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Strange Matters Podcast

The Navajo Legend of the Skinwalker

Strange Matters Podcast

Campfire Audio Productions

Science, History, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.4987 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2016

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we discuss the legend of the Navajo Skinwalker – a shapeshifting Native American witch that has reached the highest tiers of priesthood. These terrors are known to chase cars at remarkable speeds and are frequently seen spying through windows of homes in order to strike fear into their victims. The Navajo people almost universally accept the existence of these poltergeist-like creatures however sightings are rare and usually limited to those of the Navajo nationality. What is this strange menace? Is it fact or fiction? Tune into this episode and learn a little bit more about the Skinwalker!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Strange Matters Podcast. Here at Strange Matters

0:06.0

we discuss anything just outside the norm, ranging from the bizarre and

0:10.0

unexplained to the supernatural and paranormal and everything in between. This is your and episode suggested an episode I promise we're going to get to them in order so please

0:26.6

bear with us as we have a lot of requests but at the same time please keep them coming.

0:39.0

For this episode I am going to be discussing the Navajo legend of the skin walker. This is a popular cryptit that has been publicized in the media,

0:42.0

for example the movie Skin Walkers from 2006.

0:47.0

Now I don't know if anyone has listened to the mysterious case of Anilise McHale, but between that

0:51.8

episode and this one, I've basically been living my life in a

0:54.7

perpetual state of fear.

0:57.0

When I arrive home from work and find myself alone, I usually go back out to my car and

1:01.9

wait there for my wife to get home. And if I ever, you know, walk around

1:06.8

the house at night I usually wind up scurrying back to bed and diving under the covers. I wish I could

1:11.9

say I was joking, but I'm not. Anyways before we get

1:15.1

into the meat of the episode I would like to state that the Navajo are sworn to

1:18.8

secrecy about any experience they have with a skin walker and are only allowed to share their

1:23.3

encounters with their own flesh and blood, lest they experience retribution.

1:29.0

As a result, it is very difficult to find reliable evidence regarding the skin walkers.

1:34.2

If any of you listeners are interested in sharing any information or personal accounts you

1:38.1

may have, I invite you to comment on this post and tell me all about it. So let's get started.

1:47.0

Skin walkers are crypto zoologic creatures not much unlike the European

1:51.6

wherewolf.

1:53.0

Legends tell of humans that have the ability to shape shift

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