Skinwalker reports from the 1980s
9 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Skinwalker · 1982
Witness reports seeing a large black animal with red eyes that left no tracks and then staring at them before running off.
Skinwalker · Navajo Mountain, Utah · 1980s
Witness reports that his father and uncle, along with two native friends, saw a pitch black figure cavorting around an enormous roaring fire on top of a mesa.
Skinwalker · Shiprock, New Mexico · 1980s
The narrator's mother and aunt report seeing a black dog-like skin walker with twisted legs and glowing eyes outside their driveway in Shiprock.
Skinwalker · 1987
The narrator's great-grandmother reports encountering a figure resembling an old medicine man in a sheep skin cloak that stood on two legs and stared at her with blood lust before she was thrown from…
Skinwalker · 1980s
The narrator's father reports seeing a naked Native man with a ponytail in the woods of a reservation who vanished noiselessly after holding eye contact.
Skinwalker · 1980s
The narrator's father reports hearing a piercing scream described as a mix of a native throat cry and a feral cat or hurt bird in a secluded forest.
Skinwalker · 1980s
Witness reports that his father saw a black figure digging in the ground near their home which resembled a Kachina doll before fleeing.
Skinwalker · 1980s
Witnesses report a skinwalker-like creature called the 'woodpecker' appearing near Mátranovák in the 1980s, described as six feet tall with long hands.
Skinwalker · 1987
The narrator's great-grandmother reports finding perfect circles of footprints and hand prints around her unconscious body after the encounter.