Skinwalker reports in New Mexico
25 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 · Albuquerque, New Mexico · 2020
Witness reports seeing an enormous, furry dog-like creature standing on its hind legs in a courtyard near their apartment balcony before sprinting off.
Skinwalker · Angel Fire, New Mexico · 2022
Witness reports hearing heavy, bipedal footsteps resembling a large bear while camping in Angel Fire, New Mexico, which they attribute to a spirit inhabiting an animal.
Skinwalker · Gallup, New Mexico · 2004
Witness reports seeing a wolf-like figure walking on hind legs near their apartment in Gallup.
Skinwalker · Magdalena Mountains, New Mexico
The narrator reports summoning a creature that appeared as a large gray wolf before transforming into an old woman with Native American features and inhuman eyes.
Skinwalker · Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Witness reports seeing a small, light orange creature moving swiftly and soundlessly alongside a fence near a church in Pueblo Pintado.
Skinwalker · Santa Fe, New Mexico
The narrator reports seeing a humanoid creature on all fours with a fur mask and antlers while driving on a backroad in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Skinwalker · Las Cruces, New Mexico · 2022
Witness reports seeing transparent figures and hearing amplified noises during a sleep paralysis episode in their room.
Skinwalker · Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Witness reports something slamming into the side of a trailer where their friend was sleeping in Pueblo Pintado.
Skinwalker · Fairacres, New Mexico · 2022
Witness reports seeing six figures appear after repeatedly thinking the word 'skinwalker' during a sleep paralysis episode.
Skinwalker · Apache, New Mexico · 2017
The narrator witnessed a figure resembling their companion [name] moving erratically on all fours with glowing yellow eyes and carrying a severed dog head near their cabin.
Skinwalker · Shiprock, New Mexico · 2014
The narrator reports seeing a grey, coyote-like figure with glowing orange-red eyes and an odd limp outside their grandparents' trailer in Shiprock.
Skinwalker · Gallup, New Mexico · 2020
Witness reports seeing a shadow running towards them on a rural road that disappeared when illuminated by car headlights.
Skinwalker · San Juan County, New Mexico
Witness reports hearing tapping on the side of a trailer home in Teec Nos Pos, which they attribute to a skinwalker.
Skinwalker · New Mexico · 2021
The narrator reports hearing a friend call for help from outside while her bedroom door was closed, leading to speculation about skin walkers.
Skinwalker · New Mexico · 2015
Witness reports seeing a creature with humanoid features and bright eyes running alongside their car near a reservation in New Mexico.
Skinwalker · New Mexico
Witness reports hearing dog-like sounds and footsteps approaching their campsite at night in New Mexico, shooting a warning shot, and later discovering human footprints that transitioned into coyote…
Skinwalker · Gallup, New Mexico · 2000s
Witness reports his brother saw a creature described as a man crawling on all fours wearing the skin of a coyote, which encircled their truck and peered inside before fleeing when headlights appeared.
Skinwalker · Ramah, New Mexico
The older twin sister saw a coyote standing on its hind legs at an open window and smelled death; her father also saw it.
Skinwalker · McKinley County, New Mexico
The narrator's aunt reports that as a child she and her siblings saw an abnormally long-limbed figure with glowing eyes crawl onto their truck's water containers while driving home from Gallup.
Skinwalker · McKinley County, New Mexico
A woman's mother-in-law allegedly used a skinwalker in the form of a coyote to suffocate her daughter and later intimidate the family.
Skinwalker · Gallup, New Mexico
A New Mexico Highway Patrol officer reports two separate encounters with a ghastly creature running alongside his patrol car at high speed.
Skinwalker · San Juan County, New Mexico
Witness reports that his cousin saw a group of dogs sitting in a circle, one of which transformed into a hairy man's face while trotting alongside her car.
Skinwalker · Farmington, New Mexico
The narrator's aunt reports hearing skinwalkers screaming outside her trailer in Farmington, causing her cousin to have nightmares.
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 · New Mexico
The guest describes a typical Dogman or skinwalker encounter where the creature appears in human form before transforming.