SKINWALKER RANCH
There is a ranch located in Fort Duchesne, Utah referred to as the Skinwalker Ranch. Local native american indians coined the term , as they believe the ranch to be "in the path of the skinwalker". Once owned by Terry and Gwen Sherman, it now belongs to Robert T. Bigelow founder of The National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) a privately financed research organization based in Las Vegas.
NIDS' dedication is to research and advancement of serious study into various protoscience and paranormal topics with it's main focus on ufology.
Why, one might ask, would an organization dedicated to paranormal research buy a ranch located in northern Utah? The answer would be found in the accounts of the Sherman family.
DAY ONE FOR THE SHERMANS AT SKINWALKER RANCH
The Shermans purchased the ranch in 1994 from absentee owners in hopes of living a quiet life away from the hustle and bustle of the city. By all accounts, the strange events began the day they moved into their recently purchased home.
While moving their belongings into what they believed was to be their new beginning, they spotted what, at first glance, appeared to be an oversized wolf in a nearby pasture. To the amazement of the family, the large creature slowly made it's way across the field towards them, and began to behave as if he were a family pet.
After a few minutes of friendly exchange with family members petting and scratching the unexpected visitor, the animal sauntered over to the nearby corral. While the family watched in horror from just a few feet away, the once playful wolf violently grabbed a calf by the face attempting to pull the yearling through the fence.
Stunned by this apparent abrupt change in behavior, Terry Sherman and his son began to beat the wolf in an attempt to force him to release the young cow. Their attempts were unsuccessful, and the younger Sherman grabbed a 357 magnum from the truck shooting the wolf at point blank range. The first shot had no apparent effect.
He pumped three more rounds from the poweful weapon into the wolf. After four shots fired at point blank range, there was no sign of physical injury, no cowering, no yiping, no blood. The beast had let the calf go, but only slightly backed off and stood watching the family.
Being an avid big-game hunter and expert marksman, Sherman was completely confused by what he had just witnessed. Next he grabbed a rifle and shot this perplexing animal one more time. This time, fur and flesh were visibly affected, but there was still only a slight reaction from the wolf. Knowing that even a large elk would have been taken down by the amount of shots he had fired, Sherman was even more confused, and probably a bit scared as well.
Only after the SIXTH shot did the animal casually trot away eventually cantering through a muddy cluster of brush. The men decided to track this exceptional brute surmising that the adrenaline had to have caused the bizarre behavior, and that surely it would not get far.
They followed the tracks left in the muddy ditch for nearly a mile. Then, suddenly the tracks ended as if the animal had simply vanished. As strange as the event had begun, so it had ended. Day one for the Shermans at Skinwalker Ranch.
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