Native American Shapeshifting Myths

[Piney]

@Guyver Here's a Adena "Skinwalker" skull with the jaw modifications. 

[beyondism]

I'm so fed up hearing about Skinwalker ranch. 

Skeptical author Robert Sheaffer believes the phenomenon at Skinwalker to be "almost certainly illusory", given that the National Institute for Disocvery Science (NIDsci) found no proof after several years of monitoring, and that the previous owners of the property, who had lived there for 60 years, say that no supernatural events of any kind had happened there. Sheaffer considers the "parsimonious explanation" to be that the Sherman family invented the story "prior to selling it to the gullible Bigelow", with many of the more extraordinary claims originating solely from Terry Sherman, who worked as a caretaker after the ranch was sold to Bigelow.

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/claims-about-pentagon-ufo-program-how-much-is-true/

Edited August 5, 2024 by beyondism
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[+Desertrat56]

14 hours ago, beyondism said:

I'm so fed up hearing about Skinwalker ranch. 

Skeptical author Robert Sheaffer believes the phenomenon at Skinwalker to be "almost certainly illusory", given that the National Institute for Disocvery Science (NIDsci) found no proof after several years of monitoring, and that the previous owners of the property, who had lived there for 60 years, say that no supernatural events of any kind had happened there. Sheaffer considers the "parsimonious explanation" to be that the Sherman family invented the story "prior to selling it to the gullible Bigelow", with many of the more extraordinary claims originating solely from Terry Sherman, who worked as a caretaker after the ranch was sold to Bigelow.

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/claims-about-pentagon-ufo-program-how-much-is-true/

I agree that the Sherman family made a lot of stories up, but Bigelow did not buy the ranch for that reason.   It is more likely that all the phenomena that is experienced on that ranch is induced by high frequency test equipment that was set up there when Bigelow owned the ranch and was working with the black ops government to test effects of certain frequencies and new communications methods.   That 1.6 gigahertz signal they keep getting is in the range of statelite communications.   And if it was always the exact same frequency then it would be a smoking gun, but it changes, it seems to be between 1.6 and 1.7 gigahertz.   

I noticed in season 4 they did not mention the "navajo curse" in the intro anymore.   I hope the Navajo sued the hell out of them for it.

[papageorge1]

On 6/10/2024 at 8:07 AM, Piney said:

Among the Southern Unami (Lenape) you have the Kiimochnii (Nightwalker) who use animal aspects in their practices. They were considered "witches" and evil thanks to Christian influence but they are more or a spiritual "policeman". They can be male of female and can turn into owls, wolves, pumas.

Curious if you accept some of this paranormal stuff actually happens?

[Piney]

33 minutes ago, papageorge1 said:

Curious if you accept some of this paranormal stuff actually happens?

Nope, I was raised in a "Shaman family" with Kimochnii (skinwalkers) in it and taught all the tricks behind it. 

[beyondism]

On 8/6/2024 at 3:10 PM, Desertrat56 said:

I agree that the Sherman family made a lot of stories up, but Bigelow did not buy the ranch for that reason.   It is more likely that all the phenomena that is experienced on that ranch is induced by high frequency test equipment that was set up there when Bigelow owned the ranch and was working with the black ops government to test effects of certain frequencies and new communications methods.   That 1.6 gigahertz signal they keep getting is in the range of statelite communications.   And if it was always the exact same frequency then it would be a smoking gun, but it changes, it seems to be between 1.6 and 1.7 gigahertz.   

I noticed in season 4 they did not mention the "navajo curse" in the intro anymore.   I hope the Navajo sued the hell out of them for it.

It's an elaborate scam designed to generate profit.