Undated Skinwalker reports
278 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 3.
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 · Mount Bachelor, Oregon
The narrator reports seeing a man-like figure crouched in a tree near their cabin and hearing hoof-like steps on the roof.
Skinwalker · Tségháhoodzání, Arizona
The narrator and his father encounter a large, dog-like creature with a distorted human-bear face on a highway near Window Rock, which screams and flees after they approach it.
Skinwalker · Indiana
Witnesses report hearing a singular, dying animal-like cry from the woods that felt like an imitation of a distress call.
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The narrator and his friend saw a naked, abnormally large creature on all fours with pale skin and a gaping black maw in a field near their homes.
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The narrator reports a recurring dream of a fox with human-like eyes and a specific encounter at age six where a creature mimicked her grandmother's voice and tapped on the trailer window.
Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona
Witness reports that a figure resembling a woman on all fours attacked their home and vehicle before fleeing when shot with an ash-covered bullet.
Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona
An elder recounts a story where a woman's butchered goat skin dragged itself across the ground and glided toward washes, prompting Medicine Men to investigate.
Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona
A man watching a sweat lodge ceremony saw a blurry white mass darting rapidly across the desert below before disappearing into a wash.
Skinwalker · Arizona
The husband reports that a skinwalkerskin was seen in a sweat lodge made of horse bones and later chased by medicine men who claimed it killed two men by collapsing sand walls.
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Witness reports a Navajo grandmother experienced someone knocking on her door in the middle of the night with no one present when she opened it.
Skinwalker · Arizona
The medicine man explains that a creature came for the skin on the second night, producing heavy galloping sounds and dark flashes in the moonlight.
Skinwalker · Page, Arizona
Witness reports hearing claws scraping and a moan from inside a storm drain tunnel while exploring it with friends.
Skinwalker · Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Witness reports seeing a tall, pale humanoid creature in the woods and later a hoofed creature that smiled back at them, followed by finding mixed hoof and hand/foot prints.
Skinwalker · Kenora District, Ontario
The narrator encounters a long, skinny, gray creature scaling rocks effortlessly near Falcon Lake after investigating a wrecked car.
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 · Logan County, Oklahoma
The narrator and a friend heard a splash and a child calling for help near a closed bathroom while camping at Red Rock Canyon.
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 · Rockbridge, Kentucky
The narrator and two companions encountered a silent female figure in a sundress standing unnaturally still on a trail at night, who spoke with long pauses before walking away.
Skinwalker · Salt Lake City, Utah
The narrator and their roommate report feeling watched, dogs barking at an empty spot, and a divination pendulum confirming the presence was a skinwalker.
Skinwalker · Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Witness reports hearing a deep, nasal howl during a ranger talk and later seeing a pronghorn-like creature that smiled back at them from the window.
Skinwalker · Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Witness reports seeing a figure resembling her sister at her door with disfigured feet and slurred speech after the sister had already left for the airport.
Skinwalker · Huron County, Ontario
The narrator and their friends felt watched and heard a blood-curdling scream in Lobb's Bush after a Roman candle entered the woods.
Skinwalker · American Fork Canyon, Utah
The narrator and two friends encountered a creature that appeared as a large wolf with red eyes before transforming into a large human wearing an animal hood.
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 · Surprise, Arizona
Witness reports seeing a seven-foot tall, whitish-gray creature on all fours with long arms and white eyes near a chicken coop in Arizona.
Skinwalker · Front Royal, Virginia
Witness reports seeing a creature with no eyes, ears, or mouth that ran like a cheetah and left scratch marks on their back.
Skinwalker · Phoenix, Arizona
Witness reports hearing loud, repetitive cries for help from an alleyway while waiting outside a house in Phoenix.
Skinwalker · Parker County, Texas
The narrator reports seeing a tall creature with gnarly teeth and grey, tattered skin behind a tree while walking in the woods near their grandparents' property.
Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona
Witness reports seeing a naked, bead-wearing man with long black hair who was later identified as the suspect in an assault and appeared at the hospital despite being in custody.
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 · Geist Reservoir, Indiana
The narrator and three friends encountered a pale, thin creature on all fours with visible spine and no fur near Geist Reservoir in Indiana.
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 · Apache County, Arizona
The narrator reports seeing a humanoid figure with half-black/half-white face and glowing eyes running alongside their bus at 85 mph before transforming into a coyote.
Skinwalker · Glendale, Arizona
Witness reports a skinwalker has been outside their house for several nights, tapping on windows and causing animals to react strangely.
Skinwalker · Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The narrator and a friend encounter two creatures in a tunnel; one has tan rough skin and a dog-human hybrid face, while others watch from the grass.
Skinwalker · Tsaile, Arizona
The narrator and their cousin encountered a small hut made of tree bark lined with fur in the woods during a family camping trip.
Skinwalker · Cheboygan County, Michigan
The narrator and two friends heard voices saying "you're gonna die" while walking near power lines in Northern Michigan.
Skinwalker · Coconino County, Arizona
Witnesses report hearing snapping branches, a woman's whisper in a foreign language, and then crying and wailing sounds while camping in the woods.
Skinwalker · Seymour, Indiana
The narrator reports hearing a voice mimicking their mother calling them from an unexpected direction while playing at a playground in childhood.
Skinwalker · Navajo County, Arizona
The narrator and three friends in a trailer in Paige, Arizona, witnessed a half-human half-horse creature running down the hallway and standing over their bed after hearing whistling.
Skinwalker · Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Witness reports hearing heavy footsteps and their friend's voice calling them into the woods at night, later suspecting the entity was a skinwalker.
Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona
The narrator and their siblings encountered an old lady who appeared at two different locations 15 miles apart in a short time, whose face was painted black, before the car stalled.
Skinwalker · Chassahowitzka, Florida
Witness reports hearing a human-like meow and mechanical crying from outside their tent, followed by an entity entering the porch area and moving rapidly before disappearing.
Skinwalker · Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The group hears a loud scream and experiences sniffing sounds around their camper for 20 minutes.
Skinwalker · Flagstaff, Arizona
The narrator and their roommate witnessed a large, dark creature resembling a Skinwalker emerging from a dip in the road while parked on red dirt back roads.
Skinwalker · Salt Lake City, Utah
The narrator reports hearing a whistling sound and an unnaturally low voice telling them to run while waiting in their driveway.
Skinwalker · Stockbridge, Michigan
The narrator and their friend [name] witnessed a deer-like creature that crawled on all fours, stood upright on two legs, and ran away at high speed in the woods near Stockbridge.
Skinwalker · Montgomery County, North Carolina
Witness reports that while in the Uwharries with three others, he felt followed by a spiritual entity or Wendigo after calling out.
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 · 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 · 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.
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The narrator reports hearing knocks on a window and finding tracks in the snow that resemble bare feet, speculating they were made by 'skin takers'.
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Witness reports seeing a large greyish humanoid figure on all fours running like a dog near an open view of a smaller lake.
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The narrator and their parents heard growling, giggling, and screaming sounds near their home in northeast Alabama when the narrator was around seven years old.
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The narrator reports seeing a tall, dark, bipedal creature on a closed-off path and hearing that two people were killed by an animal in the area.
Skinwalker · Nevada
The narrator describes a persistent presence in northwest Nevada that causes coyotes to disappear and leaves no tracks in fresh snow.
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Witness describes a paranoid feeling similar to encounters with skinwalkers when viewing illustrations of the creature.
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The narrator and their family report hearing growling, voices, and smelling rotten flesh, while the father claims to have seen a large wolf-like creature running across the yard.
Skinwalker · South Australia, Australia
Witness reports seeing a rotting kangaroo with empty black eyes and no tail while camping on the Nullarbor Plains.
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Witness reports being taunted by a laughing, cackling entity on a highway at night before it fled as police arrived.
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The narrator and a friend heard a loud whistle next to their truck in the dark, causing the friend to freeze in fear before they fled.
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Witness reports seeing a humanoid-dog shaped creature with bright white eyes and human hands and feet in his grandma's yard.
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The narrator and their brother were hiking with their uncle when they encountered an unknown creature that caused the family dog to growl and the uncle to pray, leading them to flee to town.
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Witness reports driving on a highway at night and encountering a deer-like creature with abnormal leg joints that stared at their car before they fled.
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Witness reports seeing two or three skinwalkers with deer-like feet dancing at night during a powwow in eastern Oklahoma.
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The narrator and a friend observed a deer-like creature with unnatural movement and heard distressing dog howls, which the narrator associated with Skinwalker folklore.
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The narrator reports a past encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo in Utah.
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Witness reports dreaming of the creature they believe is a wendigo.
Skinwalker · Arizona
Witness reports a handsome man named [name] who visited their home acting strangely with a swollen nose and limp before walking away in a straight line.
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The narrator and their sister witnessed a tall, thin, lanky creature on all fours with an arched back and round face rummaging through a lit trash can in an alleyway.
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The narrator reports seeing a pale, tall humanoid with needle-like fingers and blood-stained teeth at a cabin window in the Colorado mountains.
Skinwalker · Utah
The narrator reports a personal encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo in Utah.
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Witness reports seeing a white creature with an elongated neck and galloping gait running through their backyard while dogs barked.
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Witness reports hearing strange sounds imitating a monkey, dog barking, and a car alarm from the woods across the street while on a smoke break.
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Witness reports seeing a tall, pale figure with backwards-jointed legs and no mouth standing still on the side of the road.
Skinwalker · Georgia
The narrator reports encountering a creature that appeared as a bright red fox and then a walking rotting coyote on their gravel road, which was driven away by a neighbor's black cat.
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Witness reports seeing an elderly dog that disappeared into thin air while they were following it in a car.
Skinwalker · Utah
The narrator reports a personal encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo in Utah.
Skinwalker · Colorado
Witness reports seeing a human-like figure wearing an animal skin on the shoulder of Highway 287 in Colorado around 2 to 3 am.
Skinwalker · Louisiana
Witness reports seeing a shapeshifting creature that chased their car and appeared as various animals before settling into a large, muscular form.
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The narrator concludes that a roaring creature and wolf-like figures were likely a skinwalker rather than Bigfoot.
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The narrator reports seeing a large, nodding figure with an open mouth at their cabin on the reservation, which later left bloody footprints and killed a chicken.
Skinwalker · Arizona
Witness reports a dog that appeared to be their pet but had missing ear on the wrong side and a swollen tail, which scratched marks into a door before running away.
Skinwalker · Arizona
Witness reports a man who looked like a Native American or Mexican man took her cat Slinky and left fur in an envelope, which she attributes to a skinwalker.
Skinwalker · Arizona
Witness reports seeing a cat in the parking lot that looked exactly like her missing cat Slinky but with a weird shaped tail and unshaved hair.
Skinwalker · Canada
Witness reports believing in shapeshifting entities that can possess humans and mimic them imperfectly based on local experiences.
Skinwalker · Utah
The narrator reports a personal encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo in Utah.
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Witness reports hearing knocking on doors and windows, seeing motion tracker lights trigger with no visible cause, and hearing chanting from the woods over several nights.
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The narrator reports an encounter with a Skinwalker that gave them the gift of hearing, demanded blood in exchange for information, bit off their thumb, and then transformed into a bull elk.
Skinwalker · Pennsylvania
Witness reports seeing a tall, skinny creature that whistled and moved with unnatural speed, later identifying it as resembling a wendigo.
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Witness reports seeing a large, stiff coyote with human-like eyes transform into a human in front of their truck on a dark back road.
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Witness reports encountering a creature they identify as a skinwalker that attacked them with a knife and was driven off by an owl.
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Witness reports seeing a faceless, grey/white creature crawling on all fours in their basement during a power outage.
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The narrator reports being pursued by a canine-like creature with intense hatred while driving alone on a country road.
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The narrator and their father heard a loud, unnatural shout and saw glowing white eyes in the woods near their home in Indiana.
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The narrator and two friends encountered a silent predator that mimicked Friend 1's voice and displayed glowing eyes and a misshapen arm in the desert.
Skinwalker · Texas
Witness reports seeing a wolf-like creature with human eyes and hands sitting in the bed of a truck, which they identify as a skinwalker.
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Witness reports seeing a dark figure that stood on two legs and then dropped to all fours while hiking in the Rocky Mountains.
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Witness reports seeing the creature a couple of times after becoming interested in paranormal topics.
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The narrator reports seeing a pale, slender creature with reflector-like eyes crouched on a road while riding in a family minivan.