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Undated Skinwalker reports

278 cases, best-documented first. Page 2 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.

  1. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports hearing twisted moaning and groaning sounds near their window in South Dakota that sounded like a human in pain.

  2. Skinwalker · Rajasthan, India

    Rajasthan, India1 independent source

    The narrator and his cousin heard a clicking sound followed by a scream mimicking the cousin's name in the narrator's voice, which their uncle identified as a creature called 'chalava'.

  3. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports seeing a wavy, spirit-like entity that made dinosaur and mountain lion noises, which they shot with a silver bullet.

  4. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing two dogs standing up and fighting before they ran away on their back legs.

  5. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports having encountered a skinwalker in the past and feeling intense fear comparable to that previous encounter during a recent driving incident.

  6. Skinwalker · Utah

    Utah1 independent source

    The narrator reports a personal encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo in Utah.

  7. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator heard a voice mimicking their father in their front yard while their dog barked at the source.

  8. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports hearing a strange three-note whistle that caused dread and frightened their dog, attributing the sound to a skinwalker.

  9. Skinwalker · Oregon

    Oregon1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing a loud noise to the east resembling something large being knocked over or thrown down while taking out dogs at night.

  10. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a weird-looking creature with a white head bobbing and peeking from behind a bush while riding a bike near power lines.

  11. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a massive creature standing on its legs like a man in the woods of Canada, which was then shot at by his uncle.

  12. Skinwalker · Wisconsin

    Wisconsin1 independent source

    The narrator reports hearing a woman screaming and feeling their truck pushed while camping in the Wisconsin northwoods, followed by seeing a tall skinny figure running off the road.

  13. Skinwalker · Arizona

    Arizona1 independent source

    Witness reports a woman with a drooping face and blank eyes grabbed her arm, spoke in a distorted voice using her birth name, and left red hand-shaped marks.

  14. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing a voice mimicking their friend [name] and seeing a tall, hunched silhouette outside their tent that was not actually [name].

  15. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports feeling watched for weeks, hearing footsteps in the attic ceiling, and experiencing knocking on doors and windows before attributing the events to skinwalkers teaching a lesson.

  16. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator and a friend report seeing a pale, lanky humanoid figure standing in the road at night while driving.

  17. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports their friend transformed into a creature with yellow eyes and limp limbs that killed the other friend and attacked them in their home.

  18. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing a creature imitating a cat and opening the front door to look outside.

  19. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a dog that transformed into a man behind a car while walking at night.

  20. Skinwalker · Utah

    Utah1 independent source

    The narrator reports a personal encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo in Utah.

  21. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing a creature imitate animals and attempting to enter their house over several months.

  22. Skinwalker · Utah

    Utah1 independent source

    The narrator reports a personal encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo in Utah.

  23. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a wolf-like creature stand on two legs near the woods when they were a child.

  24. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a messed up face with gaping eyes pressed to his bedroom window.

  25. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator states they believe they have had an encounter with a skinwalker on their land in northwest Nevada.

  26. Skinwalker · Oregon

    Oregon1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing loud ambient noise from the woods and chanting from the forest to the east while walking dogs, along with a motion tracker light staying on all night despite no visible cause.

  27. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator and her sister report seeing a wolf-like creature in the woods, hearing whistling/howling, experiencing teeth falling out, and hearing their names mimicked by an entity outside their…

  28. Skinwalker · New Jersey

    New Jersey1 independent source

    Witness and their mother report seeing a tall, lanky, hairless figure with glaring eyes and sharp teeth walking between houses in New Jersey.

  29. Skinwalker · Nevada

    Nevada1 independent source

    The narrator reports that their livestock dog refuses to leave the house due to a presence they believe is following them.

  30. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports being chased by a tall, thin creature with decaying skin that mimicked their dog's face while walking their German Shepherd at night.

  31. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing their mother's voice calling them from the basement bedroom, only to find her actually upstairs with groceries moments later.

  32. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Narrator speculates the creature might have been a wendigo based on research into the dead animal killings.

  33. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports an elk, a deer, a fox, and a rabbit with black eyes blocking their path in the woods, leading them to suspect skinwalkers.

  34. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator and their roommate report seeing a cat with human-like eyes and off markings that they believe to be a skinwalker.

  35. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a deer move unnaturally slowly before revealing a tall, bony-faced figure that caused them to feel paralyzed with fear.

  36. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports tracking two skinwalkers that stalked children playing with firecrackers on a hill, noting footprints that shifted between human and dog forms.

  37. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing violent shaking of a locked shack, seeing orange and blue orbs, hearing mimicking voices and screams, and experiencing a power box explosion on their property.

  38. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator and their mother encountered a two-legged, faceless figure resembling white pyjama pants on the beach which chased them back to their apartment.

  39. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a large wolf with glowing eyes approaching them down their driveway before realizing it was a Skinwalker.

  40. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports hearing about a skinwalker from their aunt and later encounters a tall, slim black figure while walking through the pasture at night.

  41. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports an encounter with a faceless creature that mimics voices and paces in their hallway.

  42. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports seeing eyes in their yard at night that are too high for animals and too low for humans.

  43. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator claims to have videoed 'a bunch' of creatures in the sky with five other witnesses before all cameras failed.

  44. Skinwalker · Utah

    Utah1 independent source

    The narrator reports hearing disturbing, choking sounds from an unknown creature on their patio in northern Utah for several months.

  45. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator sees glowing eyes outside his window at night, which he identifies as the same skinwalker, before shining a flashlight causes it to run away.

  46. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports encountering a large, muscular creature with Doberman ears and golden eyes that chased them through the snow.

  47. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports having had encounters with skinwalkers in North West Nevada in the past.

  48. Skinwalker · Nevada

    Nevada1 independent source

    The narrator reports an encounter with a skinwalker and other creepy things in northwest Nevada, noting a recent shift in their presence after living on the land for two years.

  49. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports a violent knocking at their hogan door and rhythmic thumping through the walls while camping on a Navajo reservation.

  50. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator describes a terrifying dream of seeing a skinny, unnatural thing run past them in the trees.

  51. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports a skinwalker disguised as a friend followed them home and assaulted them with chest pressure while sleeping.

  52. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports hearing a voice calling their name from the woods near a pond, which they later believed to be a Skinwalker.

  53. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a misshapen thing shambling on the sidewalk and hearing hoof-like footsteps at their door, later identifying it as a skinwalker.

  54. Skinwalker · Texas

    Texas1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a creature with a wolf face and human eyes in the back of a pickup truck at a stoplight.

  55. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports that a cashier at a shop claimed to know about skin walker activity and suggested the narrator had been near one, citing the appearance of a raven as significant.

  56. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness and friends report a dog screaming in terror and fleeing from the woods, followed by a scream that made hair stand up, identified as a skin walker.

  57. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports a terrifying encounter in the woods behind their house involving a gray mist-like creature that vanished and subsequently a dog-like entity that appeared out of thin air near a…

  58. Skinwalker · Utah

    Utah1 independent source

    The narrator reports a personal encounter with a skinwalker or wendigo while living in Utah.

  59. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a massive deer that stood on its hind legs with backwards-facing knees and walked like a human before limping into the trees.

  60. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports seeing a red fox with large yellow eyes and an eerie smile at a campsite when they were six years old.

  61. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a faceless gray/white creature on four legs climb through their window while they were asleep.

  62. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator and their sister report hearing bare feet rush to and bang on their respective windows at night, which they attribute to a skinwalker.

  63. Skinwalker · New Mexico

    New Mexico1 independent source

    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…

  64. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witnesses theorized the creature was a skin walker watching them before they fled.

  65. Skinwalker · Utah

    Utah1 independent source

    The narrator reports seeing a creature in Utah that appeared to be stalking something before turning its attention to them.

  66. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports waking up at 4 am to find a creature with long black hair and non-human joints in their aunt's bed, which then moved smoothly out the window.

  67. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator claims they and their foster brother have encountered a wendigo or skinwalker multiple times in the woods.

  68. Skinwalker · Iowa

    Iowa1 independent source

    The narrator reports seeing shining eyes in the darkness outside their porch while their dog was barking.

  69. Skinwalker · Kentucky

    Kentucky1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a Skin Walker at their porch as a boy that stood on two legs then dropped to all fours.

  70. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a seven-foot-tall creature with silver-black hair, a snout, pointy ears, canine teeth, and backwards legs standing in the neighbor's yard.

  71. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator reports the creature returned two nights prior, moved closer to their window, tapped on windows, banged on walls, and attempted to enter their home.

  72. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    Witness reports a multi-night incident involving knocking on doors/windows, strange ambient noises and chanting from the woods, and motion sensors triggering without visible cause, leading them to…

  73. Skinwalker

    location unknown1 independent source

    The narrator and a friend observed a silent, black-eyed creature with a gaping maw that moved backwards and maintained unblinking eye contact.

  74. Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona

    Apache County, Arizona1 independent source

    Witness reports a boy claiming to be 11 years old who states he skin walked to the nursing home to see his grandfather.

  75. Skinwalker · Virginia, Minnesota

    Virginia, Minnesota1 independent source

    Witness reports his girlfriend saw a glowing, hairless creature with twisted limbs and an elongated head that folded its body to avoid being hit by her car on a dark road in northern Minnesota.

  76. Skinwalker · Phoenix, Arizona

    Phoenix, Arizona1 independent source

    A backpacker claims to have seen a skinwalker while sleeping at an urban lake in Phoenix.

  77. Skinwalker · Gwinnett County, Georgia

    Gwinnett County, Georgia1 independent source

    The narrator's girlfriend and her friend report seeing a 7-foot tall, completely black creature with blood red eyes, a wolf-like body, and antlers running away into the darkness near a street light.

  78. Skinwalker · Coconino County, Arizona

    Coconino County, Arizona1 independent source

    A local woman reports seeing a wolf the size of her car near Pipe Springs.

  79. Skinwalker · Gallup, New Mexico · 2000s

    Gallup, New Mexico1 independent source

    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.

  80. Skinwalker · Phoenix, Arizona

    Phoenix, Arizona1 independent source

    Two young girls in Phoenix reported seeing a man in wolf's clothing watching them through their seventh-story apartment window.

  81. Skinwalker · Iron County, Utah

    Iron County, Utah1 independent source

    An empath reports sensing danger and seeing a wolf with red eyes in the shadows at a graveyard in Virgin, Utah.

  82. Skinwalker · Ramah, New Mexico

    Ramah, New Mexico1 independent source

    The older twin sister saw a coyote standing on its hind legs at an open window and smelled death; her father also saw it.

  83. Skinwalker · Delta, Utah

    Delta, Utah1 independent source

    A witness reports seeing a creature with glowing reddish eyes and abnormally long limbs in Delta, Utah.

  84. Skinwalker · McKinley County, New Mexico

    McKinley County, New Mexico1 independent source

    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.

  85. Skinwalker · McKinley County, New Mexico

    McKinley County, New Mexico1 independent source

    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.

  86. Skinwalker · Huixquilucan, Estado de México

    Huixquilucan, Estado de México1 independent source

    Witness reports that his grandfather, as an eight-year-old boy herding cattle in Mexico around 1959, saw a large black dog emerge from cornfields which then transformed into a bipedal creature…

  87. Skinwalker · Gallup, New Mexico

    Gallup, New Mexico1 independent source

    A New Mexico Highway Patrol officer reports two separate encounters with a ghastly creature running alongside his patrol car at high speed.

  88. Skinwalker · Flagstaff, Arizona

    Flagstaff, Arizona1 independent source

    The narrator's friend [name] reports that while her group was in an old RV in the woods, a creature threw a large human femur bone at them and then attacked their car engine and ripped off the back…

  89. Skinwalker · LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

    LaSalle Parish, Louisiana1 independent source

    Witness reports a man-like figure approaching his campsite repeating 'Help me' in an unnatural female voice before backflipping away after being shot at.

  90. Skinwalker · Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Oregon

    Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Oregon1 independent source

    A supervisor reports that his crew member saw a native American woman scream and climb a tree faster than any human should, which locals identified as a pumawha or skin changer.

  91. Skinwalker · Staszów, województwo świętokrzyskie

    Staszów, województwo świętokrzyskie1 independent source

    Witness reports that a friend encountered a tall, white-faced creature with black eyes and large hands that followed them near a cemetery in Staszów.

  92. Skinwalker · Tuba City, Arizona

    Tuba City, Arizona1 independent source

    The narrator identifies the creature as a Skinwalker that created an illusion of a stray dog to harm people using human bone straws.

  93. Skinwalker · Tuba City, Arizona

    Tuba City, Arizona1 independent source

    The narrator and her friend [name] witnessed a stray black dog acting strangely, staring through windows, attempting to open doors with paws, and barking in a human-like voice before being shot by…

  94. Skinwalker · Apache County, Arizona

    Apache County, Arizona1 independent source

    Witness reports that two cousins saw a dark figure rummaging through a trash barrel at night on the Navajo Reservation, which then ran on its hind legs like a goat and later peeked from behind a tree…

  95. Skinwalker · San Bernardino County, California

    San Bernardino County, California1 independent source

    Witness reports his uncle and girlfriend saw a huge black dog that moved like a rocking horse and had red glowing eyes.

  96. Skinwalker · San Juan County, New Mexico

    San Juan County, New Mexico1 independent source

    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.

  97. Skinwalker · Tuba City, Arizona

    Tuba City, Arizona1 independent source

    [name] and the narrator report a black shaggy dog standing on hind legs, opening doors with paws, and displaying human-like barking and deformed hands.

  98. Skinwalker · Southern Pines, North Carolina

    Southern Pines, North Carolina1 independent source

    A friend reports seeing a coyote-like creature with unnatural eyes and missing fur in North Carolina, followed by hearing heavy footfalls and a yelp on his roof.

  99. Skinwalker · Farmington, New Mexico

    Farmington, New Mexico1 independent source

    The narrator's aunt reports hearing skinwalkers screaming outside her trailer in Farmington, causing her cousin to have nightmares.

  100. Skinwalker · Kisatchie, Louisiana

    Kisatchie, Louisiana1 independent source

    Witness reports a man-like figure that repeated a phrase in a female's voice like a mimic before fleeing after [name] shot at the ground.