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NARRATOR:
In a remote valley in Utah,
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there is a ranch
that some say is evil.
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GEORGE KNAPP:
Bad things happen to people
on that property.
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There's danger there. It's real.
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Terrifying creatures
prowl the land.
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TRAVIS TAYLOR:
There's stories
of cloaked beasts
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running out of the woods
and chasing people.
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This thing comes right up
to this guy and roars.
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Ominous lights
appear in the sky.
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I have personally watched as
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portions of the mesa
appeared to glow.
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Animals are found slaughtered.
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They had prized cattle
taken and mutilated.
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NICK REDFERN:
It's not just UFOs.
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It's not just strange creatures.
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It's not just animal
mutilations. It's everything.
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TOM WINTERTON:
There are things that
have happened here
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that have shaken me to my core.
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NARRATOR:
What is behind
the strange phenomena
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that takes place
on Skinwalker Ranch?
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And could solving the mystery
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change our entire reality?
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JEREMY CORBELL:
There is something profound that
is going on at Skinwalker Ranch
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and it begs to be studied.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands we
question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is right
before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
Uintah County, Utah.
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Nestled in a deep valley,
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surrounded by some
of the highest mountain peaks
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in North America,
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is an infamous
512‐acre patch of land
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known as Skinwalker Ranch.
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The native Utes warn
of a dark presence
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that exists in this area,
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where strange
sightings in the sky,
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encounters with
terrifying creatures,
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animal mutilations,
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and numerous other
paranormal activities
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have been reported
for centuries.
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Skinwalker Ranch has
become this nexus of activity
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where people are
reporting strange things.
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It's in an area in Utah that's
very much like a desert terrain,
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and what's there now
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is high desert prairie,
kind of, area.
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Now what it actually is
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and what's going on there
is a whole other question.
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CORBELL: It's a very
unique place in the world
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where the phenomenon
expresses itself
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in dramatic form.
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It's also the most
scientifically studied
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UFO or paranormal
hotspot in history.
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Native American legends say
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that there has been
an otherworldly presence
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at Skinwalker Ranch for as long
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as humans have
existed in the area,
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which, according to
archeological evidence,
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is at least 10,000 years.
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And the very first
European settlers
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to pass through this land
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in the late 1700s had their
own bizarre experiences,
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which they recorded
in their journals.
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KNAPP:
The first Europeans
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to cross the Uintah Basin,
the, uh, Franciscan monks,
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reported seeing things
over their campfires at night,
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really weird objects
that we would call UFOs.
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The Native Americans,
the indigenous tribes
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have been there, have had these
experiences for generations.
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It has, for as long as
humans have lived there,
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it's been the site
of paranormal activity...
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strange things in the sky, UFOs.
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There are so many stories
about Skinwalker Ranch
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that range from cattle
mutilations going on.
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There're stories that if
you dig on the property,
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you'll get sick.
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Even strange stories
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of cloaked beasts
running out of the woods.
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You've seen UFOs.
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They have seen
different creatures.
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They have seen weird things
happening up in the sky.
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So you have all these
different phenomena
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that happened on that ranch,
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so some have referred to it
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as a veritable Disneyland
of the paranormal.
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NARRATOR:
The most notorious
of the paranormal phenomena
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associated with Skinwalker Ranch
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is the creature for which
the property is named.
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The association
of the skinwalker
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with this mysterious
plot of land
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can be traced back
to the mid‐19th century.
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In January of 1864,
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land disputes between
Navajos, Utes,
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and the United States
military in Utah and Arizona
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reached a fateful tipping point.
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After decades of conflict,
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the military removed
the Navajo people from the area,
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forcing them to make
what became known
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as "The Long Walk"
to New Mexico.
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The Navajos blamed the Utes
for helping the military,
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and so they cursed the land
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that the Utes lived on up there.
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And it must've been a pretty
strong curse because,
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even today, there are
really interesting things
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that happen up there.
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Cursing the land,
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the Navajo witch doctors
attempted to conjure an entity
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called a "yee naaldooshii,"
or "skinwalker."
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The skinwalkers,
they're sort of typically
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six to seven feet tall,
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very dangerous.
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It's described
as being wolf‐like,
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but walking on two limbs.
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So, inevitably, it sort of
provokes imagery of a werewolf.
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DOVER:
The subject of skinwalkers
is as serious as a heart attack.
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This is not something
to trifle with.
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Even talking about them
puts me in some danger.
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The skinwalker
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is somebody who is evil.
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They want to control people,
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communities, regions,
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and have that power over people,
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and they do this by fear.
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JIM MORSE:
The Utes, to this day,
are very respectful.
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They're very mindful.
Matter of fact, they stay
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at an arm's length, um,
from the Skinwalker Ranch.
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Uh, they firmly believe
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that this ground is cursed and
that, not only the Uintah basin,
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but this concentration
of this phenomenon,
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this host is on
the Skinwalker Ranch.
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NARRATOR:
Could a monster known
as the skinwalker
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really stalk the grounds
of Skinwalker Ranch?
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And if so, was it conjured up
by Navajo witch doctors?
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Or is it connected
to the paranormal,
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and perhaps
otherworldly, activity
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that has been reported
on the property for centuries?
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Investigative journalist
George Knapp
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was one of the first reporters
to expose the strange stories
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at Skinwalker Ranch
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back in the mid‐1990s,
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when he conducted extensive
interviews with the Shermans,
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the family of ranchers
that owned the property.
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This guy shows up one day
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while the ranching
family is still there.
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He's built like Grizzly Adams,
big burly guy with a beard,
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he said he'd been drawn
to the property,
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and he talks to the rancher
and says, "I just need
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"to meditate for a
couple of minutes.
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"I'm drawn here.
I need to do this.
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Can you let me on the property?"
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The rancher kind of
bemusedly says, "Okay,
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come on in." He lets the guy in.
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The rancher and his son escort
him to the middle homestead
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and the rancher and his
son are watching the guy
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and just kind of
chuckling to themselves.
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They hear this
thing in the brush,
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and then they look over
and there's something moving.
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And then it comes
out of the brush,
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right up to where this guy is,
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and it‐it looked like
the creature in Predator
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with the camouflage,
the opaque c‐camouflage,
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the invisibility technology.
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This thing comes right up
to this guy and roars.
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KNAPP:
Scares the hell out of this guy
who opens his eyes, flies back,
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lands on his back.
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The rancher and his son
go rushing over to him.
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He's petrified, grabbing them,
won't let go.
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They escort him off the property
and he swears it's the devil,
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it's Satan, you're gonna
burn for this kind of stuff.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
the terrifying creature
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witnessed by both the ranchers
and their mysterious visitor
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was what the Navajo
call a skinwalker?
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Was it a being
from another world?
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Even another dimension?
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Such stories have inspired
countless curiosity seekers
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to make pilgrimages
to the ranch.
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But for those who have
lived and worked there,
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like current ranch
superintendent Tom WINTERTON,
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Skinwalker Ranch is not
a place to be taken lightly.
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I'd been warned
not to dig on this ranch,
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which I thought was
absolutely ridiculous.
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Yeah, it's‐it's a ranch,
for crying out loud.
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That's what you do. You dig
fence holes, you dig ditches.
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And so I paid
zero attention to it.
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And whether it's related or not,
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I ended up getting
this severe head injury
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that causes my head to swell up.
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I had fluid that separated
the fatty tissue from my skull,
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and to this day, my doctors
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still haven't come up with
an explanation of what happened.
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What they did say was that
what happened to me
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just was not medically possible,
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but I'd be lying if I didn't
say that there are things
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that have happened here
that have shaken me to my core.
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When we patrol
the‐the perimeter of the place,
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both on foot and
with our vehicles, um,
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we are heavily armed.
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And that's not necessarily
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because we're looking
to hurt anybody.
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It's more of we don't know
what we're dealing with,
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‐and it's a dangerous place...
‐Morning.
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MAN:
Hey, Caleb. How you doing, man?
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ARNOLD:
...between the natural things
that are here
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and then also the unknown.
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NARRATOR:
What could possibly explain
so many incredible encounters
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being reported on a single
512‐acre stretch of land
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and by multiple groups of people
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over a span of
hundreds of years?
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Do the many accounts of UFOs
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point to an extraterrestrial
connection?
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Perhaps further
clues can be found
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by more closely
examining the stories
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of the skinwalker
and its connection
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to ancient gods.
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The mid‐1990s.
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The current caretakers
of the ranch, the Shermans,
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are entering their third
month on the property
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when they begin to experience
what they believe
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to be paranormal activity.
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They give their accounts
of the strange events
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to investigative journalist
George Knapp.
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So, the wife goes
grocery shopping,
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she buys enough food
for a couple of weeks.
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She comes home, takes all
this stuff out of the bag,
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puts it in the cabinets
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and goes out of the room,
comes back,
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all the stuff's
back in the bags.
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She takes a shower
in the morning,
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locks the door,
has a towel and a hairbrush.
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Gets out of the shower,
the door is still locked,
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but the towel and
the hairbrush are gone.
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The hairbrush is found
later in the freezer.
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NARRATOR:
Initially, it was only
Mrs. Sherman
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who witnessed the poltergeist
activity on the ranch.
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But it wasn't long before her
husband had his own experiences.
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The rancher's out using
a post hole digger,
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digging this big, heavy
piece of equipment.
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He's digging holes
to put fencing in.
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He stops for a second,
wipes his brow, looks around,
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the post hole digger is gone.
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He finds it three weeks later,
75 feet up in a cottonwood tree.
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NARRATOR:
The Shermans' experiences,
while bizarre, are not unique.
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We're gonna pull some data
up here that we took,
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‐so lets take look at this.
‐NARRATOR: Members of the team
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currently investigating
Skinwalker Ranch have reported
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similar poltergeist‐like
phenomena on the property.
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One of the weird
experiences I've had is
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I was in my bedroom
in the command center
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trying to go to sleep.
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There was no one else around.
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And it felt like someone
came up and kneed the bed.
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‐And it jostles the whole thing.
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I got up and wandered around
to see if something happened.
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There was nothing really that
could've made just a big shake
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of the bed as if some
individual had bumped into it.
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WINTERTON:
I've heard voices
on multiple occasions.
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I've had individuals with me
that heard the voices, too.
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The interesting thing is
is that I have no idea
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whether that's an
actual audible voice
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or something that's
playing out in my head.
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And there are specific
places on the ranch
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where you walk into it and it's
almost as if you're walking
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into a room of people.
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You're, like, asking,
"excuse me,"
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as you walk through the space,
'cause you feel
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like you're gonna
bump into somebody.
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NARRATOR:
But if paranormal activity
really is occurring,
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what could be causing it?
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Author and researcher
Lynn Picknett believes
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that all of
the strange phenomena
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occurring on Skinwalker Ranch
must be interconnected.
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When you're looking at the
phenomena at Skinwalker Ranch,
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you're looking at all
sorts of manifestations.
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But perhaps, really, you're
looking at one phenomenon.
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Certainly, one of
the most dramatic type
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of phenomenon ever in paranormal
is a poltergeist phenomenon...
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...meaning literally
"noisy sprit,"
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but a destructive haunting.
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It's very likely that
all of the various,
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multifarious, uh,
paranormal incidents
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at the Skinwalker Ranch
are caused by one entity
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or one source of energy,
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and it's not good energy
and it's not a good entity.
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NARRATOR:
While paranormal researchers
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often attribute
poltergeist phenomena
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to either a spiritual entity
or telekinetic energy,
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according to the Navajo,
it also fits the profile
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of the skinwalker, which is a
shape‐shifter and a trickster.
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The, uh, idea of the skinwalker
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being a prankster comes
from a lot of Navajo tales
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where they talk about
the coyote being a trickster.
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But the skinwalker
doesn't always use
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the guise of a coyote,
he'll use the guise of a wolf.
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He'll use anything
that he has the skin for.
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Uh, it's said that they
can change into owls,
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they can change
into crows or ravens,
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um, they can change into
bobcats if they have that skin.
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Our view on it is that
they're manipulating
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the DNA of their own body.
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NARRATOR:
Stories of beings
like the skinwalker
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that change shape
and deceive humans
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can be found in cultures
throughout the world.
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Sometimes identified
as trickster gods,
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they are often described
as coming from another world,
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or another dimension.
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We have the Scandanavian
stories of‐of Loki,
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who's very much,
uh, of a trickster.
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We have Celtic stories
of the‐the fairies
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who are also tricksters.
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We have stories of‐of Krishna
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being also a trickster‐type god
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who likes to make
jokes on people.
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So, throughout the world,
we have these stories
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of trickster beings who can also
shape‐shift into other bodies.
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This seems to be some entity,
uh, an extraterrestrial,
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who's acting as a skinwalker.
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Perhaps he's an
alien who's caught
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in this interdimensional doorway
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and manifests from time to time
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and ultimately
terrorizes this ranch.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the skinwalker
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is an extraterrestrial being
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that has crossed over
from another dimension?
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A parallel universe?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that in addition
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to the stories
of trickster gods,
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primitive rock art
provides evidence
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of an otherworldly connection.
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At Nine Mile Canyon,
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just 60 miles south
of Skinwalker Ranch,
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mysterious‐looking
creatures abound
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with giant antennae
and oddly‐shaped heads.
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For many members of both
the Navajo and the Ute tribes,
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they represent ancient
visitors from the stars.
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When you see these figures,
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I have been told that
these are star people,
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these are people from, uh,
other worlds or other dimensions
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that have shown up and, uh,
met and communicated
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with the, uh,
ancient people that live there.
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A lot of the rock
writing that have
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what might be considered
portals that are like a spindle
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are holes within
the universe that allow you
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to go into different dimensions.
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NARRATOR:
Not far from Nine Mile Canyon
are similar petroglyphs,
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at Sego Canyon, San Rafael Swell
and Temple Mountain.
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TSOUKALOS:
They look like spacemen.
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You have these
strange creatures that,
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for all intents and purposes,
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seem to be floating
up in the sky.
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hey appear to wear helmets.
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Very strange.
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CHILDRESS:
These figures have
vortex symbols around them.
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You have to wonder exactly
who is making these petroglyphs
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and what they were seeing,
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because they look like
they're extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Do the petroglyphs in the areas
surrounding Skinwalker Ranch
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point to Utah being a place
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of ancient and perhaps
even modern alien visitation?
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And do the spiral
petroglyphs indicate
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that there could even
be some sort of portal
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in the Uintah Mountains,
opening to other dimensions?
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Fort Duchesne, Utah...
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...1968.
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17‐year‐old Larry Cesspooch
is with his friends
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driving along an infamous
stretch of road
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near Skinwalker Ranch.
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As they approach a spot
known as Dead Man's Curve,
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named for the high number
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of car crashes that
have occurred there,
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they spot a bright
object in the sky.
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We were driving around,
with a bunch of us,
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and we come around
Dead Man's Curve and, uh,
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the driver looked in his
rearview mirror and said,
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"Oh, what the heck is that?"
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It was a fireball,
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and that fireball was
coming up behind us.
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And so we told him to go faster,
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and this thing just
flew over our head.
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When I told my mother, she had
talked about a similar incident
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when she was younger.
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And other tribal members
have seen that fireball.
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NARRATOR:
Other reports indicate
that the local residents
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have been regularly witnessing
similar strange events,
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both in and around
Skinwalker Ranch, for decades.
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The various accounts
describe flashing lights,
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floating orbs and UFOs.
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ARNOLD:
In this entire area,
there have been hundreds
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of reports of UFOs, you know,
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multiple people
seeing the same ones.
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This particular part of the area
has kind of gotten the nickname
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of UFO Alley
because of the number
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of those sightings
that had been reported.
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JOHN ALEXANDER:
We did see tears.
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We had openings
in the sky, voices,
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crafts coming through, orbs.
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Is that E.T.?
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Uh, hard to say.
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Reality of the
events is absolute.
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ERIK BARD: I have personally
watched as portions of the mesa,
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as large as 500 to 600 feet,
appeared to glow.
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We may be looking at
a terrestrial light source,
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or we may be looking at
something far more interesting.
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NARRATOR:
In the 1990s, the owners
of Skinwalker Ranch
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also witnessed
strange orbs in the sky.
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When they relayed their
experiences to George Knapp,
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he found that the UFOs were tied
to the other paranormal activity
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taking place on the property.
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They start hearing
heavy footsteps
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outside their bedroom
window at night.
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Then they start seeing
these dark, humanoid shapes
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in the windows at night.
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Then they start hearing
the footsteps inside the house.
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Then they wake up at night,
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and there's the thing
at the bottom of their bed.
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They would go out at night,
they'd walk around,
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they'd start hearing
disembodied voices in the sky
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above their heads,
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speaking some strange language,
almost like mocking them.
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They start seeing little orbs
floating around,
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seemingly intelligently
controlled,
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flitting around in the trees.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
reports of floating orbs,
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poltergeist activity,
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and the creature
known as the skinwalker
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are not separate phenomena?
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Might they be better understood
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by considering
them all together?
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Another story told to
George Knapp by the Shermans
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may reveal yet another aspect
to the Skinwalker Ranch mystery.
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KNAPP:
The first day they're
on the property,
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they see an animal of some
sort over on the brush line,
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and it starts coming
toward them.
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The men realize,
"That's a wolf."
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It's huge.
The back of the wolf
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came up to the
middle of his chest.
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They petted this thing.
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00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:34,079
It was a real,
physical creature.
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‐Now, the calves are
in the corral.
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They're all backed up
against one side,
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scared of this wolf.
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Except one calf
makes the mistake
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of sticking its snout out
between the bars of the corral.
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‐The wolf sees it...
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leaps in the air,
like, 20 feet,
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chomps down on
the head of this calf
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and is trying to drag it
out of the corral.
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His son grabs a .357
out of the truck
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and brings it over,
Dad pops a shot into this wolf.
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No yelp, no blood, no anything.
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Shoots it a second
and third time.
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Now this is the fourth shot
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00:24:09,865 --> 00:24:12,409
they've put into this wolf,
and then a fifth shot
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goes right into the chest,
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a chunk of flesh and fur
comes popping off the side
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and falls on the ground.
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00:24:17,748 --> 00:24:21,085
And this wolf just casually
turns around and starts
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walking away, he's had enough.
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Five shots in this
thing and didn't kill it.
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NARRATOR:
The Shermans say they pursued
the wolf into the brush,
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following its tracks
on the wet ground.
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KNAPP:
They get to a clearing beyond
the brush, a muddy area,
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the tracks go all the
way out into the middle
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of the muddy field and stop.
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It's gone. It's as if it had
been sucked up into the sky.
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NARRATOR:
Later, when the Shermans
told this story
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to a group of scientists
that had come to investigate
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the ranch, they were shown
a series of photographs
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00:24:55,536 --> 00:24:58,038
and asked if any of them
resembled the animal
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they encountered.
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KNAPP:
They have a lineup
of different types of wolves,
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to ask each of
the family members,
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show us what this looked like.
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And the one that
they all identified
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is what's known
as a dire wolf.
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Dire wolf, of course, has been
extinct for 10,000 years.
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NARRATOR:
If a dire wolf is, in fact,
what the Shermans witnessed,
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could it present another clue
as to what is happening
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at Skinwalker Ranch?
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Many ancient astronaut
theorists believe
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the answer is simple.
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According to them,
the ranch most likely contains
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some kind of
interdimensional portal,
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one that would allow, not only
travel from one dimension
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00:25:38,579 --> 00:25:43,250
to another, but to various
points in time and space.
490
00:25:43,250 --> 00:25:46,712
And they also believe that
the man who knows the truth
491
00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:49,715
is the eccentric billionaire
who recently owned
492
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:53,135
Skinwalker Ranch,
Robert Bigelow.
493
00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:59,850
NARRATOR:
Skinwalker Ranch. 1996.
494
00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:03,437
Following two years
of non‐stop paranormal
495
00:26:03,437 --> 00:26:05,731
and extraterrestrial phenomena,
496
00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:09,610
the Shermans are
driven to sell the ranch.
497
00:26:09,610 --> 00:26:12,988
The purchaser is a man
almost as mysterious
498
00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:15,032
as the property itself.
499
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,786
The study of Skinwalker Ranch
first began
500
00:26:18,786 --> 00:26:19,953
with private industry.
501
00:26:19,953 --> 00:26:21,538
It was a man
named Robert Bigelow.
502
00:26:21,538 --> 00:26:24,208
And he put together
a team of scientists
503
00:26:24,208 --> 00:26:25,375
to study the phenomenon
504
00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:27,461
and what was
occurring at the ranch.
505
00:26:27,461 --> 00:26:31,090
The ranch played the role
of a living laboratory
506
00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:32,466
to really be able to focus
507
00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:34,551
scientifically
and try to understand
508
00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:37,387
what is going on at this ranch.
509
00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:41,183
NARRATOR:
Billionaire Las Vegas
businessman Robert Bigelow
510
00:26:41,183 --> 00:26:43,018
made his fortune
in real estate.
511
00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:46,063
But since then, he's turned
to investing his money
512
00:26:46,063 --> 00:26:49,149
in aerospace,
and the goal of searching
513
00:26:49,149 --> 00:26:51,610
for extraterrestrial life.
514
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,821
KNAPP:
It came to the attention
of Robert Bigelow,
515
00:26:53,821 --> 00:26:56,532
who's probably spent more money
pursuing the UFO mystery
516
00:26:56,532 --> 00:26:58,158
than any person in history.
517
00:26:58,158 --> 00:27:00,035
He flew up,
met with the rancher,
518
00:27:00,035 --> 00:27:01,495
uh, took his team up there,
519
00:27:01,495 --> 00:27:03,956
heard the experiences
himself and bought it.
520
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:07,584
He put a team of scientists
on the property,
521
00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:09,211
cameras, scientific gear,
522
00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:12,089
so for the next seven
years after he bought it,
523
00:27:12,089 --> 00:27:15,217
he had people on the
property pretty much 24‐7.
524
00:27:15,217 --> 00:27:18,554
I was with, uh, Bob Bigelow
the day he went up
525
00:27:18,554 --> 00:27:20,848
and, uh, physically
bought the ranch.
526
00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:24,184
I was the first one
to spend the night on the ridge
527
00:27:24,184 --> 00:27:26,812
overlooking the ranch itself.
528
00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:30,691
Bottom line is, some very, very
strange things happened there
529
00:27:30,691 --> 00:27:33,485
that just defy description.
530
00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:38,198
NARRATOR:
The year before the purchase
of Skinwalker Ranch
531
00:27:38,198 --> 00:27:40,534
Bigelow had founded
the National Institute
532
00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:43,579
for Discovery Science, or NIDS.
533
00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:45,831
Staffed with personnel
from a variety
534
00:27:45,831 --> 00:27:46,999
of different disciplines,
535
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,876
NIDS was formed
to study a wide range
536
00:27:48,876 --> 00:27:52,880
of unexplained events,
from the supernatural
537
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,840
to the extraterrestrial.
538
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,260
When Bigelow moved
into Skinwalker Ranch,
539
00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:00,846
he took his NIDS
scientists with him,
540
00:28:00,846 --> 00:28:03,557
mounted cameras and
other monitoring devices
541
00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:06,268
over the entire property,
and sought to study
542
00:28:06,268 --> 00:28:10,856
the paranormal phenomena
up close and in person.
543
00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:14,693
He even built a laboratory
on the property.
544
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:18,447
He also protected the perimeter
of Skinwalker Ranch
545
00:28:18,447 --> 00:28:20,324
with impenetrable security,
546
00:28:20,324 --> 00:28:21,700
and has kept his findings
547
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,368
hidden from
the public to this day.
548
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:28,290
TSOUKALOS: You have to ask
yourself why would Bigelow
549
00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:30,959
throw millions and
millions of dollars
550
00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:33,462
at that particular project?
551
00:28:33,462 --> 00:28:35,047
What's going on there?
552
00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:38,216
And interestingly,
Robert Bigelow,
553
00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:41,803
after he sold this ranch,
never came forward
554
00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,556
to release what
he actually experienced.
555
00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,976
He kept all this
information to himself.
556
00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:50,896
Okay, either he's
not saying anything
557
00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:53,398
because it's so incredible,
558
00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:55,484
or because
there's nothing there.
559
00:28:55,484 --> 00:28:58,946
So because he's such
an elusive figure,
560
00:28:58,946 --> 00:29:01,323
it's a question,
which one is it?
561
00:29:01,323 --> 00:29:03,784
NARRATOR:
While Robert Bigelow
did his best
562
00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:06,036
to keep his investigation
of Skinwalker Ranch
563
00:29:06,036 --> 00:29:07,412
off the public radar,
564
00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:09,831
he himself became
front page news
565
00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:14,378
on December 16, 2017,
when The New York Times
566
00:29:14,378 --> 00:29:16,964
ran an explosive story entitled
567
00:29:16,964 --> 00:29:19,508
"Glowing Auras and Black Money:
568
00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:23,303
The Pentagon's Mysterious
UFO Program."
569
00:29:23,303 --> 00:29:27,557
The article reported
that in 2007,
570
00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:31,311
$22 million was allocated
for a top‐secret
571
00:29:31,311 --> 00:29:34,398
U.S. government
to investigate UFOs,
572
00:29:34,398 --> 00:29:37,484
called the Advanced Aerospace
Threat Identification Program,
573
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:38,860
or AATIP.
574
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:41,488
The driving force
behind this project
575
00:29:41,488 --> 00:29:43,991
was none other
than Robert Bigelow,
576
00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:46,201
whose company Bigelow Aerospace
577
00:29:46,201 --> 00:29:48,328
conducted the bulk
of the research
578
00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:52,374
from their headquarters
on Skinwalker Ranch.
579
00:29:52,374 --> 00:29:54,793
LINDA MOULTON HOWE:
Bigelow Aerospace
580
00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:56,086
is the one who received
581
00:29:56,086 --> 00:29:58,714
most of the $22 million
582
00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:02,134
to do aerospace investigations.
583
00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:05,429
All of the news that
came out in mid‐December,
584
00:30:05,429 --> 00:30:09,474
and nobody ask anybody,
"What about the warehouse
585
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:12,894
that has extraterrestrial
artifacts in it?"
586
00:30:12,894 --> 00:30:15,230
NARRATOR:
When questioned about AATIP,
587
00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:17,482
government officials have stated
588
00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,609
that it was meant
to identify craft
589
00:30:19,609 --> 00:30:21,570
not from other worlds
590
00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:23,405
but from other countries.
591
00:30:23,405 --> 00:30:27,325
However, this view is not
shared by Robert Bigelow.
592
00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:31,705
Did his investigation
of Skinwalker Ranch
593
00:30:31,705 --> 00:30:33,874
convince him
that extraterrestrials
594
00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:36,043
are present on Earth?
595
00:30:36,043 --> 00:30:38,587
Rumors include having found
596
00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:41,381
some exotic materials
on the property.
597
00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:44,968
There's talk of certain rods
598
00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:48,555
made up of exotic elements
from the periodic table.
599
00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:52,142
Some kind of base or perhaps
an ancient alien artifact
600
00:30:52,142 --> 00:30:54,770
beneath the property.
601
00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:57,314
The findings of Bigelow's team
602
00:30:57,314 --> 00:30:59,983
have never been fully disclosed.
603
00:30:59,983 --> 00:31:02,027
There are all sorts
of rumors and stories
604
00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:03,445
about things that happened
605
00:31:03,445 --> 00:31:05,739
while the Bigelow team
was here on the property.
606
00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:10,827
They talked about the side
of the mesa opening up
607
00:31:10,827 --> 00:31:12,954
and a spaceship flying
608
00:31:12,954 --> 00:31:15,332
into some sort
of underground base.
609
00:31:18,627 --> 00:31:21,338
NARRATOR:
Could Robert Bigelow's
experiences confirm
610
00:31:21,338 --> 00:31:24,299
that Skinwalker Ranch
is not only a place
611
00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:26,343
of extraterrestrial visitation
612
00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:30,889
but also contains a portal
through space and time?
613
00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:35,727
Some ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that there is something
614
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:38,105
even more profound at work
615
00:31:38,105 --> 00:31:40,482
and that Skinwalker Ranch
isn't only
616
00:31:40,482 --> 00:31:42,901
a special place on Earth
617
00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:45,570
but an important location
for the universe.
618
00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,370
NARRATOR:
At Skinwalker Ranch,
619
00:31:53,370 --> 00:31:56,665
a number of strange happenings
have been reported.
620
00:31:56,665 --> 00:32:00,335
Everything from sightings
of prehistoric beasts
621
00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:03,255
and poltergeist activity
622
00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:06,258
to shape‐shifting monsters
623
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:09,719
and mysterious orbs
of light in the sky.
624
00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:12,472
But one detail
seems to be consistent:
625
00:32:12,472 --> 00:32:15,475
the manner in which
these frightening phenomena
626
00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:19,146
suddenly come about,
as if out of thin air.
627
00:32:19,146 --> 00:32:23,400
Could it be that some sort
of portal through space and time
628
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,902
really does exist in this area,
629
00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:29,156
as many ancient astronaut
theorists believe?
630
00:32:29,156 --> 00:32:32,367
And while most of
Robert Bigelow's activities
631
00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:35,954
on the property have
remained top secret,
632
00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:39,332
investigative journalist
George Knapp was able to learn
633
00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:42,294
of at least one
extraordinary encounter.
634
00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:46,464
There was one night, the...
one of the most dramatic things
635
00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:48,675
that happened, there,
two of the scientists...
636
00:32:48,675 --> 00:32:50,343
these are PhD‐level people.
637
00:32:50,343 --> 00:32:52,804
They walk around
the middle homestead
638
00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:56,641
and two guys are up on
Skinwalker Ridge looking down.
639
00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:59,686
They've got infrared
equipment, watching.
640
00:32:59,686 --> 00:33:02,814
And one of them with the
infrared sees what looks like
641
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,524
a dirty snowball of light
642
00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:07,736
just hovering a couple
of feet off the ground
643
00:33:07,736 --> 00:33:10,405
and he walkie‐talkies
these guys down there,
644
00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:11,740
"Hey, do you see it?"
645
00:33:11,740 --> 00:33:13,909
"Yeah, we see it,
it's kind of vague."
646
00:33:13,909 --> 00:33:16,203
Then he says, "Hey, something's
happening, it's changing."
647
00:33:16,203 --> 00:33:18,705
Our guys are on the
ridgeline looking down,
648
00:33:18,705 --> 00:33:23,710
and you see a light appear
above the ground expand.
649
00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:26,087
KNAPP:
This ball of light
was stretching out.
650
00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:28,173
It became a tunnel of light.
651
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:30,967
Into this tunnel comes
a humanoid figure.
652
00:33:32,594 --> 00:33:34,346
Some kind of monster reached up,
653
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:36,932
pulled his shoulders
and come out.
654
00:33:36,932 --> 00:33:40,268
KNAPP:
Seven or eight feet tall,
black, featureless.
655
00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:44,981
When it gets out, the tunnel
collapses into a ball again.
656
00:33:44,981 --> 00:33:49,361
It was almost as if it was
a dimensional tunnel,
657
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,363
that it was coming
from some other reality.
658
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:55,325
NARRATOR:
According to both
the Navajo and Ute tribes,
659
00:33:55,325 --> 00:33:58,870
such portals do exist.
660
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:02,207
You have to go back to the story
of the emergence of the Navajo.
661
00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:05,877
The story there is that
they went through
662
00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:08,296
several underground worlds,
663
00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:12,592
and in coming to this world,
through a hole in the ground,
664
00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:16,137
or through a portal, if you may.
665
00:34:16,137 --> 00:34:17,847
CESSPOOCH:
There are holes...
666
00:34:17,847 --> 00:34:19,683
portals, if you want
to call them that...
667
00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:21,309
within the universe
668
00:34:21,309 --> 00:34:25,105
that allow you to go
into different dimensions,
669
00:34:25,105 --> 00:34:28,149
and those have existed for eons.
670
00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:32,570
So those who know about them
can travel back and forth.
671
00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:36,199
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut
theorists point out
672
00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:39,119
that emerging scientific
theories support
673
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:43,415
the Native beliefs that other
dimensions not only exist
674
00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:46,960
but that travel
between them is possible.
675
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,129
REDFERN:
Quantum physics, essentially,
676
00:34:49,129 --> 00:34:53,091
allows for the existence
of multiple dimensions
677
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,051
that coexist with ours.
678
00:34:55,051 --> 00:34:58,388
What we're seeing at places
like the Skinwalker Ranch
679
00:34:58,388 --> 00:35:00,390
are strange creatures,
680
00:35:00,390 --> 00:35:04,686
unusual entities coming through
the portals and the doorways.
681
00:35:04,686 --> 00:35:07,981
It's entirely possible
that creatures and beings
682
00:35:07,981 --> 00:35:09,941
from other realms of existence
683
00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:14,696
could quite literally jump from
their dimension into our world.
684
00:35:14,696 --> 00:35:16,990
More and more,
scientists are talking
685
00:35:16,990 --> 00:35:21,119
in these extraordinary esoteric
terms about very powerful places
686
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:24,581
where realities
blend or blur together.
687
00:35:24,581 --> 00:35:26,875
From the descriptions
of Skinwalker Ranch,
688
00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:31,004
this could well be one
of those bleed‐over places.
689
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,050
NARRATOR:
While the theory of a portal
at Skinwalker Ranch
690
00:35:35,050 --> 00:35:36,968
may seem incredible,
691
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:41,306
futurist Caroline Cory takes
it even one step further.
692
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:45,518
CAROLINE CORY:
We know that the physical
universe is based on geometry.
693
00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:49,856
We are now predicting
that there is a matrix,
694
00:35:49,856 --> 00:35:52,859
a grid patterning system
around the planet
695
00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:55,904
that is a web‐like structure
696
00:35:55,904 --> 00:36:00,033
with specific entry
and exit points
697
00:36:00,033 --> 00:36:02,535
that allow certain
phenomena to happen
698
00:36:02,535 --> 00:36:06,748
that seem supernatural
or paranormal.
699
00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:11,002
If there are tears exactly
at these locations,
700
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:15,173
you're going to have all kinds
of anomalies that would happen
701
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,175
because of these tears.
702
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:21,179
You're going to perhaps,
uh, see an anomaly in the sky
703
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:25,809
or you could also see
a prehistoric animal
704
00:36:25,809 --> 00:36:28,812
cross over
because there's a tear
705
00:36:28,812 --> 00:36:32,273
in this fabric of space itself.
706
00:36:32,273 --> 00:36:35,694
NARRATOR:
A tear in the fabric of space?
707
00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:37,946
Could it be that
Skinwalker Ranch
708
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:40,115
is not only home to a portal,
709
00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:43,326
but some sort of cosmic tear
through which entities
710
00:36:43,326 --> 00:36:46,830
from other dimensions,
other parts of the universe
711
00:36:46,830 --> 00:36:50,709
and even other points in time
could be entering our world?
712
00:36:52,961 --> 00:36:57,424
Local tales and traditions do,
in fact, support this theory.
713
00:36:57,424 --> 00:36:59,426
DOVER:
A lot of our investigations
714
00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:01,761
have found that these
things are coming in,
715
00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:03,805
uh, through unknown portals.
716
00:37:03,805 --> 00:37:07,350
Whether the portals are
in the sky or on the ground.
717
00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:10,979
What we've seen from
people describing this to us
718
00:37:10,979 --> 00:37:13,440
is they hear a loud pop.
719
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,943
That the sound actually travels
through your body physically,
720
00:37:16,943 --> 00:37:21,072
and it jolts you.
721
00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:24,075
NARRATOR:
Could there truly be
a scientific explanation
722
00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:27,954
for the various phenomena
at Skinwalker Ranch?
723
00:37:27,954 --> 00:37:32,876
One that humans are not yet
equipped to fully understand?
724
00:37:32,876 --> 00:37:35,295
Maybe a more important question
725
00:37:35,295 --> 00:37:39,132
is should we seek to get to the
bottom of this mystery at all?
726
00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:44,804
Or are we better off just
leaving Skinwalker Ranch alone?
727
00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:47,682
There are some who believe
that while Skinwalker Ranch
728
00:37:47,682 --> 00:37:49,517
is a dangerous place,
729
00:37:49,517 --> 00:37:53,980
it may also hold the key to
humankind's ultimate survival.
730
00:38:02,906 --> 00:38:06,201
NARRATOR:
After conducting
a 20‐year investigation,
731
00:38:06,201 --> 00:38:11,998
the NIDS team ceases all
operations on Skinwalker Ranch.
732
00:38:11,998 --> 00:38:14,709
Robert Bigelow has
sold the property.
733
00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:17,378
Robert Bigelow owned
the property for 20 years,
734
00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:20,799
and in 2016, he sold it.
He'd had enough.
735
00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:24,803
And one of the reasons
that he and his team didn't want
736
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:28,306
to have that property anymore
is because there's danger there.
737
00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:31,309
It's real. Bad things happen
to people and animals
738
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on that property.
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NARRATOR:
Fortunately, the person Robert
Bigelow has sold the property to
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is committed to continuing
with the investigation,
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Salt Lake City real estate
entrepreneur Brandon Fugal.
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MORSE: This new owner here,
his obsession and his willingness
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00:38:51,287 --> 00:38:54,833
to really put his money where
his mouth's at, it's a new game.
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00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,418
‐Tom. Oh, my friend.
‐Hey, good to see you.
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00:38:57,418 --> 00:38:59,462
BRANDON FUGAL: I was
approached by several scientists
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00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:03,800
that had worked with
me on a past project,
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00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,220
were close confidants
of Bob Bigelow,
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00:39:07,220 --> 00:39:12,350
and they saw an opportunity for
Mr. Bigelow to pass the torch
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to someone who not only
had the bandwidth
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00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:19,399
but the resources to really
take the investigation
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00:39:19,399 --> 00:39:21,526
and the scientific effort
at Skinwalker Ranch
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00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:23,403
to the next level.
753
00:39:23,403 --> 00:39:26,823
It's the greatest science
project of our time.
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00:39:26,823 --> 00:39:29,617
The team that I have handpicked
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00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:32,495
all bring complimentary
skill sets to the table,
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00:39:32,495 --> 00:39:36,332
whether it be in areas
of scientific investigation,
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00:39:36,332 --> 00:39:40,378
physics,
construction management.
758
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:44,007
I don't believe that there
has been any investigation
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00:39:44,007 --> 00:39:46,676
into the paranormal
or supernatural
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00:39:46,676 --> 00:39:49,345
that has ever brought
to bear both the resources
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00:39:49,345 --> 00:39:54,142
and the professionalism and
the sophistication of equipment
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00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:58,062
that we've brought to this
effort and to this property.
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00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:02,025
The kinds of devices that we've
deployed across the property
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include, of course, surveillance
cameras with audio channels
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00:40:06,529 --> 00:40:09,949
that allow us to both see
and hear what's taking place
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at various locations
on the property.
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00:40:12,368 --> 00:40:14,120
We also have geophones.
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00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,040
These are devices that sense
the vibrations of the ground
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00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,293
due to what may be activity
taking place in beneath our feet
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00:40:20,293 --> 00:40:21,961
here on this property.
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00:40:21,961 --> 00:40:24,756
We have devices that sense
electromagnetic disturbances
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00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:28,051
across a wide range of the
electromagnetic spectrum.
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00:40:28,051 --> 00:40:30,511
TAYLOR:
What we want to do
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00:40:30,511 --> 00:40:33,723
is we're gonna measure microwave
and RF spectrum at altitude.
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00:40:33,723 --> 00:40:38,144
It's highly possible that there
is something going on here.
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00:40:38,144 --> 00:40:41,439
We should have film cameras,
infrared cameras,
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00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:45,234
starlight cameras and
visual observations
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00:40:45,234 --> 00:40:48,279
going on all the time
looking for things.
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00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:49,697
But we're gonna get
to the bottom of it.
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ARNOLD:
Coming into Skinwalker Ranch
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00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,202
makes you kind of scrub
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00:40:54,202 --> 00:40:56,454
your preconceived
notions about things
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00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:58,373
and, you know,
it makes you wonder,
784
00:40:58,373 --> 00:40:59,582
are we alone in the universe?
785
00:40:59,582 --> 00:41:02,335
Is there a higher power?
786
00:41:02,335 --> 00:41:04,837
It can be frustrating and
exhilarating at the same time,
787
00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:07,465
trying to unravel
these types of things.
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00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:13,262
NARRATOR:
Will the new investigation
already underway
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00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:16,891
at Skinwalker Ranch
finally provide some answers
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00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:18,768
to the mysteries
that have persisted
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00:41:18,768 --> 00:41:21,688
for more than 200 years?
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00:41:21,688 --> 00:41:27,986
And if so, will we wish we
had left well enough alone?
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00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:30,238
CORBELL:
The implications of
understanding our universe,
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00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:33,741
our reality so much more...
it's an opportunity.
795
00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:37,704
So Skinwalker Ranch
poses to us this opportunity
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00:41:37,704 --> 00:41:42,959
to confront these things
that maybe even scare us.
797
00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:46,421
This phenomenon is real.
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00:41:46,421 --> 00:41:49,048
It is happening,
whether we like it or not,
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00:41:49,048 --> 00:41:51,592
and it could alter
the basic fabric
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00:41:51,592 --> 00:41:54,303
of how we relate
to the external world.
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00:41:54,303 --> 00:41:58,266
There is something profound that
is going on at Skinwalker Ranch
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00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:00,977
and the surrounding area.
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00:42:00,977 --> 00:42:03,229
And it begs to be studied.