A small ranch in northern Utah may be
THE STRANGEST PLACE ON EARTH?
BY GEORGE KNAPP
First of two parts.
I'm sitting on a white plastic chair in what seems like total darkness. Strapped to my chest and shoulders is an array of electronic gear--microphones, a video camera, a box that detects magnetic changes and a Geiger counter. Somewhere in the mix is a flashlight, the only device whose function I understand, and thus, the only device I cannot find.
In front of me, I can almost make out the sinister shapes of some truly spooky trees. Malevolent bugs are buzzing in and out of my eyes and ears, and it occurs to me that there must be a tavern open somewhere nearby, even in this remote corner of Utah. One hundred or more yards away, beyond a barbed-wire fence and a little creek, are my fellow paranormal rangers, equipped with their own video cameras, night-vision glasses and assorted scientific gear. They are supposed to be watching me to see if anything happens.
On this night, I am the bait. Bait for what, I wonder? The unspoken hope is my own inherent weirdness quotient might give me some sort of connection to the undeniably odd energy, or entity, that seems to have concentrated itself on this remote rural community, and, in particular, on this small ranch where I now sit, waiting for something to announce its presence.
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Full Version: Skinwalker Ranch
George Knapp, Investigative Reporter
Las Vegas Based Scientists Study 'Skinwalker Ranch'
A team of scientists based in Las Vegas has been conducting a study that may be different from anything that's ever been tried. The research is focused on a ranch in rural Utah where, for 50 years or more, paranormal activity has been reported, including UFOs, Bigfoot, mutilated animals and poltergeists. Some call the place Skinwalker Ranch, and George Knapp of the I-Team is the only journalist allowed to visit the property.
Oil executive Gregory Todd is one of the hundreds, if not thousands of northeastern Utah residents who've seen weird objects -- call them UFOs -- over their homes in the past 50 years. The Utah basin has also been a hotbed of other strange activity including Bigfoot encounters and mutilated animals.
In a basin known for an array of unexplained phenomena, the epicenter of high strangeness seems to be a picturesque spread known to many as Skinwalker Ranch. Native Americans who live near the property advise members to steer clear because, they say, this is the path of the skinwalker, an evil force.
The last family to live on this spread lasted only 20 months. From the first day back in 1994, they were terrorized by an unseen intelligence that played mind games with them, shadowy figures inside their house, objects that moved on their own, disembodied voices and bad things happening to their animals beginning with cattle and bulls that disappeared and others that were carved up with surgical precision in broad daylight. A gigantic wolf that attacked one of their calves was tracked through the mud, but the tracks simply stopped as if the animal had evaporated into thin air. Three dogs were vaporized after while chasing blue orbs of light in a pasture.
Las Vegas Based Scientists Study 'Skinwalker Ranch' - Las Vegas Now |
Las Vegas Based Scientists Study 'Skinwalker Ranch'
A team of scientists based in Las Vegas has been conducting a study that may be different from anything that's ever been tried. The research is focused on a ranch in rural Utah where, for 50 years or more, paranormal activity has been reported, including UFOs, Bigfoot, mutilated animals and poltergeists. Some call the place Skinwalker Ranch, and George Knapp of the I-Team is the only journalist allowed to visit the property.
Oil executive Gregory Todd is one of the hundreds, if not thousands of northeastern Utah residents who've seen weird objects -- call them UFOs -- over their homes in the past 50 years. The Utah basin has also been a hotbed of other strange activity including Bigfoot encounters and mutilated animals.
In a basin known for an array of unexplained phenomena, the epicenter of high strangeness seems to be a picturesque spread known to many as Skinwalker Ranch. Native Americans who live near the property advise members to steer clear because, they say, this is the path of the skinwalker, an evil force.
The last family to live on this spread lasted only 20 months. From the first day back in 1994, they were terrorized by an unseen intelligence that played mind games with them, shadowy figures inside their house, objects that moved on their own, disembodied voices and bad things happening to their animals beginning with cattle and bulls that disappeared and others that were carved up with surgical precision in broad daylight. A gigantic wolf that attacked one of their calves was tracked through the mud, but the tracks simply stopped as if the animal had evaporated into thin air. Three dogs were vaporized after while chasing blue orbs of light in a pasture.
Las Vegas Based Scientists Study 'Skinwalker Ranch' - Las Vegas Now |
Oh wow that was amazing reading Aloha..thanks..
Did you go on to read the 2nd part of Skinwalker with the NIDS group investigating?..I did and it says that all paranormal has stopped with in a year..now that is wild!!
How bizarre all that was..I couldnt imagine living thru that ..just reading the storyy gave me goose-bumps!!
Did you go on to read the 2nd part of Skinwalker with the NIDS group investigating?..I did and it says that all paranormal has stopped with in a year..now that is wild!!
How bizarre all that was..I couldnt imagine living thru that ..just reading the storyy gave me goose-bumps!!
that's some interesting and very creepy stuff. I've read the first part but am thinking maybe I'll save the second part until tomorrow during the daytime. 
Oh wow, that is just wild!
I read both parts (during the day lifesajourney, ha ha!) and it's fascinating -- all of it.
I am assuming activity has died down because the portal is shut down. It would have nice if the investigating scientists could have been more focused on how portals operate and how to control opening/closing as opposed to just having to prove the phenomena was real.
Oh well, baby steps!
I am assuming activity has died down because the portal is shut down. It would have nice if the investigating scientists could have been more focused on how portals operate and how to control opening/closing as opposed to just having to prove the phenomena was real.
Oh well, baby steps!
I really found the articles so interesting. I spent a lot of time clicking different links and reading all kinds of stuff about the ranch. I did see somewhere in my browsing (maybe Wiki?) that there were similar places scattered around that had the same types of phenomena going on.
for sharing, Aloha. 
for sharing, Aloha.
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