,780 --> 00:47:24,780
their land that the Myers did not know
1131
00:47:23,699 --> 00:47:27,059
about
1132
00:47:24,780 --> 00:47:29,040
what about that strange Clause requiring
1133
00:47:27,059 --> 00:47:30,539
that the Sherman's contact the Myers if
1134
00:47:29,039 --> 00:47:33,059
they wanted permission to dig on the
1135
00:47:30,539 --> 00:47:35,279
property that could easily be explained
1136
00:47:33,059 --> 00:47:37,500
as them wanting to retain mineral rights
1137
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:39,480
it's actually a pretty common topic when
1138
00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:41,159
dealing with land like this and this is
1139
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:44,099
an area where that is a legitimate
1140
00:47:41,159 --> 00:47:45,779
concern it's probably something Fugal is
1141
00:47:44,099 --> 00:47:48,599
concerned about too given how
1142
00:47:45,780 --> 00:47:52,260
controversial digging on the property is
1143
00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:55,500
on the TV show that being said neighbor
1144
00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:58,319
Charles Nguyen claimed Kenneth Myers was
1145
00:47:55,500 --> 00:48:00,659
a bit noticeably strange about digging
1146
00:47:58,318 --> 00:48:03,300
in certain areas of the property while
1147
00:48:00,659 --> 00:48:05,940
he was there and said he claimed bad
1148
00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:08,160
things would happen if one were to dig
1149
00:48:05,940 --> 00:48:09,780
never explaining why
1150
00:48:08,159 --> 00:48:12,059
another problem that I would like to see
1151
00:48:09,780 --> 00:48:13,740
addressed is that while the events in
1152
00:48:12,059 --> 00:48:16,980
the book were said to have been taking
1153
00:48:13,739 --> 00:48:18,899
place Jacques valet who was Associated
1154
00:48:16,980 --> 00:48:21,480
but not stationed on the ranch was
1155
00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:23,700
reporting at the same time that the team
1156
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:25,858
wasn't witnessing anything
1157
00:48:23,699 --> 00:48:27,960
was he referring exclusively to hard
1158
00:48:25,858 --> 00:48:29,818
evidence where Keller her and his
1159
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:32,240
colleagues simply not sharing this
1160
00:48:29,818 --> 00:48:35,099
information with him anyway
1161
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:37,199
salisbury's interviews deal a heavy blow
1162
00:48:35,099 --> 00:48:39,539
to the most famous version of the
1163
00:48:37,199 --> 00:48:41,460
Skinwalker Ranch account many of the
1164
00:48:39,539 --> 00:48:43,440
details of the standard story that
1165
00:48:41,460 --> 00:48:47,818
everyone tells are either questionable
1166
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:49,559
or even flat out not true again I'm not
1167
00:48:47,818 --> 00:48:51,838
blaming hunt for the skin walk or
1168
00:48:49,559 --> 00:48:54,119
exclusively for that but it does have to
1169
00:48:51,838 --> 00:48:58,259
be said that the book did make some
1170
00:48:54,119 --> 00:49:00,180
mistakes and yet this is not sufficient
1171
00:48:58,260 --> 00:49:03,060
to close the case
1172
00:49:00,179 --> 00:49:06,000
when the dust clears we're still left
1173
00:49:03,059 --> 00:49:08,818
with a very strange case on our hands as
1174
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:10,858
Salisbury himself who was sympathetic to
1175
00:49:08,818 --> 00:49:14,039
the possibility of the existence of such
1176
00:49:10,858 --> 00:49:17,578
Supernatural entities admits the popular
1177
00:49:14,039 --> 00:49:20,338
account is inaccurate but does resemble
1178
00:49:17,579 --> 00:49:22,980
the original claims as is verified by
1179
00:49:20,338 --> 00:49:24,779
people like Zach van Ike Junior Hicks
1180
00:49:22,980 --> 00:49:27,300
and Sherman himself
1181
00:49:24,780 --> 00:49:29,220
when we focus on what we do know of
1182
00:49:27,300 --> 00:49:32,099
Sherman's own account his own account
1183
00:49:29,219 --> 00:49:35,039
alone is profound and leaves us a
1184
00:49:32,099 --> 00:49:37,200
fascinating case to dissect Sherman did
1185
00:49:35,039 --> 00:49:39,059
see the strange lights and orbs cattle
1186
00:49:37,199 --> 00:49:41,818
did disappear and others were found
1187
00:49:39,059 --> 00:49:44,099
mutilated which others observed he and
1188
00:49:41,818 --> 00:49:46,380
his family in his words did see the
1189
00:49:44,099 --> 00:49:48,300
orange portals in the sky Sherman and
1190
00:49:46,380 --> 00:49:51,240
Junior Hicks actually when he visited
1191
00:49:48,300 --> 00:49:53,099
the ranch in 1996 saw the unfortunate
1192
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,899
state that the dogs had been left in
1193
00:49:53,099 --> 00:49:57,359
after their purported encounter with the
1194
00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:59,460
orb the shed was in a destroyed state
1195
00:49:57,358 --> 00:50:01,380
after purportedly holding four
1196
00:49:59,460 --> 00:50:03,900
teleported Bulls though it was a shed
1197
00:50:01,380 --> 00:50:06,480
not a trailer his neighbors namely John
1198
00:50:03,900 --> 00:50:09,119
Garcia and Charles Nguyen did see some
1199
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:12,000
similar things on their properties
1200
00:50:09,119 --> 00:50:14,039
going with what we do know how do we
1201
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:16,139
explain what happened here
1202
00:50:14,039 --> 00:50:18,119
the three main conventional explanations
1203
00:50:16,139 --> 00:50:21,000
for this sort of thing are hoaxes
1204
00:50:18,119 --> 00:50:23,640
delusion and misidentifications of
1205
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:27,300
normal objects and phenomena which of
1206
00:50:23,639 --> 00:50:29,519
these if any fit this situation
1207
00:50:27,300 --> 00:50:31,560
this is kind of difficult
1208
00:50:29,519 --> 00:50:34,380
it has been suggested that the entire
1209
00:50:31,559 --> 00:50:36,659
thing was a hoax perhaps orchestrated to
1210
00:50:34,380 --> 00:50:39,000
sell the property it would be a bit
1211
00:50:36,659 --> 00:50:41,399
extreme for Sherman to kill his own
1212
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:43,739
cattle or dogs to spin a story but
1213
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:45,660
perhaps he invented most of the stories
1214
00:50:43,739 --> 00:50:47,699
to quickly get off the property because
1215
00:50:45,659 --> 00:50:49,078
he really was losing them to something
1216
00:50:47,699 --> 00:50:51,838
more natural
1217
00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:54,780
was this the invention of a desperate
1218
00:50:51,838 --> 00:50:56,699
Rancher while hardly anyone involved in
1219
00:50:54,780 --> 00:50:58,680
the investigation believed the Shermans
1220
00:50:56,699 --> 00:51:00,299
to be dishonest and there was nothing in
1221
00:50:58,679 --> 00:51:02,759
their character or history that would
1222
00:51:00,300 --> 00:51:04,318
suggest they were unfortunately even the
1223
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:06,000
word of the most honest person in the
1224
00:51:04,318 --> 00:51:07,920
world would have to be taken with a
1225
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:10,500
healthy amount of skepticism in a case
1226
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:12,780
like this there are a few glaring
1227
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:15,539
problems with the hoax explanation
1228
00:51:12,780 --> 00:51:18,059
however firstly while the researchers
1229
00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:20,279
didn't see everything that Terry saw and
1230
00:51:18,059 --> 00:51:22,680
exactly what he and they saw would have
1231
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,660
to be further verified they did claim to
1232
00:51:22,679 --> 00:51:26,818
see a number of things which seemed to
1233
00:51:24,659 --> 00:51:28,980
validate at least some of what Terry
1234
00:51:26,818 --> 00:51:30,300
Sherman was saying the theory that the
1235
00:51:28,980 --> 00:51:32,818
whole thing was a hoax therefore
1236
00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:34,980
requires that one assert that either a
1237
00:51:32,818 --> 00:51:37,139
the Shermans were the greatest hoaxsters
1238
00:51:34,980 --> 00:51:40,500
in history and fooling professionals
1239
00:51:37,139 --> 00:51:42,838
behind their backs for years or B and
1240
00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:45,960
not only they but the nid's team and
1241
00:51:42,838 --> 00:51:47,039
probably others as well were involved in
1242
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:48,480
the hoax
1243
00:51:47,039 --> 00:51:50,460
were they
1244
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:52,619
this would have meant Bigelow risking
1245
00:51:50,460 --> 00:51:54,900
his reputation and perhaps a few dozen
1246
00:51:52,619 --> 00:51:57,300
people on the nid's team risking their
1247
00:51:54,900 --> 00:52:00,300
careers on a heist with relatively
1248
00:51:57,300 --> 00:52:03,000
little gain now you can argue several
1249
00:52:00,300 --> 00:52:05,339
people involved did end up gaining you
1250
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:07,679
can point out that Kelleher and NAB made
1251
00:52:05,338 --> 00:52:09,619
money from the book Bigelow made money
1252
00:52:07,679 --> 00:52:12,779
selling the property but don't forget
1253
00:52:09,619 --> 00:52:15,599
all this started with the Shermans who
1254
00:52:12,780 --> 00:52:17,819
lost money Terry Sherman sold the
1255
00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:19,740
property to Bigelow for less than he had
1256
00:52:17,818 --> 00:52:21,300
paid for it and that doesn't seem to
1257
00:52:19,739 --> 00:52:23,818
have been out of desperation either
1258
00:52:21,300 --> 00:52:26,519
there were reportedly other buyers
1259
00:52:23,818 --> 00:52:28,858
offering more but Sherman said he did
1260
00:52:26,519 --> 00:52:31,139
not want to put anyone at risk so he
1261
00:52:28,858 --> 00:52:33,719
went with the group trying to buy it to
1262
00:52:31,139 --> 00:52:35,400
investigate furthermore the Shermans
1263
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:37,980
have never tried to profit off the story
1264
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:40,680
in any other way either having returned
1265
00:52:37,980 --> 00:52:42,179
to private life and seemingly trying to
1266
00:52:40,679 --> 00:52:44,279
avoid the story
1267
00:52:42,179 --> 00:52:47,699
could it have been a hoax orchestrated
1268
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:49,980
by a third party again this was a little
1269
00:52:47,699 --> 00:52:52,019
more than just a crop circle they'd have
1270
00:52:49,980 --> 00:52:54,599
been dealing with the greatest hoaxsters
1271
00:52:52,019 --> 00:52:56,759
in history who would and even could
1272
00:52:54,599 --> 00:52:59,220
orchestrate such a thing
1273
00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:01,859
perhaps the American Military
1274
00:52:59,219 --> 00:53:04,259
Terry was a practical man who even
1275
00:53:01,858 --> 00:53:06,779
during the strangest incidents suspected
1276
00:53:04,260 --> 00:53:09,059
the U.S military was behind all the
1277
00:53:06,780 --> 00:53:11,460
activity in some kind of Scooby-Doo sort
1278
00:53:09,059 --> 00:53:12,839
of way it's almost certain that the
1279
00:53:11,460 --> 00:53:14,519
government possesses Advanced
1280
00:53:12,838 --> 00:53:16,920
Technologies that the public doesn't
1281
00:53:14,519 --> 00:53:18,420
know about and it is true that they have
1282
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:21,599
been willing to pull stunts on the
1283
00:53:18,420 --> 00:53:24,780
public before however why this
1284
00:53:21,599 --> 00:53:27,720
to study the family's reaction and test
1285
00:53:24,780 --> 00:53:29,579
secret technology perhaps although they
1286
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:31,318
would have taken a huge risk given the
1287
00:53:29,579 --> 00:53:33,660
amount of attention they've drawn to the
1288
00:53:31,318 --> 00:53:36,358
area especially given they continued for
1289
00:53:33,659 --> 00:53:38,219
years even after making the news the
1290
00:53:36,358 --> 00:53:40,078
drive the Shermans from their properties
1291
00:53:38,219 --> 00:53:41,939
so that they could acquire it the
1292
00:53:40,079 --> 00:53:43,559
government doesn't need theatrics to
1293
00:53:41,940 --> 00:53:46,200
confiscate land
1294
00:53:43,559 --> 00:53:47,640
it's difficult to blow all of this off
1295
00:53:46,199 --> 00:53:50,639
as a hoax
1296
00:53:47,639 --> 00:53:52,558
could it all have been a delusion
1297
00:53:50,639 --> 00:53:54,539
no one appears to have been
1298
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:57,000
professionally assessed psychologically
1299
00:53:54,539 --> 00:53:58,739
however this brings us back to the
1300
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:00,719
explanation being something that would
1301
00:53:58,739 --> 00:54:03,239
have to apply to not just the Shermans
1302
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:06,000
but the needs team and many others as
1303
00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:08,159
well being delusional for years
1304
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:09,420
they actually tested for many things in
1305
00:54:08,159 --> 00:54:11,159
the environment that could have
1306
00:54:09,420 --> 00:54:13,440
interfered with the mental states of
1307
00:54:11,159 --> 00:54:15,179
anyone on it but managed to find no
1308
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:17,519
evidence of anything furthermore
1309
00:54:15,179 --> 00:54:20,279
importantly there were several things
1310
00:54:17,519 --> 00:54:22,619
like the cattlemutilations that clearly
1311
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:24,240
did happen perhaps people were
1312
00:54:22,619 --> 00:54:26,400
frightened by the things they were
1313
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:28,739
seeing and their minds filled in the
1314
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:31,440
rest leading them especially the
1315
00:54:28,739 --> 00:54:33,899
Shermans to mistake normal objects and
1316
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:35,220
occurrences maybe even we could throw a
1317
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:37,559
little bit of the hoax theory in there
1318
00:54:35,219 --> 00:54:39,719
as well and assume a few people were
1319
00:54:37,559 --> 00:54:43,019
playing along with the fear for their
1320
00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:45,598
own prophet maybe but that leaves the
1321
00:54:43,019 --> 00:54:47,460
question of what was responsible for the
1322
00:54:45,599 --> 00:54:50,099
things which they did see
1323
00:54:47,460 --> 00:54:53,159
as far as that goes going into the topic
1324
00:54:50,099 --> 00:54:55,800
of misidentifications what known natural
1325
00:54:53,159 --> 00:54:57,899
phenomena could explain these things
1326
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,700
well I'll have to summarize a bit here
1327
00:54:57,900 --> 00:55:01,559
because there's such a wide variety of
1328
00:54:59,699 --> 00:55:03,299
things that were reported that would
1329
00:55:01,559 --> 00:55:04,800
each have to be individually looked at
1330
00:55:03,300 --> 00:55:08,099
that it would really be enough to
1331
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:09,240
constitute its own video in summary this
1332
00:55:08,099 --> 00:55:11,519
is really where the lack of clear
1333
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:13,500
information about what happened stunts
1334
00:55:11,519 --> 00:55:15,960
and needlessly complicates the case
1335
00:55:13,500 --> 00:55:18,838
looking at the more reliable accounts
1336
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:20,940
themselves what we do know paints a
1337
00:55:18,838 --> 00:55:23,818
picture that is difficult to Simply
1338
00:55:20,940 --> 00:55:26,280
explain away for starters cattle
1339
00:55:23,818 --> 00:55:28,920
mutilations are a common phenomenon not
1340
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:30,780
unique to the ranch they long predate it
1341
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:33,358
and have been observed around the world
1342
00:55:30,780 --> 00:55:35,280
the common explanations are that cattle
1343
00:55:33,358 --> 00:55:38,338
typically are attacked by Predators or
1344
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:40,500
eat poisonous plants and decompose or
1345
00:55:38,338 --> 00:55:42,480
are interfered with by their environment
1346
00:55:40,500 --> 00:55:44,940
in a way that owners wouldn't expect
1347
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:47,280
many cattle mutilations appear bloodless
1348
00:55:44,940 --> 00:55:49,260
for example because blood can quickly
1349
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:52,140
pool into the lower areas of the body
1350
00:55:49,260 --> 00:55:54,599
and denature given that cattle tend to
1351
00:55:52,139 --> 00:55:57,058
decompose relatively quickly evidence
1352
00:55:54,599 --> 00:55:59,940
that would point to natural causes of
1353
00:55:57,059 --> 00:56:01,740
death quickly disappears however cattle
1354
00:55:59,940 --> 00:56:03,780
mutilations remain a famous area of
1355
00:56:01,739 --> 00:56:06,358
debate because owners do not always
1356
00:56:03,780 --> 00:56:08,760
accept these explanations sometimes
1357
00:56:06,358 --> 00:56:10,799
because they've been around dead animals
1358
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:13,440
before and have never witnessed anything
1359
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:16,500
like the strangeness they observe in
1360
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:18,539
these incidents this definitely seems to
1361
00:56:16,500 --> 00:56:21,300
apply to the Skinwalker Ranch case
1362
00:56:18,539 --> 00:56:23,219
although a lot of what the veterinarians
1363
00:56:21,300 --> 00:56:25,079
had to say about the cattle carcasses
1364
00:56:23,219 --> 00:56:26,159
specifically doesn't seem to have been
1365
00:56:25,079 --> 00:56:28,559
released
1366
00:56:26,159 --> 00:56:31,739
ball lightning is a common explanation
1367
00:56:28,559 --> 00:56:33,960
for many UFO sightings and often gets
1368
00:56:31,739 --> 00:56:36,299
brought up in the skinwalker case to
1369
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:39,659
explain the orbs that were reported
1370
00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:42,000
however ball lightning is rare occurs
1371
00:56:39,659 --> 00:56:43,920
almost exclusively during storms and
1372
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:46,199
does not last very long the things
1373
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:48,900
Sherman and others witnessed were
1374
00:56:46,199 --> 00:56:51,598
long-lived frequent appeared at all
1375
00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:53,760
times of the year and seemingly behaved
1376
00:56:51,599 --> 00:56:55,980
with purpose as if there were a
1377
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:58,319
Consciousness behind them
1378
00:56:55,980 --> 00:57:01,079
the orange portals are also difficult to
1379
00:56:58,318 --> 00:57:03,358
explain could they be optical illusions
1380
00:57:01,079 --> 00:57:05,519
of some kind some sort of strange
1381
00:57:03,358 --> 00:57:07,858
weather anomaly that tends to form in
1382
00:57:05,519 --> 00:57:10,079
the area in which Sherman saw them if so
1383
00:57:07,858 --> 00:57:12,420
why aren't these things still so easily
1384
00:57:10,079 --> 00:57:14,640
observed as far as the creatures that
1385
00:57:12,420 --> 00:57:17,039
were seen go especially on the night
1386
00:57:14,639 --> 00:57:19,139
with Kelleher and Sherman there is a
1387
00:57:17,039 --> 00:57:22,318
great variety of wildlife indigenous to
1388
00:57:19,139 --> 00:57:25,078
Utah Bears raccoons coyotes wolves
1389
00:57:22,318 --> 00:57:27,058
mountain lions while none cleanly fit
1390
00:57:25,079 --> 00:57:30,180
the description of what was seen in the
1391
00:57:27,059 --> 00:57:32,040
tree on the night in March of 1997 or in
1392
00:57:30,179 --> 00:57:33,779
a few of the other incidents and the
1393
00:57:32,039 --> 00:57:36,358
Wilde's researchers doubtlessly
1394
00:57:33,780 --> 00:57:38,940
familiarize themselves with the local
1395
00:57:36,358 --> 00:57:41,159
fauna these creatures also weren't often
1396
00:57:38,940 --> 00:57:43,019
well observed in the incidents in which
1397
00:57:41,159 --> 00:57:45,058
the creatures were well observed like
1398
00:57:43,019 --> 00:57:48,599
the initial wolf incident the original
1399
00:57:45,059 --> 00:57:49,980
story has again been skewed the noise is
1400
00:57:48,599 --> 00:57:52,260
coming from underground are very
1401
00:57:49,980 --> 00:57:54,719
possibly geologic activity as was
1402
00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:56,700
reported about a century ago the ships
1403
00:57:54,719 --> 00:57:58,919
that were observed could very well have
1404
00:57:56,699 --> 00:58:01,019
been misidentifications of normal craft
1405
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:03,480
although the reported behavior and
1406
00:58:01,019 --> 00:58:04,500
design differs remarkably from anything
1407
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:06,599
known
1408
00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:08,818
for many other incidents alleged to have
1409
00:58:06,599 --> 00:58:10,500
taken place like the portal incident the
1410
00:58:08,818 --> 00:58:12,900
holes in the ground and a telepathy
1411
00:58:10,500 --> 00:58:16,139
incident it's difficult to explain these
1412
00:58:12,900 --> 00:58:18,599
as misidentifications of normal things
1413
00:58:16,139 --> 00:58:21,239
long story short conventional
1414
00:58:18,599 --> 00:58:23,460
explanations may explain some things but
1415
00:58:21,239 --> 00:58:25,139
they do struggle here even with regard
1416
00:58:23,460 --> 00:58:26,400
to the things that were observed by
1417
00:58:25,139 --> 00:58:30,299
multiple people
1418
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:33,539
we must therefore ask could it in fact
1419
00:58:30,300 --> 00:58:36,480
be the case that forces and or entities
1420
00:58:33,539 --> 00:58:38,699
unknown to science are responsible for
1421
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:39,539
what happened at Skinwalker Ranch after
1422
00:58:38,699 --> 00:58:42,239
all
1423
00:58:39,539 --> 00:58:44,159
we cannot completely rule it out
1424
00:58:42,239 --> 00:58:45,899
before we get into this however it
1425
00:58:44,159 --> 00:58:48,058
should be remembered that as I've
1426
00:58:45,900 --> 00:58:50,160
mentioned on here before the fact that a
1427
00:58:48,059 --> 00:58:52,559
situation cannot be explained with
1428
00:58:50,159 --> 00:58:55,078
conventional explanations does not mean
1429
00:58:52,559 --> 00:58:57,260
that the most exciting most unlikely
1430
00:58:55,079 --> 00:59:00,180
explanations suddenly take precedence
1431
00:58:57,260 --> 00:59:02,280
could there be a natural explanation for
1432
00:59:00,179 --> 00:59:05,039
the cattle mutilations in strange lights
1433
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:07,740
which though unknown to science is much
1434
00:59:05,039 --> 00:59:11,579
more practical and less exciting than
1435
00:59:07,739 --> 00:59:13,379
aliens or skinwalkers certainly Kelleher
1436
00:59:11,579 --> 00:59:15,480
considered tectonic strains theory for
1437
00:59:13,380 --> 00:59:18,480
example although found it did not apply
1438
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:20,400
again maybe this region has just the
1439
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:23,099
right features to produce some kind of
1440
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:24,960
very rare atmospheric or geological
1441
00:59:23,099 --> 00:59:26,818
phenomena that we don't really see
1442
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:29,760
anywhere else for some unknown reason
1443
00:59:26,818 --> 00:59:32,519
however if many of the Witnesses are to
1444
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:34,680
be believed there seems to have been a
1445
00:59:32,519 --> 00:59:36,780
kind of Consciousness orchestrating
1446
00:59:34,679 --> 00:59:39,358
these events what could this
1447
00:59:36,780 --> 00:59:41,280
Consciousness have been this too is
1448
00:59:39,358 --> 00:59:44,960
debated by those willing to speculate
1449
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:47,339
this far this reads very much like a UFO
1450
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:48,900
extraterrestrial incident but some
1451
00:59:47,338 --> 00:59:51,058
people include the possibility that
1452
00:59:48,900 --> 00:59:53,460
these could be Advanced humans or
1453
00:59:51,059 --> 00:59:55,980
extra-dimensional beings from our
1454
00:59:53,460 --> 00:59:57,900
perspective I suppose it's a dime's
1455
00:59:55,980 --> 01:00:00,298
worth of difference between a three
1456
00:59:57,900 --> 01:00:03,358
furthermore there also seems to be some
1457
01:00:00,298 --> 01:00:06,000
cryptozoology in here what were those
1458
01:00:03,358 --> 01:00:08,338
strange canines were they connected to
1459
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:09,838
the purported aliens some people put
1460
01:00:08,338 --> 01:00:11,519
forward the possibility that the
1461
01:00:09,838 --> 01:00:13,679
Shermans were dealing with ghosts
1462
01:00:11,519 --> 01:00:16,079
because of what seems like Poltergeist
1463
01:00:13,679 --> 01:00:18,298
activity as a side note though people
1464
01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:20,940
use the term Poltergeist activity
1465
01:00:18,298 --> 01:00:23,338
without necessarily implying ghosts are
1466
01:00:20,940 --> 01:00:25,260
responsible that just refers to objects
1467
01:00:23,338 --> 01:00:28,078
being moved around in unusual
1468
01:00:25,260 --> 01:00:29,880
Supernatural ways other people point to
1469
01:00:28,079 --> 01:00:31,740
the initial Legends of the skinwalker
1470
01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:33,298
and the possible influence of black
1471
01:00:31,739 --> 01:00:36,000
magic in the area
1472
01:00:33,298 --> 01:00:37,199
how could we possibly determine which of
1473
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:39,179
these to favor
1474
01:00:37,199 --> 01:00:40,798
some people put forward the idea that
1475
01:00:39,179 --> 01:00:42,419
they're each present and that these
1476
01:00:40,798 --> 01:00:45,000
things are interconnected somehow
1477
01:00:42,420 --> 01:00:47,220
another Ranch simply represents a hot
1478
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:49,679
spot where these anomalies can enter our
1479
01:00:47,219 --> 01:00:51,419
world but while some see it as a
1480
01:00:49,679 --> 01:00:53,879
strength to the argument that something
1481
01:00:51,420 --> 01:00:56,159
unusual is happening here the fact that
1482
01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:58,440
a wide variety of things are reported in
1483
01:00:56,159 --> 01:01:01,139
the same spot could also be considered a
1484
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:03,179
weakness the more things people see the
1485
01:01:01,139 --> 01:01:06,058
more likely it becomes the people are
1486
01:01:03,179 --> 01:01:08,399
seeing things ultimately though if these
1487
01:01:06,059 --> 01:01:10,079
events are all true and there was a
1488
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:11,400
Consciousness behind them be it
1489
01:01:10,079 --> 01:01:14,099
skinwalkers
1490
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:17,700
ET interdimensional beings or the US
1491
01:01:14,099 --> 01:01:19,019
military the big question to ask is what
1492
01:01:17,699 --> 01:01:21,298
were they doing
1493
01:01:19,019 --> 01:01:24,059
this kind of brings us to what I call
1494
01:01:21,298 --> 01:01:25,858
the interstellar Boogeyman Paradox back
1495
01:01:24,059 --> 01:01:27,540
in my video about Kelly Hopkinsville
1496
01:01:25,858 --> 01:01:29,639
this referred to the apparent
1497
01:01:27,539 --> 01:01:31,619
contradiction between the high level of
1498
01:01:29,639 --> 01:01:33,539
intelligence and complexity that one
1499
01:01:31,619 --> 01:01:36,240
would expect aliens to have to be able
1500
01:01:33,539 --> 01:01:38,519
to travel across Interstellar space with
1501
01:01:36,239 --> 01:01:40,618
relative ease and the lack of
1502
01:01:38,519 --> 01:01:43,619
intelligence they display once they're
1503
01:01:40,619 --> 01:01:47,039
here by the seemingly Mundane Pointless
1504
01:01:43,619 --> 01:01:50,099
and sometimes ridiculous things they do
1505
01:01:47,039 --> 01:01:52,019
seems to apply here as well however as
1506
01:01:50,099 --> 01:01:54,539
always the fact that we don't understand
1507
01:01:52,019 --> 01:01:56,940
a motive doesn't mean there isn't one or
1508
01:01:54,539 --> 01:01:59,699
that it's bad but it is still worth
1509
01:01:56,940 --> 01:02:01,858
questioning what interest does an
1510
01:01:59,699 --> 01:02:05,058
extraterrestrial or extra dimensional
1511
01:02:01,858 --> 01:02:10,259
civilization have in the Sherman's cows
1512
01:02:05,059 --> 01:02:12,839
why are aliens so obsessed with cows
1513
01:02:10,260 --> 01:02:15,780
speaking of cows it is interesting that
1514
01:02:12,838 --> 01:02:16,500
while animals were harmed humans were
1515
01:02:15,780 --> 01:02:18,660
not
1516
01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:21,239
was there a Consciousness whatever it
1517
01:02:18,659 --> 01:02:24,000
was that Drew a distinction between the
1518
01:02:21,239 --> 01:02:25,578
two did it simply avoid harming humans
1519
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:28,079
because of the alarm it would cause
1520
01:02:25,579 --> 01:02:30,059
either way it still couldn't be said to
1521
01:02:28,079 --> 01:02:31,920
have been benevolent it routinely
1522
01:02:30,059 --> 01:02:33,660
harassed the Shermans and attacked their
1523
01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:36,539
livelihood to the point of driving them
1524
01:02:33,659 --> 01:02:38,460
off the property there are also claims
1525
01:02:36,539 --> 01:02:41,039
some of which are connected to the ranch
1526
01:02:38,460 --> 01:02:43,500
that interaction with these types of
1527
01:02:41,039 --> 01:02:44,759
phenomena seem to result in later health
1528
01:02:43,500 --> 01:02:46,858
problems
1529
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:48,480
though the phenomena do not seem to have
1530
01:02:46,858 --> 01:02:50,219
disappeared with the arrival of the
1531
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:53,400
researchers which is a very important
1532
01:02:50,219 --> 01:02:55,558
detail the strangeness did scale back a
1533
01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:58,559
bit when the researchers were present
1534
01:02:55,559 --> 01:03:00,839
Terry Mandy even Kelleher wondered if
1535
01:02:58,559 --> 01:03:03,480
the phenomenon became aware of their
1536
01:03:00,838 --> 01:03:05,338
presence and was masterful at revealing
1537
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:08,280
itself to them without providing them
1538
01:03:05,338 --> 01:03:10,798
evidence of its existence as Salisbury
1539
01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:13,380
mentioned if there were an unknown
1540
01:03:10,798 --> 01:03:15,298
Consciousness Behind these events it
1541
01:03:13,380 --> 01:03:17,640
would surely be masterful enough to have
1542
01:03:15,298 --> 01:03:20,219
only revealed itself when it so desired
1543
01:03:17,639 --> 01:03:22,318
the lack of evidence would probably have
1544
01:03:20,219 --> 01:03:24,838
to be explained in this way for this
1545
01:03:22,318 --> 01:03:28,079
explanation to be true not having
1546
01:03:24,838 --> 01:03:30,298
evidence is the big problem of course no
1547
01:03:28,079 --> 01:03:33,000
matter what a proponent of the
1548
01:03:30,298 --> 01:03:35,699
supernatural phenomena hypothesis can
1549
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:37,980
argue the skeptic can always point to
1550
01:03:35,699 --> 01:03:39,960
the lack of Hard Evidence and they have
1551
01:03:37,980 --> 01:03:41,519
a very fair point the lack of Hard
1552
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:43,619
Evidence is an even more impactful
1553
01:03:41,519 --> 01:03:45,659
aspect when you remember that this place
1554
01:03:43,619 --> 01:03:48,079
has been professionally investigated
1555
01:03:45,659 --> 01:03:52,078
since 1996
1556
01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:53,160
26 years later investigation is still
1557
01:03:52,079 --> 01:03:55,260
ongoing
1558
01:03:53,159 --> 01:03:57,358
for all this frequent unbelievable
1559
01:03:55,260 --> 01:03:59,520
activity there is practically no
1560
01:03:57,358 --> 01:04:01,259
evidence to reinforce the claims that
1561
01:03:59,519 --> 01:04:03,179
there is something unknown to science
1562
01:04:01,260 --> 01:04:05,220
active on the ranch
1563
01:04:03,179 --> 01:04:07,980
it is not for lack of trying though
1564
01:04:05,219 --> 01:04:10,078
Terry apparently tried to collect
1565
01:04:07,980 --> 01:04:12,119
samples of things and photograph and
1566
01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:14,039
record phenomena but he seems to have
1567
01:04:12,119 --> 01:04:16,019
been consistently thwarted in his
1568
01:04:14,039 --> 01:04:18,900
efforts he isn't a professional
1569
01:04:16,019 --> 01:04:20,900
investigator though and in his words he
1570
01:04:18,900 --> 01:04:24,838
tried he can't be blamed too much
1571
01:04:20,900 --> 01:04:27,180
although I am curious where are the
1572
01:04:24,838 --> 01:04:29,759
photographs or footage of something like
1573
01:04:27,179 --> 01:04:32,460
the portal which he said he was able to
1574
01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:34,920
see for hours at a time
1575
01:04:32,460 --> 01:04:36,358
anyway regardless the main concern
1576
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:38,280
really is that the professional
1577
01:04:36,358 --> 01:04:39,298
investigators couldn't obtain much
1578
01:04:38,280 --> 01:04:42,059
better
1579
01:04:39,298 --> 01:04:45,059
another problem why did Terry take over
1580
01:04:42,059 --> 01:04:47,819
a year to publicly report this that is
1581
01:04:45,059 --> 01:04:50,700
also suspicious however according to a
1582
01:04:47,818 --> 01:04:53,039
poll I did on my community tab most of
1583
01:04:50,699 --> 01:04:55,199
my viewers wouldn't immediately run off
1584
01:04:53,039 --> 01:04:57,599
and report a paranormal encounter to the
1585
01:04:55,199 --> 01:04:59,578
world either regardless there is
1586
01:04:57,599 --> 01:05:01,318
evidence from his conversations with
1587
01:04:59,579 --> 01:05:04,079
Junior Hicks who also visited the
1588
01:05:01,318 --> 01:05:06,239
property in 1994 For example that this
1589
01:05:04,079 --> 01:05:08,880
was occurring on the ranch as early as
1590
01:05:06,239 --> 01:05:10,318
he claimed it was well before he decided
1591
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:13,079
to sell the ranch
1592
01:05:10,318 --> 01:05:15,779
finally it's worth noting there was a
1593
01:05:13,079 --> 01:05:18,599
degree of secrecy to the nids and ASAP
1594
01:05:15,780 --> 01:05:20,160
investigations Robert Bigelow and the
1595
01:05:18,599 --> 01:05:21,900
U.S government have a great degree of
1596
01:05:20,159 --> 01:05:24,838
information that they have not released
1597
01:05:21,900 --> 01:05:27,480
to the public we certainly do not know
1598
01:05:24,838 --> 01:05:30,179
everything that took place here could
1599
01:05:27,480 --> 01:05:32,099
Bigelow and a few others be a part of a
1600
01:05:30,179 --> 01:05:34,318
smaller group of people to know about
1601
01:05:32,099 --> 01:05:37,140
some sort of reality-shattering
1602
01:05:34,318 --> 01:05:39,000
information obtained from the ranch are
1603
01:05:37,139 --> 01:05:41,039
they simply unwilling to release this
1604
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:43,260
information to a world which they feel
1605
01:05:41,039 --> 01:05:46,259
is unready for it
1606
01:05:43,260 --> 01:05:47,940
I doubt it Bigelow started nids with the
1607
01:05:46,260 --> 01:05:49,680
intention of investigating these kinds
1608
01:05:47,940 --> 01:05:52,139
of strange reports and bringing answers
1609
01:05:49,679 --> 01:05:54,358
to the public perhaps he was forced to
1610
01:05:52,139 --> 01:05:56,578
keep quiet about some things later on by
1611
01:05:54,358 --> 01:05:59,400
the government although I also doubt
1612
01:05:56,579 --> 01:06:01,859
that Bigelow is still publicly active in
1613
01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:03,900
efforts like this albeit with more Focus
1614
01:06:01,858 --> 01:06:05,818
these days on providing evidence for the
1615
01:06:03,900 --> 01:06:08,039
existence of the afterlife
1616
01:06:05,818 --> 01:06:10,380
whatever it is that we do and don't know
1617
01:06:08,039 --> 01:06:13,500
I think the fact that he sold the
1618
01:06:10,380 --> 01:06:15,900
property to Fugal in 2016 is to tell
1619
01:06:13,500 --> 01:06:18,000
that nids and these subsequent
1620
01:06:15,900 --> 01:06:20,220
investigations in which he was involved
1621
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:23,219
didn't really produce much that he
1622
01:06:20,219 --> 01:06:26,639
considered valuable by the way as far as
1623
01:06:23,219 --> 01:06:28,558
I know Bigelow never saw anything on the
1624
01:06:26,639 --> 01:06:30,838
ranch himself
1625
01:06:28,559 --> 01:06:33,599
I know this presentation probably has
1626
01:06:30,838 --> 01:06:35,400
come off to Skeptics as tin foil hat
1627
01:06:33,599 --> 01:06:38,338
type stuff and what you might call
1628
01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:41,160
Believers as cynical closed-mindedness
1629
01:06:38,338 --> 01:06:43,440
this I think is because I try to argue
1630
01:06:41,159 --> 01:06:45,719
for each explanation as strongly as the
1631
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:47,940
evidence warrants my takes may not
1632
01:06:45,719 --> 01:06:50,159
always be perfect but I do give my best
1633
01:06:47,940 --> 01:06:52,260
shot at giving each side a fair chance
1634
01:06:50,159 --> 01:06:53,038
because that's how I think it should be
1635
01:06:52,260 --> 01:06:56,339
done
1636
01:06:53,039 --> 01:06:59,160
we must not be pseudoscientists clinging
1637
01:06:56,338 --> 01:07:01,078
to exciting Fantastical explanations for
1638
01:06:59,159 --> 01:07:03,899
what's occurring in these types of cases
1639
01:07:01,079 --> 01:07:06,539
conversely we must also not be pseudo
1640
01:07:03,900 --> 01:07:08,639
Skeptics clinging to preconceived ideas
1641
01:07:06,539 --> 01:07:10,559
about how the universe works when the
1642
01:07:08,639 --> 01:07:12,239
frontiers of science make it blatantly
1643
01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:15,240
clear after all that
1644
01:07:12,239 --> 01:07:17,578
we don't actually understand all that
1645
01:07:15,239 --> 01:07:19,919
much about the universe
1646
01:07:17,579 --> 01:07:22,019
the bottom line regarding this case is
1647
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:24,539
that there is no hard evidence of
1648
01:07:22,019 --> 01:07:26,639
anything existing or having existed on
1649
01:07:24,539 --> 01:07:28,920
the property that would challenge modern
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scientific understanding of the universe
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but it is noteworthy that it also is
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difficult to dismiss the case with
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conventional explanations perhaps there
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really isn't much to this story perhaps
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there was one something of extreme
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significance but it has moved on from
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this now heavily scrutinized area or
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perhaps one day our understanding of the
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universe will change on Skinwalker Ranch
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I hope you enjoyed this video If so I
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invite you to come check out the rest of
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fire of learning especially my other
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campfire videos and to subscribe to see
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more videos like this in the future by
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the way I know I didn't cover the offset
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program in quite as much detail I would
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be happy to do a part two if there is
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sufficient interest in that to support
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the channel there is a link to my
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patreon page in the description a
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special thanks to my current patrons
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listed here I also run a science channel
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much like this called lucinox so come
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check that out too
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this has been a campfire documentary
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thank you for watching
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