Skinwalker reports in California
17 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 · Mendocino County, California · 2017
The narrator reports hearing unexplained male voices and feeling an intense sense of dread while driving in Mendocino National Forest, later associating the event with wendigo lore.
Skinwalker · Mammoth Lakes, California · 2018
The narrator reports hearing an unnatural, tunnel-like voice and slow footsteps near their tent while camping in Mammoth, CA, suspecting it might be a skinwalker.
Skinwalker · Mendocino County, California · 2017
The narrator's boyfriend suggests the unexplained voices heard in Mendocino National Forest last year were likely a Wendigo mimicking human voices.
Skinwalker · Patterson, California · 2022
Witness reports seeing a shirtless, pale-skinned person with long black hair walking on the side of I-5 at night, causing intense dread.
Skinwalker · Big Bear Lake, California · 2020
The narrator and their fiancé heard a weird howling noise at around 2am that sounded like no animal they had ever heard.
Skinwalker · San Jose, California · 2024
Witnesses report seeing a translucent squarish aspiration and a furry, gray/blackish humanoid creature with claws hanging on a tree near San Felipe road.
Skinwalker · Santa Barbara County, California
The narrator reports seeing a pale, leathery-skinned creature with a dog-like head that rose to approximately 7 feet tall on a mountain road near Vandenberg AFB.
Skinwalker · Mariposa County, California · 2017
Witness reports seeing a bipedal, skin-covered humanoid creature running across a trail in Yosemite.
Skinwalker · Big Bear Lake, California · 2025
Witnesses report hearing a loud whistle and guttural howl from the woods and feeling watched while standing on a road corner.
Skinwalker · San Diego County, California · 1990s
Witness reports seeing a creature that stood on hind legs and walked between buildings, which a friend later identified as a skinwalker.
Skinwalker · Joshua Tree, California
The narrator and their friends heard a coughing sound mimicking one of their friends near the pool at night, which the narrator interprets as a lure by a skinwalker.
Skinwalker · Riverside County, California · 2017
The narrator and three companions saw a large grey creature with pits for eyes and a gorilla-like mouth sprinting at them from the tree line before it disappeared.
Skinwalker · Twentynine Palms, California
The narrator reports hearing footsteps matching their pace and seeing floating green eyes that bolted and sank into the ground during a detachment to 29 Palms.
Skinwalker · California · 2021
Witness reports seeing a large, bright white figure with an unnatural, jerky gait and weird face near the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Skinwalker · San Bernardino County, California
Witness reports his uncle and girlfriend saw a huge black dog that moved like a rocking horse and had red glowing eyes.
Skinwalker · Mariposa County, California · 2024
The narrator's friend reports seeing a tall, extremely thin, pale humanoid with long black hair and no face leaning out from behind a bus shelter in Yosemite.
Skinwalker · Ocotillo Wells, California · 2019
Witness reports her sister and boyfriend heard cackling and a deep howl while camping in the desert, which they believed was not a coyote.