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utah skinwalker encounter before i tell

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my story

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i will summarize what a skinwalker is to

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those that may not know

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a skinwalker is a being that uses

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witchcraft kills an animal and uses the

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skin as a disguise

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it is mainly active at night but will

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observe during the day

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its favorite disguise is that of a

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regular human

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a skinwalker's most noticeable traits

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are yellow glowing eyes and decaying

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flesh

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anyway i was heading to a small town in

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southern utah with my wife and a couple

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of friends

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we were on our way to see lee a friend

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of mine that we hadn't seen for a long

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time

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we met up with him at his place and

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decided to hang out at a nearby lake

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it was a typical quiet campsite with a

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fire pit and a couple of logs around it

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we had a little picnic there and were

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exchanging stories and catching up with

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each other all day

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eventually one of my friends bryce got

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tired and decided to fall asleep in the

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car while the rest of us continued

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talking

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at this point twilight had fallen erica

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and i were discussing something while my

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wife and lee were talking about

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something else

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all of the sudden my wife and lee fall

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silent

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erica and i quickly notice we look at

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them and lee

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says get in the car i asked him what's

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wrong

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and he says there might be a skinwalker

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out around

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now erica and i had no idea what a

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skinwalker was at the time

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so we asked him to explain after his

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explanation of what it was

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erica and i being the only sensible

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thinkers at the moment

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and bryce just barely waking up from us

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jumping in the car

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decide we should investigate believing

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that it was probably just some kids in a

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nearby campsite

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trying to mess with us we came to the

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top of the hill that was between our

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campsite and the next

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and looked for any likely candidates for

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the scare

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none all we could see was a couple of

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trees and some bushes

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we even called out and there was no

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response as we were walking back to the

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campsite

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we hear noises a rustling in the bushes

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behind

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us we look again but see nothing at this

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point we were considering that lee and

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my wife may be right

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we get back and it's getting dark fast

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so i ask them

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is there something we can do to keep

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them away for a little bit

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yes said lee they don't like fire

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and him my wife and bryce start working

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on a fire while me and erica go down by

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the lake to collect the two liters we

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had put in the water to keep cold

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now it's dark and as erica and i head

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back with the sodas

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we hear rustling in the bushes beside us

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we're both scared

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we hurry back and start putting

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everything back in the car as quickly as

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possible

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while lee made sure the fire kept

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burning after

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getting everything in the car i rush

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over to the fire pit

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and tell everyone to get in the car as i

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proceed to stomp the fire out

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right as the fire went out i hear a

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blood curdling scream from across the

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lake

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i felt my heart stop lee had said

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skinwalkers are fast and could make a

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full lap around this lake in a matter of

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i jump in the car and yell go right as

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the engine started and the lights come

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we see it coming out of the bushes in

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front of us

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blowing yellow eyes and what looked like

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a zombified coyote with decaying flesh

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we backed up and peeled out of there as

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fast as we could

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this happened two years ago and it still

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scares me to know how close i came to

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i am honestly amazed that we all

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survived such a close encounter with

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this thing

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skinwalker warning from the navajo i

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grew up in the rural community of

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crystal new mexico

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it's full of trees mountains and hills

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the houses are scattered

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the nights are pitch black at times

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especially when the moon is low

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my family is very humble thankful to god

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for our success

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we help and appreciate others as all

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people should be treated

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sometimes we are tested one night i had

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a friend's sleep over

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we were in my room talking and hanging

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out it was around 11 pm or so nice

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summer night

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so my window was wide open and it was

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very dark outside

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my dad was in the living room watching

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tv as usual he fell asleep on the couch

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my mom had already gone to bed my friend

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and i were talking when all of a sudden

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we heard the screen door open and slam

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shut we thought it was my dad

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well that happens my mom claims she

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heard footsteps going through her and

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toward the restroom

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she thought it was my dad but then she

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soon realized that she was unable to

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move as if she were paralyzed

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still in my room with my friend we soon

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heard the screen door open and slam

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again

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the slam woke my dad and he came to my

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bedroom to check on us

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he wanted to see if we were still there

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and not into mischief

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my mom told us the next morning about

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what she heard and how she could not

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move

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she also told us that the second time

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the door slammed she then heard horse

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hooves run by her bedroom window

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a few nights later i was in bed asleep i

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awoke because something outside my open

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window was making

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noise like a loud stomping sound i was

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too scared to get up and close the

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window

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i stayed still and continued to listen

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then i heard something running away

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i slowly got up and walked over to the

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window as i pulled it shut a large dark

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shadow formed outside

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i ran back to my bed and pulled the

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covers over my head

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the next morning my dad told me that

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there was a skinwalker visiting at night

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this was the first time he ever

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mentioned a skinwalker to me

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he told me not to fear it our faith will

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protect us

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i don't know what was on the

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skinwalker's agenda but what i do know

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is that my family was stronger than it

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our faith is strong and we know our

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savior will provide protection for our

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family

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every year we hike up the mountain to a

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high point and we pray for our

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community's protection from evil

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low mountain skin walker i've seen a

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skinwalker once

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i have never seen one since my older

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brother

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older sister and i were going home for

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the weekend

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we were coming in from phoenix we had to

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leave pretty late

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it usually takes us five hours to get

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home which is in low mountain near pine

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in arizona

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we drove toward keem's canyon highway

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and took a certain dirt road that would

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take us straight to low mountain

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before we reached the dirt road we

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noticed a very old lady walking on the

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side of the highway with a cane at two

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o'clock in the morning

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she had her scarf around her head a long

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black jacket and wearing a green dress

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we did not think anything of it but

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thought it was weird that she was

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walking late at night on a highway

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the reservation is really dark at night

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and there are hardly anyone driving on

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the roads

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we eventually turned on the dirt road a

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mile away from the highway we noticed

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the same old lady

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walking on the side of the dirt road

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with her cane

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i freaked out i started crying because

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we knew that it was the same lady 15

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miles back

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my brother stepped on the gas and

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started driving faster he gave us some

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medicine to protect us from harm

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we eventually got to a highway that

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takes us to china

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low mountain or pinen we passed the

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bridge and we noticed that the old lady

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was sitting on the highway with her head

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waving the cane in the air before we

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could pass her the car

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just shut down and wouldn't start the

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old lady stood up facing the opposite

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way from us

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so we wouldn't see her face and walked

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across the other side of the road

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she turned her head to face us and her

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face was painted all black

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she kept walking and eventually

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disappeared in the distance

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my brother turned the ignition and the

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car started it scared the hell out of me

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i was crying so bad that i never wanted

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to drive through the road again

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when we got home we told my parents

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about it

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my dad said that there was an old couple

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that lived between the two highways

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that did bad medicine on people he also

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said that her husband had passed and not

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long ago

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and that she walks that road every now

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and then

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they had two kids one of them passed

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away at a very young age with an unknown

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cause of death

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and the other one drinks in huffs we

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ended up driving back the longer way

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which was taking the highway to the

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junction road and going toward ganato

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school teacher report skinwalker on

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tribal road

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between crown point new mexico and

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borrego pass on navajo tribal road 48.

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i am a non-native american who has lived

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and worked on the navajo indian

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reservation as a school teacher on

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several different occasions

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the most recent gig was from november

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1997 to june

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2000 as a lifelong resident of new

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mexico

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i have driven hundreds of thousands of

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miles with tens of thousands of those

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miles at night

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i consider myself a very experienced

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nighttime driver

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where i have seen just about every type

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of mammal and animal

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both wild and domestic that new mexico

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has

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i've seen deer elk cattle horses sheep

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dogs cats rabbits mountain lion badgers

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skunks porcupines etc while driving at

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night

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i recognize them all when i first

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started working at borrego pass school

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in 1997

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i was making a home visit to one of my

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students his name was billy

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name changed billy was a very

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intelligent boy

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with a higher than average iq he told me

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on that visit that their neighbor a mile

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away

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was a skinwalker i scoffed at billy and

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said something like there is no such

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thing

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but billy insisted saying that the

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neighbor changed into an animal and came

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to their house and looked into the

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windows

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this was all very interesting to me but

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i pretty much forgot about what he said

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around 1998 i started teaching night

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classes at denier college in crown point

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teaching astronomy class would end

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around 10 pm

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and i would head back home to borrego

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pass 18 miles to the east

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one night after class about 10 15 pm

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sometime in the spring april or may of

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2000

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i was driving my 1998 ford escort on

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navajo tribal road 48.

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i drove about 50 miles per hour because

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of the possibility of horses and

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livestock in the roadway

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i always noted billy's house off the

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road at about the halfway point to my

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home

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it was one of my way points it was about

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this time that suddenly something weird

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passed from right to left in front of my

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car's headlights

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this was the strangest creature or

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object i've ever encountered on the

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route

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it was a large shapeless hole that did

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not reflect any light whatsoever

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my car's headlights simply disappeared

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and were swallowed into the darkness of

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this mass

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i saw no definite shape no legs no head

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no eyes just a shapeless black hole i

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have never seen anything quite like it

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before or since

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but whatever it was gave me the creeps i

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remember getting scared and speeding up

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i pushed the car's speed up to 65 miles

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per hour

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and got to my little duplex at borrego

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pass asap

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i got into the apartment as quickly and

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locked the door behind me

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i then sat in the living room trying to

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figure out what i saw

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the next day i told one of my navajo

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friends what i saw

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his jaw dropped he immediately said it

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was a skinwalker but i had nothing to

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worry about

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since they can't harm white men still it

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was weird

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i have told this story to several

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navajos and they have all pretty much

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come to the same conclusion that it was

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a skinwalker

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so the evil will forget our faces i was

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a kid when this happened

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my uncle and i were finishing up

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chopping and gathering firewood for my

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grandmother because it was getting dark

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this was on the navajo reservation here

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in arizona

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driving back on a dirt road at about 30

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miles per hour i had this awful sense of

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being watched

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before i could turn to look out my

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window passenger side my uncle quickly

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shouted don't

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i completely froze my heart felt like it

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was beating out of my chest

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then completely stopped when i heard a

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tap tap on my window

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my uncle sped up and was loudly praying

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in my native language

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i didn't know what was going on and

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thought it was over until our truck

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suddenly dipped from the bed my uncle

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then started saying

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look at me and don't turn away over and

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over

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then i heard it again tap tap but from

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the window behind me

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it was getting harder for me to breathe

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than i wanted to cry

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my neuter 2 passed and the truck dipped

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again my uncle looked around inside

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it was quite besides the truck and the

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road he looked at me and said we will

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ask your father to do a prayer in the

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morning

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so the evil will forget our faces i

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remember curling up on the seat and just

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staring at the radio watching the time

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listening to my uncle sing an old prayer

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till we got to my grandmother's house

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i later called my uncle because i had a

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nightmare about that night

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we talked about it for a bit he said i

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didn't see faces

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just eyes like brake lights you see on

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the road

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they watched you before hanging up i

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tried joking with him about it

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why didn't you just step on the brake

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when it was in the back no laughter

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just a pause because it wasn't alone he

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said

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