The term skin walker originated in the Navajo culture.
Its said to be a type of harmful witch who has the ability to turn into- possess-or disguise
themselves as an animal.
And that’s what we're going to be talking about today.
Hey, guys welcome back to the most amazing top 5, I'm Court McGinley.
Lets just right into our list of the top 5 Skin Walkers Urban Legend Myths That Might
Be True.
Coming in at number 5--Origin Story- Navajo Medicine men-The Navajo medicine men- also
known as the Navajo healers- are sacred people who have personal powers that give them the
ability to cure the sick and help the injured.
They are often called upon to perform healing ceremonies.
They are said to be the conductor of magic people and they have the power to protect
others.
Their healing practices are made up of chants and songs.
Throughout their lifetime they can only learn a handful of songs and chants- as each one
requires a great deal of time and effort to learn and perfect.
These songs are passed down from generation to generation.
Once they feel like they have perfected their song they use them in conducting their life's
work.
These people are said to be very powerful.
But on the downside, the medicine men can also use their powers for evil if that’s
what they decide to do.
And if they decide to go this route they must complete a specific ritual.
After completing this ritual they will make a transformation into the most feared skinwalker
of them all.
To become a skinwalker a medicine man must perform a ritual act.
They must kill someone dear to them- usually a close relative.
In some legends, its even said they eat a part of this person.
In killing this loved one a skinwalker becomes more of a beast than a human.
Once the act is complete the Skinwalker can shapeshift into any animal they choose.
In at number 4- Navajo- If you ask any Navajo person they will tell you that skinwalkers
are not a myth- they will say they are 100 percent real- they are dangerous- and they
are powerful.
Even uttering their name is a way of summoning them.
The Navajo tell the stories of skinwalkers- and how they have attacked numerous people.
They describe skinwalkers as a giant predator that usually takes the form of a wolf- they
hunt late at night keeping in the shadows.
When they spot someone they will stalk them to their home- for a while they watch them-
and follow them- and then they go in for the kill.
There have also been people who claimed they’ve known someone who actually looked into a skinwalkers
eyes and when this happened they became hypnotized.
And once this happens it was said this creature can actually take that person shape.
Technically skinwalkers are humans and they do have human motives and human desires.
But they do possess a darker nature-and this is why they are dangerous.
At number 3--Arizona- Skinwalkers- like a lot of ancient American urban legends- have
roots in Native American folklore.
Since this, all started back in the 1800s its hard to gather specific stories from back
then- there's just a lot of generalized facts.
But I did manage to find this pretty recent story about a man named Wil Filton.
And his story goes like this- it's easy to feel uneasy when driving through the desert
roads of Arizona.
Especially late at night.
As Wil was driving he hears a slight tap at his window so he glanced over but saw nothing.
He didn’t think much of it and kept driving.
Then a few seconds later he heard it again- this time he looked over and saw what looked
like a mutilated half human creature- the face of a human- the body of a wolf- he immediately
pumped his breaks and looked around for the creature but saw nothing.
So he continued to drive but felt the whole time that this creature was following him.
He ended up doing a little research on what he saw and he was convinced it was a skinwalker.
Coming in at number 2--Skinwalker ranch- Yes this is actually a place and it's in Utah.
People in Utah will not even enter this area because they know that this area is full of
skinwalkers.
But that doesn’t stop tourists from going there.
About this place the people of Utah have said- We take this very seriously.
We know the skinwalkers are very powerful spirits that are heard because of a curse
that was put on them generations ago by the Navajos.
And the center of the whole legend is the ranch.
The ranch is said to be the path of the skinwalkers.
Tribe members are strictly forbidden from setting foot on the property.
Its been this way for a long time.
One very well known story is that of the Sherman family.
In 1994 Terry, Gwen and their children purchased some property on the ranch despite townspeople
warning them not to do so.
One night they saw this wolf attacking a calf- so Terry got his gun and shot at the wolf.
He shot the wolf 6 times but the wolf didn’t stop and eventually just left on its own accord-
completely fine.
Terry decided to follow the wolfs track- which just simply came to an end as though the world
ceased to exist.
When the family told the town members about that they told them they had just encountered
their first skinwalker and to watch their backs.
After this, the Sherman family began reporting a bunch of bizarre-looking animals.
In at number 1--The dark ones, this is a case that was posted onto skinwalkerranch.org-
this is a website that documents al the entities encountered at the ranch.
The story of the dark one is an extremely rare but terrifying story.
This being is said to be possibly human- a shaman trapped in an alternate timeline.
Those who have seen this person or spirit describe him as a silent Native American peering
through the portal to another dimension.
Some even believe he's opened the portal himself.
He is also believed to be a gatekeeper to the other side.
And as mentioned before its extremely rare to actually see him.
Its said there's only a .03 percent chance of spotting him.
-- And there you have it that’s our list of the 5 Skin Walkers Urban Legend Myths That
Might Be True.
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