Not sure if anyone else has said this, but while I was raised off and on the reservation, we were told to not call it by name, it brings the dark where it’s called, so the fact this has become a popular fascination is really scary , I hear it called by name all the time, I guess it’s lucky it’s English tongue. And my greatest gratitude that u took the time to learn and share this, it means a lot 😁🙏
The whites know all about that. That’s why we have the culture we have today. Them are the biggest magicians in the world . Them work a lot with Jinns( demons)
I’m Navajo..through oral history my late grandmother toll me that skinwalking/shapeshifting was used by our people to raid and war on the enemy. It was only for the enemy then many Navajo used it against other Navajos. You did outstanding job with this interesting video.
I remember a military buddy of mine from the early 1970s, who was Navajo, telling me about skin walkers and witches and such. I would tell him about the hoodoos and haints we have in the Ozarks. Interesting video.
@@missourimongoose8858 I'm in the Southeastern Ozarks, we are heavily influenced by the French settlers who came here and later the Irish. A "hoodoo" is generally a thing, an entity, but not necessarily a ghost. A "haint" can be a place, "a hainted house" or the entity in it, "the haint". Hoodoo is a corruption of voodoo that came up the river with the French. There are supernatural stories of the Native Americans, but those tend to be more north and west of us..there never was a large population of Native Americans in our area for various geographical reasons, although they did tramp through here for thousands of years. The Irish left us many tales of families haunted by bad choices that someone made; maybe a husband who killed his wife in anger or a child who disappears. Tragedies often left a haunting. There are stories of soldiers from the War Between the States still wandering the old back roads looking for their commands. And let's not forget UFO's. This area was a hotbed of UFO sightings, especially in the 1970s and 1980s.
I can tell you, as a Zuni who grew up a few minutes from Ft. Wingate, we had a ton of stories like this. I've spent many nights on the Navajo and our rez, seen quite a few strange things . . . But nothing concrete/paranormal. I think you did a good job considering the limited resources - it's difficult when you don't have local a source. As far as the US government and native tribes go . . . That's a much longer video!
I have heard my Dad mention this in stories that were told to him growing up. He is to tell us stories of in the 50's and even 60's, when skinwalkers came to "visit" homes, if caught they were stalked and then pursued. O how I could go on. Was very neat to hear him tell us about his personal accounts from his childhood.
Nicely researched and presented work on some of Navajo history. I would like to see you do a similar presentation on the Bronco Apaches. When Geronimo surrendered in 1886 not all of his followers surrendered with him, they fled to the Sierra Madras mountains of Mexico to evade capture and live free. The last raid into the United States by these free Apaches was in the fall of 1924 on a ranch in Arizona. The last know conflict between Mexicans and Apaches was in 1934, although not the last interaction. Jason Betzinez (last surviving Apache to fight with Geronimo, died 1960) said in his autobiography “I Fought with Geronimo” that as late as 1958 the Bronco Apaches were living free in the Sierra Madras mountains. I’ve read somewhere that an expedition looked for them in 1980; I have also read that there may be a connection of these Apaches to the Mexican Drug Cartels of today. I think you would find it very interesting.
I really like listening to you talk. Some of the topics you’ve covered are things I don’t usually pay attention to, but you’re such an interesting storyteller, I keep watching. You really put a lot of work into these. I hope you continue.
Very good story. I must add as a "white man" who's taken part in many Lakota ceremonies of the Ghost Horse tribe, Bear clan, and having been asked to witness them, saw many things that would remain wholly unexplained in our world. From simple Sweat Lodges to the vision quests called Huņbleychą, all the way to the absolutely sacred Sundances of which I was to take place in after training which never came to be, I've seen things that no person of the "World" and outside their society's life would want to believe, without seeing with your own set of eyes. From apportation of horse saddles and bridles in whole during meetings with medicinemen to seeing a man's spirit continue a Sundance that his body had given up on, the "supernatural" among the Natives is as real as they wish it to be to all peoples who might witness it, native and not. Their way of life is nothing that we can fully know without living the life amongst the Mother (Nature), as they've often chosen to do and, thankfully, are making a return to this nature recently. They are truly an awesome people with a culture that those of us "in the World" can not possibly know the intricacies of. They are truly a wonderful, beautiful people, and despite the breakup of the clan I knew upon the deaths of Uncle Tyler and the other Elders, I certainly am proud to see and know these ways and the people who live lives in those ways. It's all truly magical and not mere superstition.
I'm a dude in a white meat suite, also. I did see a paranormal creature while I was standing without permission or concern in a white person's medicine wheel in VA. This thing suddenly moved in the periphery of my field of vision. I looked to that direction of the wheel and saw something like a deer, but hopping away like a kangaroo. It was screeching. It was fast. I questioned what I saw to myself then heard dogs barking in the distance where it went. I also did a ceremony like a Sundance for four days in n.c. My heart was becoming erratically beating a couple days in. I laid down. The woman holding the ceremony moved a feather wand thing she made across my chest. My heart beat stabilized and no more discomfort in chest. I once saw a woman have a rainbow aura and that's the only time I have. It seemed like the legend that the rainbow people will be here to heal and reclaim the world
@@Zack-lq9tb The only way that I've found to see the things that have seen outside of those times is to set the brain in an ultra low brainwave pattern (you'll know when that happens cuz you'll feel like you should be asleep but be fully alert) and move outside of analyzing in the mind and start witnessing within the heart. You'll feel like you've slipped into the mind of your inner child and everything around you will look simply magical, as if you're witnessing it all for the first time. This is how I saw my first unexplainable sight, which looked like a fairy. It was the size of a large moth but looked like what a classic fairy might look like. It was only momentary and a complete surprise; flitted right in front of me, stopped for about 3 seconds in the very place I happened to be looking, then took off towards our camilla tree much faster than the common insects we have in our area. And despite it sounding crazy as all get out, I won't deny that I saw something that I can only describe as a being worn a classic fairy look. That's the one instance that I'll never forget.
"Magic" is the same for all people who practice earth related spirituality, thats what i think really proves it. You can get these experiances with most shamans, and how people dont believe this is beyond me. I always say, "do you think ouija boards cause bad things to happen"? And literally 100% of the time so far people have answered yes.... so how are those spirits real and all others arent?😂 people are funny.
@@grlpeterson My Navajo friend on the Res came out of all this darkness and realized he was dancing with the devil with all this supernatural stuff and that all this power does not come from the creator but from the devil. You either serve darkness or light. Your spirit is eternal and so your choice determines your location. Choose Jesus and light. All the other stuff is just a bunch of parlor tricks of darkness to enslave people.
Amazing video! Thanks so much for sharing! Skinwalkers are such an interesting subject, especially the Navajo Skinwalkers. I wrote about my own experience with what I believe was possibly a Navajo Skinwalker, during my time living off-grid in Arizona, in my book "Seeing Is Believing".
#1 You have a great voice for storytelling and narration. #2 I love how you weave threads of comedy, modern beats, sounds, empathy, sympathy, etc., into the tapestry of your research. It gives it a kaleidoscopic texture that still manages to be respectful of the topic. #3 Thank you for entertaining and educating my ADHD brain!
You had me cracked up laughing within the 1st 5 min of you video. Great videos are hard to find. Loved that I learned about something I knew little or nothing about. Keep making these videos. You have a fine talent! I found your video by clicking yt's History button at the top of their selections.
I was expecting a scary telling, but got a good history lesson instead. What all others that like to claim they know about Skinwalkers or think they know about Navajo legends. All that the Navajo went through was horrific and the people put in charge to be the go between were and I quote you, "Pieces of shit." Wars over a single horse (thats assumed to be stolen) and the sec ret holocaust of people by governments. Thank you for this documentary.
I am Navajo, I lived next to hiway 666 now hiway 491 . I've seen and have story about skinwalkers that will blow your minds . I could write a book about this.
Yo, your video seems to be working with the algorithm or something! I haven't seen any of your videos prior to this and it just popped in my recommended!
Loved it man! Glad to see you're doing more videos like this! I think you did some solid research with what's out there. I'm sure many would never have heard this story otherwise.
Skinwalker Ranch was simply named too early into their "happenings" lol. They seem to have some legit phenomenon going on there, like a lot of different types.....but literally zero skinwalker stuff that I've seen. They have giant wolves, ghosts, UFOs, portals, sounds, orbs, items moving around, etc...
Watch the skin walker ranch show on history channel. Shit will blow your socks off. They're out here proving the existence of portals and aliens and no one even cares lol
@@awsheit buddy, clearly I have watched it. You are missing the point. I was saying they have tons of scary shit that actually happens there.....but no skinwalker. Was saying it is named poorly. It should be "portal ranch" or "haunted ranch" or "alien ranch" because they have every phenomenon known to man.....except skinwalkers.
@@awsheit bro I get it. I know. Skin walkers are in Native American lore. I dont know what you arent understanding. I'm not arguing that I've never heard of skin walkers. I'm not even saying I dont believe in them.....I am saying there is ZERO signs of skin walkers on skin Walker ranch so it is a bad name for the ranch. Jesus people are fuckin retarded nowadays. You'd argue with a tree
@@TheMuddman74 no what I'm saying is the people who've been on the property and are being interviewed for the show, who happen to be native American, had stories of seeing skin walkers. Yes you have the technology side of what they're uncovering but the first person accounts, people have brought up seeing them on the ranch.
In a period of such mutual distrust and disdain for each other, it's so nice to hear of good actors like Lt. Mitchel who try to bridge the gap and actually succeed. Even if it's by a relative few, I'm glad he's remembered.
Fascinating, and I really loved how your approach to Navajo culture was very respectful! While I, like many others, would love more knowledge about folklore of indigenous people, I still want it to be authentic and I much rather have someone respectful about their culture telling bits and pieces, rather than a-holes pretending to know all sorts of things making half of it up along the way just to make it sound more mysterious! As a Scandinavian I can’t help thinking if only Christianity hadn’t distorted so much of my own cultural heritage and I can’t help feeling a bit of envy towards the cultures that still have a stronger tie to their roots, although Christianity definitely has attempted to strangulate these ties as well…..
Christendom was greatly perverted at the Council of Nicaea in 325 ad. Constantine was the ruling spirit of this, who had just changed the Sabbath four years prior. The Upper Papacy worship of Jesus is a ruse for they still worship the Mesopotamian fish gods. This is how the Mysteries were brought back after the great deluge if you study your Mesopotamian history and other esoteric world histories. Nephilim sea creatures for the Fallen sinned against all manners flesh. The messiah did exist & IS the son of YHVH. But the religious worship and belief of him was weaponized and twisted to suit agendas. Yehshah Ha'Machiach loves you and is the only way into the Gates of Heaven. Peace and love ✌ ♥
@@logosfocus Which Jesus? Guess he must be from the US and have roots in or be from Mexico, South or Central America... What is it he saves? Money? Endangered animals? Saves money while shopping in Walmart? You're not being very clear here....
@@erismana2105 The desert dweller religions has a long history, it used to be a rich Pantheon of gods and goddesses, but sadly they've forgotten all but one. Personally, I went one further! But still find deep fascinating in old pagan religions.
The Hubble trading post is still located in New Mexico and is the best place to fairly purchase authentic Navajo weaving. I bought my small Navajo rug there about 10 years ago.
You just got my sub due to you actually taking an intelligent yet also having a bit of comic relief (which we all need) dive into this subject. I am Creek and Cherokee nation and Irish and Scottish. My veins of blood runs very deep. You should contact me...
Would also very much like to thank you for this video. I'd only heard about the Purge from, ironically enough, a video about the internet's bastardization of the skinwalker myth. Same as you, I looked it up for more info, was shocked on how little information there was on it aside from that book, and happened across your video. Excellently told, very informative not just on the skinwalker/witch purge, but of Navajo dealings with the US in general. Glad I came across you.
Entertaining, compelling, fascinating production. Your summation is spot on, though I may quibble with your apparent disdain for the truths of the unseen world. "Cool story," is an understatement. “The agreement an Indian makes with the United States is like the agreement a buffalo makes with hunters when he is pierced with arrows. All he can do is lie down and give in.” Ouray, Ute Chief selected by U.S. to speak for all Ute tribes. P.S. How much you want for that book?
@@jjjr.1186 Neighbours are not invaders even if you feud, internal balances between tribes was complex and shredded apart by the invading "settlers." Both sides, you said, then many, your words belie your public stance.
@@somniumisdreaming the neighbors of Navaho enslaved Navaho. No it wasn't fuedal if either side had advantage over the other they would attack and destroy neighbors. Completely.
Thanks! I think you guys are onto something. Maybe the future o ducymentary filmaking! Congratulations! I'm not even joking. I read about this in a book called "Navajo Witchcraft".
I've read most of the Carlos Castaneda books and I believe the Yaqi Indian Don Juan speaks of a method of enchanting bone shards, dipped in poison, and setting these shards along a path that the intended victim regularly travels. When they near the spot of the trap the shard shoots out and strikes the victim poisoning them to death. The "rock shooting" sounds similar.
Castaneda was a fraud who wrote lies about Yaqui culture and somehow got gullible hippies to believe he survived jumping off a cliff. There is a trail of missing women who were part of his sociopathic cult. Don Juan is fictional, and not even a convincing name considering it's the name of a lecherous villain in Spanish literature.
Wasn't Castaneda's work found to be a lie. Well thats what I've read that his work was doubted from day one nothing but good storytelling when 1st published and now recognized as fiction. It is said that even the degrees he got with those writings have been considered one of modern days greatest scholarly frauds ever commited.
According to William W. Kelly, chair of the anthropology department at Yale University: I doubt you'll find an anthropologist of my generation who regards Castaneda as anything but a clever con man. It was a hoax, and surely don Juan never existed as anything like the figure of his books. Perhaps to many it is an amusing footnote to the gullibility of naive scholars, although to me it remains a disturbing and unforgivable breach of ethics.
im only 5 minutes in and this is by far the best, most well put together documentary on walkers ive come across. you can really tell you did all the research. damn good job dude, you have earned my sub. i cant believe you havent gotten more!
My brothers wife is Navaho, beautiful people, our family is mixed with Choctaw, African American & Puerto Rican. Edit: my brother & his wife had two separate weddings. They did the traditional American & the Navajo tribal wedding, very beautiful ❤️
Very well done man. I loved it. Just one thing. I found it at my local library. It was like the cost of walking down there man. Totally would save a few dollars next time. But bro! Thank you for purchase for us!
Very well done. I feel like the USA did not understand the way Native Americans lived or “saw things”- there was a cultural disparity- much like the way the USA relates to Arab Emerite nations, we think that they think the same way we do, and they have a different outlook on pretty much everything. As far as skin walkers, there was something called a “Heyoka” that was something like a medicine man who did everything backwards. Maybe there’s a connection.
Hello, im navajo here too😅 i dont much of my culture only fews things here and there. love the video and giving a great history of the my dark things that happened during the long walk that i actually never knew and very glad I found this video. Good resourses there. Also i never seen one but i know lot of family members that dealt with them. Be careful who you talked to on the reservation lol
@@BentNeatly awesome, I spent a while researching if the Ouija board game Parker Brothers were related to Mary Parker , a victim of the Salem witch trials. They are all from the Salem area but not related. Disappointing but a cool story.
Skinwalker Ranch, has been aptly titled, in spite of little more than its historical geography, merely in spite of its native history which surrounds the general location.
I came for this video and stayed for all other content. All Informative and witty with some LOLs. Many LOLs. I have hope for humanity when I share in someone else's humor as such, it makes the dumpster fire of current life bearable.
I live in southern Colorado by Mesa Verde the famous Anasazi cliff dwelling ruins, also known as the pueblo people. But, very few pueblo natives, aka Hopi or Zuni tribes live in the general or surrounding areas. It's mainly Southern and Mountain Ute reservations and a little bit further south is the Navajo Nation and reservations in Northern New Mexico. The feud between the tribes still exists today and they all hate whites it seems. But true to my words no one speaks or asks about skin walkers around here, I've heard some stories but mind you never from the mouths of any natives from any tribe. But witches they are known to be, or shape shifters. Many stories exist among the natives but good luck trying to get one to tell you about it. I enjoyed the video for sure and learned a great deal. Do some more digging if you can because it goes deeper than anything ever written, or barely written, about.
The Navajo say don't talk about it as it gives it more power (so kinda the good wolf bad wolf allegory) "We elders don't talk about it" as it is said and explained like that.
Animorphing: sometimes a lie from a source get's cited and repeated so many times that it becomes "truth". I hate that "skinwalker" has become sort of like a catch-all for spooky beings, kind of like "Wendigo". Do I believe there's a bunch of wild shit out there? *Yes. No doubt about it, I seen't it*. Is it a skinwalker? No, probably not. Most of the time, it's just something passing through.
If it means anything all of the stories I've heard growing up of the shooting bone beads have only been associated with Skinwalkers in the Navajo culture. So the witchcraft claim from 1878 is still in Navajo culture today. I say this as someone who has lived around the Navajo reservation my entire life.
Extremely well done. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of expansion on malpractice by the medicine men. That’s not your fault though, I’m confident if the research material had it, you’d have shared it.
I came across your channel by watching something similar. I clicked on your channel cuz your title caught my attention. I thought I'll give it a try and listen for the first 10 min, will I ended up listening and more intrigued as u went on. On the edge of my seat and could imagine everything in my mind. How sad the way the whites treated the Navajo and the Indians tried 2 make peace and live in peace. But backstabbed each and every time! The part where the Indians crossed the river, and having elders, women, children drown was so heartbreaking! Then the way they had them living. They put them threw hell and more! Whatever the Navajo did in revenge is justified! True or not idc! Anyway, keep up your channel it's something different and very interesting. Hope u reach success fast cuz this was bad ass!
I have an interesting story surrounding Navajo. The childhood home I grew up in Southern Missouri, I was able to purchase at tax auction cheap. There was a crawl space in my bedroom and I always felt like something evil was trying to pull me inside. My adopted mother part Cherokee, Dee adopted sister part Chipawa, me part Shawnee. I did hypnosis and pull spirits out of people, places and things. Through Connie in a different state, over the phone I put her under. I spoke to a Navajo from 1800's who's spirit took up residence in my thyroid. It destroyed my thyroid. I sent him onto his wife and family. About 3 years later put sister under, she was a warrior Navajo and spoke the language. White cloud came through, Arch Angel Michael spoke to him in Navajo. He was afraid, he had killed a lot of people. He left with Michael. We were in the same tribe in the 1800's. Two Hands that was inside me, White Cloud both never incarnated again. They followed us to this house.
This was a good documentary. I appreciated your interpretation of the Navajo culture. The real atrocities is how the Navajos were treated after they surrendered. As intriguing of learning about the witch hunt of the Navajo shamans, I was more interested in the history of the treatment towards the Navajos. Again I want to thank you for your hard work on this video. It was entertaining, provocative and knowledgeable. Most of all, fun to watch.
Then don't fight. Nobody likes to mention to 143 settlers they killed in the one large raid which preceded the Navajo War. You don't get to be the aggressor and dictate the terms of surrender.
One of my favorite werewolf movies is " Wolfen" . There is inference to shape shifters/skinwalkers . The wrap up explanation is more satisfying in my opinion .
Great info I had not heard. I have spent some time on the Navajo rez. They are so supersticious about death that if someone died inside their hogan they would leave them alone in the hogan to decompose rather than bury them. The word for "ghost" is "ch'idi" but you cannot say the word. I read about it. That book "Navajo" is really good. It has a photo of Navajo women working while Navajo men "look on in disdain" according to the book. It also says when the soldiers captured a Navajo women they cut off their breasts and tossed the tissue around like a ball... Brutal...
Not sure if anyone else has said this, but while I was raised off and on the reservation, we were told to not call it by name, it brings the dark where it’s called, so the fact this has become a popular fascination is really scary , I hear it called by name all the time, I guess it’s lucky it’s English tongue. And my greatest gratitude that u took the time to learn and share this, it means a lot 😁🙏
The whites know all about that. That’s why we have the culture we have today. Them are the biggest magicians in the world . Them work a lot with Jinns( demons)
What is the name in native language? You are allowed to type it just not say it
@@jq7323 like changing/shapeshifter/ witch
Yee naaldlooshii o….. yenaldooshi o naglooshi. With it, walk on all fours.
@@jq7323 honestly, type it, say it, think it, it all brings it. It’s already here, so I have little fear left 😞
@@paigeburleson6932 This sounds like what “The Bye Bye Man” was trying to be.
I’m Navajo..through oral history my late grandmother toll me that skinwalking/shapeshifting was used by our people to raid and war on the enemy. It was only for the enemy then many Navajo used it against other Navajos. You did outstanding job with this interesting video.
I remember a military buddy of mine from the early 1970s, who was Navajo, telling me about skin walkers and witches and such. I would tell him about the hoodoos and haints we have in the Ozarks. Interesting video.
You should make videos telling these stories - I would watch them!
Haints and hoodoos?? What's this now??
Love when cultures share similar stories
The man said early 1970s like it was 100 years ago. Blessings
@@missourimongoose8858 I'm in the Southeastern Ozarks, we are heavily influenced by the French settlers who came here and later the Irish. A "hoodoo" is generally a thing, an entity, but not necessarily a ghost. A "haint" can be a place, "a hainted house" or the entity in it, "the haint". Hoodoo is a corruption of voodoo that came up the river with the French. There are supernatural stories of the Native Americans, but those tend to be more north and west of us..there never was a large population of Native Americans in our area for various geographical reasons, although they did tramp through here for thousands of years. The Irish left us many tales of families haunted by bad choices that someone made; maybe a husband who killed his wife in anger or a child who disappears. Tragedies often left a haunting. There are stories of soldiers from the War Between the States still wandering the old back roads looking for their commands. And let's not forget UFO's. This area was a hotbed of UFO sightings, especially in the 1970s and 1980s.
I’ve been looking for something like this for so long! Funny, intelligent and uniquely informative. Thank you!
I can tell you, as a Zuni who grew up a few minutes from Ft. Wingate, we had a ton of stories like this. I've spent many nights on the Navajo and our rez, seen quite a few strange things . . . But nothing concrete/paranormal. I think you did a good job considering the limited resources - it's difficult when you don't have local a source. As far as the US government and native tribes go . . . That's a much longer video!
I am Navajo and my own kind drag me and family down through this .
We lost. But I'm not afraid of them no more. That's what they relish
I have heard my Dad mention this in stories that were told to him growing up. He is to tell us stories of in the 50's and even 60's, when skinwalkers came to "visit" homes, if caught they were stalked and then pursued. O how I could go on. Was very neat to hear him tell us about his personal accounts from his childhood.
Go on.
please do go on
Make a video about it!!
Where about is this? I need to visit. I’m a skinchanger slayer.
Nicely researched and presented work on some of Navajo history. I would like to see you do a similar presentation on the Bronco Apaches. When Geronimo surrendered in 1886 not all of his followers surrendered with him, they fled to the Sierra Madras mountains of Mexico to evade capture and live free. The last raid into the United States by these free Apaches was in the fall of 1924 on a ranch in Arizona. The last know conflict between Mexicans and Apaches was in 1934, although not the last interaction. Jason Betzinez (last surviving Apache to fight with Geronimo, died 1960) said in his autobiography “I Fought with Geronimo” that as late as 1958 the Bronco Apaches were living free in the Sierra Madras mountains. I’ve read somewhere that an expedition looked for them in 1980; I have also read that there may be a connection of these Apaches to the Mexican Drug Cartels of today. I think you would find it very interesting.
Interesting 🤔
I really like listening to you talk. Some of the topics you’ve covered are things I don’t usually pay attention to, but you’re such an interesting storyteller, I keep watching. You really put a lot of work into these. I hope you continue.
Very good story. I must add as a "white man" who's taken part in many Lakota ceremonies of the Ghost Horse tribe, Bear clan, and having been asked to witness them, saw many things that would remain wholly unexplained in our world. From simple Sweat Lodges to the vision quests called Huņbleychą, all the way to the absolutely sacred Sundances of which I was to take place in after training which never came to be, I've seen things that no person of the "World" and outside their society's life would want to believe, without seeing with your own set of eyes. From apportation of horse saddles and bridles in whole during meetings with medicinemen to seeing a man's spirit continue a Sundance that his body had given up on, the "supernatural" among the Natives is as real as they wish it to be to all peoples who might witness it, native and not. Their way of life is nothing that we can fully know without living the life amongst the Mother (Nature), as they've often chosen to do and, thankfully, are making a return to this nature recently. They are truly an awesome people with a culture that those of us "in the World" can not possibly know the intricacies of. They are truly a wonderful, beautiful people, and despite the breakup of the clan I knew upon the deaths of Uncle Tyler and the other Elders, I certainly am proud to see and know these ways and the people who live lives in those ways. It's all truly magical and not mere superstition.
I'm a dude in a white meat suite, also. I did see a paranormal creature while I was standing without permission or concern in a white person's medicine wheel in VA. This thing suddenly moved in the periphery of my field of vision. I looked to that direction of the wheel and saw something like a deer, but hopping away like a kangaroo. It was screeching. It was fast. I questioned what I saw to myself then heard dogs barking in the distance where it went. I also did a ceremony like a Sundance for four days in n.c. My heart was becoming erratically beating a couple days in. I laid down. The woman holding the ceremony moved a feather wand thing she made across my chest. My heart beat stabilized and no more discomfort in chest. I once saw a woman have a rainbow aura and that's the only time I have. It seemed like the legend that the rainbow people will be here to heal and reclaim the world
@@Zack-lq9tb The only way that I've found to see the things that have seen outside of those times is to set the brain in an ultra low brainwave pattern (you'll know when that happens cuz you'll feel like you should be asleep but be fully alert) and move outside of analyzing in the mind and start witnessing within the heart. You'll feel like you've slipped into the mind of your inner child and everything around you will look simply magical, as if you're witnessing it all for the first time. This is how I saw my first unexplainable sight, which looked like a fairy. It was the size of a large moth but looked like what a classic fairy might look like. It was only momentary and a complete surprise; flitted right in front of me, stopped for about 3 seconds in the very place I happened to be looking, then took off towards our camilla tree much faster than the common insects we have in our area. And despite it sounding crazy as all get out, I won't deny that I saw something that I can only describe as a being worn a classic fairy look. That's the one instance that I'll never forget.
@Gen X ~ Fem ~ 78 Nope its not
Hope no man lowers his standards to be with you again..
"Magic" is the same for all people who practice earth related spirituality, thats what i think really proves it. You can get these experiances with most shamans, and how people dont believe this is beyond me. I always say, "do you think ouija boards cause bad things to happen"? And literally 100% of the time so far people have answered yes.... so how are those spirits real and all others arent?😂 people are funny.
@@grlpeterson My Navajo friend on the Res came out of all this darkness and realized he was dancing with the devil with all this supernatural stuff and that all this power does not come from the creator but from the devil. You either serve darkness or light. Your spirit is eternal and so your choice determines your location. Choose Jesus and light. All the other stuff is just a bunch of parlor tricks of darkness to enslave people.
Amazing video! Thanks so much for sharing! Skinwalkers are such an interesting subject, especially the Navajo Skinwalkers. I wrote about my own experience with what I believe was possibly a Navajo Skinwalker, during my time living off-grid in Arizona, in my book "Seeing Is Believing".
You've found your calling. Keep producing content like this you'll blow up in the next 12 months. Can already tell from other channels rise
Excellent work. Great pace. Entertaining and informative. Really appreciate the work you put in.
#1 You have a great voice for storytelling and narration. #2 I love how you weave threads of comedy, modern beats, sounds, empathy, sympathy, etc., into the tapestry of your research. It gives it a kaleidoscopic texture that still manages to be respectful of the topic. #3 Thank you for entertaining and educating my ADHD brain!
Great comment!
Good job producing this hope your channel grows fast!
You had me cracked up laughing within the 1st 5 min of you video. Great videos are hard to find. Loved that I learned about something I knew little or nothing about. Keep making these videos. You have a fine talent! I found your video by clicking yt's History button at the top of their selections.
Top notch documentary you’ve made here brother. Thanks for the history lesson, truly interesting story all around.
I was expecting a scary telling, but got a good history lesson instead. What all others that like to claim they know about Skinwalkers or think they know about Navajo legends. All that the Navajo went through was horrific and the people put in charge to be the go between were and I quote you, "Pieces of shit." Wars over a single horse (thats assumed to be stolen) and the sec ret holocaust of people by governments. Thank you for this documentary.
I am Navajo, I lived next to hiway 666 now hiway 491 . I've seen and have story about skinwalkers that will blow your minds . I could write a book about this.
At least I am native American that will stand up to this witchcraft for they know I slay them....
I really enjoyed your video, it entertained as well as educated me ! Your delivery and editing is superb! Thank you
Didn’t expect this video to be as captivating as it was. Amazing job my friend, consider me a sub.
Thank you for your story
Great video!! Love the narration; so relaxing to listen to.
Yo, your video seems to be working with the algorithm or something! I haven't seen any of your videos prior to this and it just popped in my recommended!
Loved it man! Glad to see you're doing more videos like this! I think you did some solid research with what's out there. I'm sure many would never have heard this story otherwise.
Skinwalker Ranch was simply named too early into their "happenings" lol. They seem to have some legit phenomenon going on there, like a lot of different types.....but literally zero skinwalker stuff that I've seen. They have giant wolves, ghosts, UFOs, portals, sounds, orbs, items moving around, etc...
Watch the skin walker ranch show on history channel. Shit will blow your socks off. They're out here proving the existence of portals and aliens and no one even cares lol
@@awsheit buddy, clearly I have watched it. You are missing the point. I was saying they have tons of scary shit that actually happens there.....but no skinwalker. Was saying it is named poorly. It should be "portal ranch" or "haunted ranch" or "alien ranch" because they have every phenomenon known to man.....except skinwalkers.
@@TheMuddman74 the natives talk about the skin walkers tho
@@awsheit bro I get it. I know. Skin walkers are in Native American lore. I dont know what you arent understanding. I'm not arguing that I've never heard of skin walkers. I'm not even saying I dont believe in them.....I am saying there is ZERO signs of skin walkers on skin Walker ranch so it is a bad name for the ranch. Jesus people are fuckin retarded nowadays. You'd argue with a tree
@@TheMuddman74 no what I'm saying is the people who've been on the property and are being interviewed for the show, who happen to be native American, had stories of seeing skin walkers. Yes you have the technology side of what they're uncovering but the first person accounts, people have brought up seeing them on the ranch.
In a period of such mutual distrust and disdain for each other, it's so nice to hear of good actors like Lt. Mitchel who try to bridge the gap and actually succeed. Even if it's by a relative few, I'm glad he's remembered.
Amazing research, you have saved me and my project. You are not getting enough appreciation for this.
Fascinating, and I really loved how your approach to Navajo culture was very respectful!
While I, like many others, would love more knowledge about folklore of indigenous people, I still want it to be authentic and I much rather have someone respectful about their culture telling bits and pieces, rather than a-holes pretending to know all sorts of things making half of it up along the way just to make it sound more mysterious!
As a Scandinavian I can’t help thinking if only Christianity hadn’t distorted so much of my own cultural heritage and I can’t help feeling a bit of envy towards the cultures that still have a stronger tie to their roots, although Christianity definitely has attempted to strangulate these ties as well…..
only Jesus saves 🕊
@@logosfocus Nope your middle eastern religion is new age compared to the Indigenous people's ..
Stay in your lane luke warm
Christendom was greatly perverted at the Council of Nicaea in 325 ad. Constantine was the ruling spirit of this, who had just changed the Sabbath four years prior. The Upper Papacy worship of Jesus is a ruse for they still worship the Mesopotamian fish gods. This is how the Mysteries were brought back after the great deluge if you study your Mesopotamian history and other esoteric world histories. Nephilim sea creatures for the Fallen sinned against all manners flesh. The messiah did exist & IS the son of YHVH. But the religious worship and belief of him was weaponized and twisted to suit agendas. Yehshah Ha'Machiach loves you and is the only way into the Gates of Heaven. Peace and love ✌ ♥
@@logosfocus
Which Jesus?
Guess he must be from the US and have roots in or be from Mexico, South or Central America...
What is it he saves?
Money?
Endangered animals?
Saves money while shopping in Walmart?
You're not being very clear here....
@@erismana2105
The desert dweller religions has a long history, it used to be a rich Pantheon of gods and goddesses, but sadly they've forgotten all but one.
Personally, I went one further!
But still find deep fascinating in old pagan religions.
The Hubble trading post is still located in New Mexico and is the best place to fairly purchase authentic Navajo weaving. I bought my small Navajo rug there about 10 years ago.
its in Arizona, by Ganado AZ, not in New Mexico.
Love this video! Thanks for taking your time to read native American history and sharing it ❤️
You just got my sub due to you actually taking an intelligent yet also having a bit of comic relief (which we all need) dive into this subject. I am Creek and Cherokee nation and Irish and Scottish.
My veins of blood runs very deep.
You should contact me...
Would also very much like to thank you for this video. I'd only heard about the Purge from, ironically enough, a video about the internet's bastardization of the skinwalker myth. Same as you, I looked it up for more info, was shocked on how little information there was on it aside from that book, and happened across your video. Excellently told, very informative not just on the skinwalker/witch purge, but of Navajo dealings with the US in general.
Glad I came across you.
Entertaining, compelling, fascinating production. Your summation is spot on, though I may quibble with your apparent disdain for the truths of the unseen world. "Cool story," is an understatement. “The agreement an Indian makes with the United States is like the agreement a buffalo makes with hunters when he is pierced with arrows. All he can do is lie down and give in.” Ouray, Ute Chief selected by U.S. to speak for all Ute tribes. P.S. How much you want for that book?
Yes true. But it's not a one sided story. Both sides committed many violent acts.
@@jjjr.1186 Only one side were invaders.
@@somniumisdreaming no many sides were invadors did u not watch the video. Neighbors invaded them regularly.
@@jjjr.1186 Neighbours are not invaders even if you feud, internal balances between tribes was complex and shredded apart by the invading "settlers."
Both sides, you said, then many, your words belie your public stance.
@@somniumisdreaming the neighbors of Navaho enslaved Navaho. No it wasn't fuedal if either side had advantage over the other they would attack and destroy neighbors. Completely.
Thank you for telling this story so that it is not lost to history
Thanks for making this video
I am Diné. Good video. Yanni’s still roam. Stay positive friends
Informative and interesting. Thanks for the quality mini documentary.
Good job 👏 on the video best thing I've seen on UA-cam for a while. Thanks. And good editing 👌 👍
Thanks! I think you guys are onto something. Maybe the future o ducymentary filmaking! Congratulations! I'm not even joking. I read about this in a book called "Navajo Witchcraft".
I've read most of the Carlos Castaneda books and I believe the Yaqi Indian Don Juan speaks of a method of enchanting bone shards, dipped in poison, and setting these shards along a path that the intended victim regularly travels. When they near the spot of the trap the shard shoots out and strikes the victim poisoning them to death. The "rock shooting" sounds similar.
🤔it’s been awhile since I read them myself.
I loved the first one ❤
Castaneda was a fraud who wrote lies about Yaqui culture and somehow got gullible hippies to believe he survived jumping off a cliff. There is a trail of missing women who were part of his sociopathic cult. Don Juan is fictional, and not even a convincing name considering it's the name of a lecherous villain in Spanish literature.
Wasn't Castaneda's work found to be a lie. Well thats what I've read that his work was doubted from day one nothing but good storytelling when 1st published and now recognized as fiction. It is said that even the degrees he got with those writings have been considered one of modern days greatest scholarly frauds ever commited.
According to William W. Kelly, chair of the anthropology department at Yale University:
I doubt you'll find an anthropologist of my generation who regards Castaneda as anything but a clever con man. It was a hoax, and surely don Juan never existed as anything like the figure of his books. Perhaps to many it is an amusing footnote to the gullibility of naive scholars, although to me it remains a disturbing and unforgivable breach of ethics.
this was incredibly interesting and sad thank you for the video
im only 5 minutes in and this is by far the best, most well put together documentary on walkers ive come across. you can really tell you did all the research. damn good job dude, you have earned my sub. i cant believe you havent gotten more!
👍🎯Yes!
Thanks for correcting the pronunciation, people will copy how u speak if they are new to this topic, so well done :)
Randomly came across this, and watched the whole thing. Well done.
"20 Hours of watching youtube and I still feel like I learned nothing."
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You are so right.....I am native American Navajo. I tried to tell this guy the truth....he never responded.
I caught 2 skinwalkers. They told me all.....
I do not fear them no more .....
Dude, amazing job! Love the channel!
Sick bro I’m from New Mexico born and raised never knew all this thanks for the cool vid
My brothers wife is Navaho, beautiful people, our family is mixed with Choctaw, African American & Puerto Rican.
Edit: my brother & his wife had two separate weddings. They did the traditional American & the Navajo tribal wedding, very beautiful ❤️
That's beautiful man I'm full blooded Diné (Navajo) and it's one of those things you learn to love to appreciate
i sub'd when you threw the book down on the table.
Excellent. Thank you for posting.
Very well done man. I loved it. Just one thing. I found it at my local library.
It was like the cost of walking down there man. Totally would save a few dollars next time. But bro! Thank you for purchase for us!
Great piece you have here mate, but at the image at the 14:33 mark is not Kit Carson….I’m pretty sure it’s General George Armstrong Custer.
Very well done. I feel like the USA did not understand the way Native Americans lived or “saw things”- there was a cultural disparity- much like the way the USA relates to Arab Emerite nations, we think that they think the same way we do, and they have a different outlook on pretty much everything. As far as skin walkers, there was something called a “Heyoka” that was something like a medicine man who did everything backwards. Maybe there’s a connection.
Killer storytelling. What a shift from smash, but I’m all here for it.
Hello, im navajo here too😅 i dont much of my culture only fews things here and there. love the video and giving a great history of the my dark things that happened during the long walk that i actually never knew and very glad I found this video. Good resourses there. Also i never seen one but i know lot of family members that dealt with them. Be careful who you talked to on the reservation lol
Nicely done. Is there any other legends that you can do a video on? I really enjoyed this.
Glad you liked it, yea ive got a big interest in weird obscure history. I def wanna do more, just gotta find the right stories.
Please do!
@@BentNeatly awesome, I spent a while researching if the Ouija board game Parker Brothers were related to Mary Parker , a victim of the Salem witch trials. They are all from the Salem area but not related. Disappointing but a cool story.
Great video man, keep it up.
I really enjoyed this, thank you! 👍
Skinwalker Ranch, has been aptly titled, in spite of little more than its historical geography, merely in spite of its native history which surrounds the general location.
Definitely new information to me & enjoyed. I'm going to check out your other stuff, good job!
This is so informative. I love this video and saved it to my favorites. I really find it so fascinating to learn about indigenous folklore and history
Love your commentary - lighthearted, but factual and compelling!
Love the bit on researching skinwalkers via tic tac and u tubes, brilliant.
Ty for an informative story, always love to learn more. Take care and stay well. Love and hugs
earning subs the right way 📈
onwards soldier of truth, may God almighty bless and protect you in your journey 🕊
I came for this video and stayed for all other content. All Informative and witty with some LOLs. Many LOLs. I have hope for humanity when I share in someone else's humor as such, it makes the dumpster fire of current life bearable.
Good 1 bru !
That sh’t was great!!! That was close to one of the best story telling and presentation. Treat my subscription with flavored rice and good smoke.
Editing and research on POINT 🩰
Very good research. I’m now a subscriber and looking forward to see what future topics you cover
An excellent documentary. Thanks for your diligent research and presentation.
liked and subscribed.
Good shit man! Keep em comin!
great video, really enjoyed this
I live in southern Colorado by Mesa Verde the famous Anasazi cliff dwelling ruins, also known as the pueblo people. But, very few pueblo natives, aka Hopi or Zuni tribes live in the general or surrounding areas. It's mainly Southern and Mountain Ute reservations and a little bit further south is the Navajo Nation and reservations in Northern New Mexico. The feud between the tribes still exists today and they all hate whites it seems. But true to my words no one speaks or asks about skin walkers around here, I've heard some stories but mind you never from the mouths of any natives from any tribe. But witches they are known to be, or shape shifters. Many stories exist among the natives but good luck trying to get one to tell you about it. I enjoyed the video for sure and learned a great deal. Do some more digging if you can because it goes deeper than anything ever written, or barely written, about.
Great video, great research, keep it going.
The Navajo say don't talk about it as it gives it more power (so kinda the good wolf bad wolf allegory) "We elders don't talk about it" as it is said and explained like that.
I was thinking that as he says it a lot in that part of the video 😂
Wow I'm from Ganado, AZ and I did not know this. Thanks
This is insanely awesome! Well done! 👍🏻
I would love to have that book on PDF! Would you consider converting it?
Animorphing: sometimes a lie from a source get's cited and repeated so many times that it becomes "truth". I hate that "skinwalker" has become sort of like a catch-all for spooky beings, kind of like "Wendigo". Do I believe there's a bunch of wild shit out there? *Yes. No doubt about it, I seen't it*. Is it a skinwalker? No, probably not. Most of the time, it's just something passing through.
Great video. ❤
Talk about doing your research. Well done. 👏
If it means anything all of the stories I've heard growing up of the shooting bone beads have only been associated with Skinwalkers in the Navajo culture. So the witchcraft claim from 1878 is still in Navajo culture today. I say this as someone who has lived around the Navajo reservation my entire life.
I am so impressed with your amazing and wonderful research. I will subscribe and hope to hear more. Thank you
Extremely well done. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of expansion on malpractice by the medicine men. That’s not your fault though, I’m confident if the research material had it, you’d have shared it.
Good job bud. 👏 enjoyed it
VERY INTERESTING. THANK U.
I came across your channel by watching something similar. I clicked on your channel cuz your title caught my attention. I thought I'll give it a try and listen for the first 10 min, will I ended up listening and more intrigued as u went on. On the edge of my seat and could imagine everything in my mind. How sad the way the whites treated the Navajo and the Indians tried 2 make peace and live in peace. But backstabbed each and every time! The part where the Indians crossed the river, and having elders, women, children drown was so heartbreaking! Then the way they had them living. They put them threw hell and more! Whatever the Navajo did in revenge is justified! True or not idc! Anyway, keep up your channel it's something different and very interesting. Hope u reach success fast cuz this was bad ass!
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Very Well Done!!!
Thank you for such a wonderful example of verifying what some call the truth. 👍❤️🤗
I have an interesting story surrounding Navajo.
The childhood home I grew up in Southern Missouri, I was able to purchase at tax auction cheap.
There was a crawl space in my bedroom and I always felt like something evil was trying to pull me inside.
My adopted mother part Cherokee, Dee adopted sister part Chipawa, me part Shawnee.
I did hypnosis and pull spirits out of people, places and things.
Through Connie in a different state, over the phone I put her under. I spoke to a Navajo from 1800's who's spirit took up residence in my thyroid. It destroyed my thyroid. I sent him onto his wife and family.
About 3 years later put sister under, she was a warrior Navajo and spoke the language.
White cloud came through, Arch Angel Michael spoke to him in Navajo. He was afraid, he had killed a lot of people. He left with Michael.
We were in the same tribe in the 1800's. Two Hands that was inside me, White Cloud both never incarnated again. They followed us to this house.
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This was a good documentary. I appreciated your interpretation of the Navajo culture.
The real atrocities is how the Navajos were treated after they surrendered. As intriguing of learning about the witch hunt of the Navajo shamans, I was more interested in the history of the treatment towards the Navajos.
Again I want to thank you for your hard work on this video. It was entertaining, provocative and knowledgeable. Most of all, fun to watch.
Then don't fight. Nobody likes to mention to 143 settlers they killed in the one large raid which preceded the Navajo War. You don't get to be the aggressor and dictate the terms of surrender.
Excellent vid. Too bad it had like 60 commercials!
The one white man who dug up the magic items was given a bad rap. Just because he was white. Not everyone was against the native Americans.
6:14 *Skinwalker Ranch is controlled opps*
Hey! Do you have a POBox ? I would like to give you a book I think will further aid your research on this topic 😊
Thanks for sharing. . .
One of my favorite werewolf movies is " Wolfen" . There is inference to shape shifters/skinwalkers . The wrap up explanation is more satisfying in my opinion .
Wheres the stuff on navajo magic you found ? Can you show links
Great info I had not heard. I have spent some time on the Navajo rez. They are so supersticious about death that if someone died inside their hogan they would leave them alone in the hogan to decompose rather than bury them. The word for "ghost" is "ch'idi" but you cannot say the word. I read about it. That book "Navajo" is really good. It has a photo of Navajo women working while Navajo men "look on in disdain" according to the book. It also says when the soldiers captured a Navajo women they cut off their breasts and tossed the tissue around like a ball... Brutal...