Rejected Lists: 10 Paranormal Anomalies at the Skinwalker Ranch
Of all the strange and mysterious places on the Planet Earth, it might be a small ranch in northern Utah that is the strangest of them all. It is called the Skinwalker Ranch. Although relatively unknown, this ranch has arguably more documented paranormal activity than anywhere else in the world, including its famous neighbor, Area 51. From cattle mutilations to giant killer birds, Skinwalker Ranch has a little bit of everything for paranormal enthusiasts.
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UFO’s
Dating back to the early 1950’s, the Skinwalker Ranch has been a hotbed for unidentified flying objects. A local science teacher, Junior Hicks, saw a large object in the sky during broad daylight unlike anything he had ever seen before. It wasn’t a figment of his imagination either, his whole elementary class also saw the UFO. Forever hooked on what he saw, Hicks ended up tracking over 400 separate paranormal events in the area of the Skinwalker Ranch over the course of 5 decades.
In 1978 area residents reported seeing an awesome dome shape UFO with very intense lights as reported by Deseret News. The UFO emitted a silent purring noise and onlookers recall feeling very frightened as if someone was watching them from the UFO yet they were unable to look away.
In 1994, Terry and Gwen Sherman purchased the Skinwalker Ranch to start a cattle ranch business. Much to their dismay, the UFO sightings from the previous decades were corroborated with their own sightings of multiple different types of UFO’s. Their family saw pyramid shaped UFO’s, box shaped UFO’s, a 40-foot-long UFO, and a huge ship the size of multiple football fields.
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Invincible Wolves
A wolf, three times the size of a normal wolf, that can’t be killed by bullets sounds like something out of a Hollywood screenplay. In this case however, it was the real-life experience of the family who purchased the Skinwalker Ranch in 1994. On the first day of their new life on the Skinwalker Ranch they had an unwelcomed visitor, a huge wolf that seemed to be as domesticated as a golden retriever. As the family discussed keeping the wolf as a pet, even petting it a few times, the wolf snapped. Next thing the family knew the wolf was attempting to rip a calf through the metal bars of its pen. The father began to shoot the wolf with his .357 magnum revolver at very close range. He could see the bullets hitting the wolf however the wolf didn’t even flinch. After 3 shots from a magnum handgun the wolf let the calf go but didn’t retreat. Starting to get scared, the father grabbed his hunting rifle and shot the wolf, again with no tragic effect and the wolf simply turned around and walked away. More of these huge wolves would continue to be seen on the ranch during the Sherman’s time living there.
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Mysterious Voices
Generally, when we hear a voice we look around behind us, to the right or left, looking for the person speaking to us. Normally you don’t have to look above you to seek out the source of the voices talking about you. In this case, there was no body to assign the voices to, anywhere. These mysterious voices were very clear although the language being spoke was indiscernible. People who have heard these mysterious voices at the Skinwalker Ranch could feel eyes watching them from above (approx. 20 feet).
One researcher explained it “They [eyes] were like smoldering coals, burning hot with their hatred from behind a dimensional curtain.” He couldn’t explain how he arrived at that conclusion without even seeing anything. He knew they were discussing him, asking questions like “Why is he here?” and “Who is he?”, even though he couldn’t understand their language. Perhaps they were putting thoughts in his head? Most would believe this was a figment of the researcher’s imagination however multiple people, at different times, had the same exact experience.
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Crop Circles
Nothing like waking up in the morning to find concentric circles dug up in your land with exact precision or 8 foot circles of flattened grass arranged in triangles right? This was a frequent occurrence for the Sherman’s on Skinwalker Ranch. Sure, it could have been a prank by some local kids however Skinwalker Ranch only has 1 road leading to it so anyone coming or going with machinery would have surely been noticed.
One specific incident occurred after Terry Sherman had seen flying lights the night before. He went to the same place he saw the lights and immediately noticed several holes in the ground. The closer he got he noticed the holes were all the same, about one-foot-deep and several feet in diameter. To make matters worse, the hundreds of pounds of dirt that was “dug” out had simply vanished. Terry explained that the first time he saw the holes it was as if someone used a giant cookie cutter on his land, the holes having perfectly straight sides.
6
Glowing Orbs
One of the most commonly seen paranormal events at the Skinwalker Ranch were glowing orbs. The glowing balls of light seemed to have a mind of their own, taking a special interest in the Sherman’s cattle specifically. Many times the orbs were observed flying around the cattle and sometimes the herd reacted violently, running away “like an invisible force was plowing through the herd”. Some researchers have even said these orbs following them home and floating around their house moving things along the way.
A particular creepy event happened one night in May 1996. Terry noticed a blue orb flying around his ranch house and commanded his dogs to go chase it. The dogs got close to it but could never get quite close enough to capture it. The orb disappeared into a thick brush and the dogs followed. Suddenly Terry heard terrible yelps and whimpering and called for his dogs to return. They never did. The next morning, he went out looking for them and came across three round spots of dried and brittle vegetation. In the middle of these spots were black greasy lumps, as if the dogs had been incinerated. The dogs were never seen again and this event prompted the Sherman’s to consider leaving the ranch once and for all.
Of all the strange and mysterious places on the Planet Earth, it might be a small ranch in northern Utah that is the strangest of them all. It is called the Skinwalker Ranch. Although relatively unknown, this ranch has arguably more documented paranormal activity than anywhere else in the world, including its famous neighbor, Area 51. From cattle mutilations to giant killer birds, Skinwalker Ranch has a little bit of everything for paranormal enthusiasts.
10
UFO’s
Dating back to the early 1950’s, the Skinwalker Ranch has been a hotbed for unidentified flying objects. A local science teacher, Junior Hicks, saw a large object in the sky during broad daylight unlike anything he had ever seen before. It wasn’t a figment of his imagination either, his whole elementary class also saw the UFO. Forever hooked on what he saw, Hicks ended up tracking over 400 separate paranormal events in the area of the Skinwalker Ranch over the course of 5 decades.
In 1978 area residents reported seeing an awesome dome shape UFO with very intense lights as reported by Deseret News. The UFO emitted a silent purring noise and onlookers recall feeling very frightened as if someone was watching them from the UFO yet they were unable to look away.
In 1994, Terry and Gwen Sherman purchased the Skinwalker Ranch to start a cattle ranch business. Much to their dismay, the UFO sightings from the previous decades were corroborated with their own sightings of multiple different types of UFO’s. Their family saw pyramid shaped UFO’s, box shaped UFO’s, a 40-foot-long UFO, and a huge ship the size of multiple football fields.
9
Invincible Wolves
A wolf, three times the size of a normal wolf, that can’t be killed by bullets sounds like something out of a Hollywood screenplay. In this case however, it was the real-life experience of the family who purchased the Skinwalker Ranch in 1994. On the first day of their new life on the Skinwalker Ranch they had an unwelcomed visitor, a huge wolf that seemed to be as domesticated as a golden retriever. As the family discussed keeping the wolf as a pet, even petting it a few times, the wolf snapped. Next thing the family knew the wolf was attempting to rip a calf through the metal bars of its pen. The father began to shoot the wolf with his .357 magnum revolver at very close range. He could see the bullets hitting the wolf however the wolf didn’t even flinch. After 3 shots from a magnum handgun the wolf let the calf go but didn’t retreat. Starting to get scared, the father grabbed his hunting rifle and shot the wolf, again with no tragic effect and the wolf simply turned around and walked away. More of these huge wolves would continue to be seen on the ranch during the Sherman’s time living there.
8
Mysterious Voices
Generally, when we hear a voice we look around behind us, to the right or left, looking for the person speaking to us. Normally you don’t have to look above you to seek out the source of the voices talking about you. In this case, there was no body to assign the voices to, anywhere. These mysterious voices were very clear although the language being spoke was indiscernible. People who have heard these mysterious voices at the Skinwalker Ranch could feel eyes watching them from above (approx. 20 feet).
One researcher explained it “They [eyes] were like smoldering coals, burning hot with their hatred from behind a dimensional curtain.” He couldn’t explain how he arrived at that conclusion without even seeing anything. He knew they were discussing him, asking questions like “Why is he here?” and “Who is he?”, even though he couldn’t understand their language. Perhaps they were putting thoughts in his head? Most would believe this was a figment of the researcher’s imagination however multiple people, at different times, had the same exact experience.
7
Crop Circles
Nothing like waking up in the morning to find concentric circles dug up in your land with exact precision or 8 foot circles of flattened grass arranged in triangles right? This was a frequent occurrence for the Sherman’s on Skinwalker Ranch. Sure, it could have been a prank by some local kids however Skinwalker Ranch only has 1 road leading to it so anyone coming or going with machinery would have surely been noticed.
One specific incident occurred after Terry Sherman had seen flying lights the night before. He went to the same place he saw the lights and immediately noticed several holes in the ground. The closer he got he noticed the holes were all the same, about one-foot-deep and several feet in diameter. To make matters worse, the hundreds of pounds of dirt that was “dug” out had simply vanished. Terry explained that the first time he saw the holes it was as if someone used a giant cookie cutter on his land, the holes having perfectly straight sides.
6
Glowing Orbs
One of the most commonly seen paranormal events at the Skinwalker Ranch were glowing orbs. The glowing balls of light seemed to have a mind of their own, taking a special interest in the Sherman’s cattle specifically. Many times the orbs were observed flying around the cattle and sometimes the herd reacted violently, running away “like an invisible force was plowing through the herd”. Some researchers have even said these orbs following them home and floating around their house moving things along the way.
A particular creepy event happened one night in May 1996. Terry noticed a blue orb flying around his ranch house and commanded his dogs to go chase it. The dogs got close to it but could never get quite close enough to capture it. The orb disappeared into a thick brush and the dogs followed. Suddenly Terry heard terrible yelps and whimpering and called for his dogs to return. They never did. The next morning, he went out looking for them and came across three round spots of dried and brittle vegetation. In the middle of these spots were black greasy lumps, as if the dogs had been incinerated. The dogs were never seen again and this event prompted the Sherman’s to consider leaving the ranch once and for all.
