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Of all the paranormal entities within the vast array of Native American culture and legend,

there are few that inspire Dread, like the Skinwalker.

Even the mention of this entity is something shunned by the Navajo people,

whose communities are spread amongst the states

of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. For them, the fear of this creature is quite real.

For two U.S. Army veterans undergoing a series of medical treatments at a clinic in the small town

of Deming New Mexico in the 1970s, one of them being a Navajo

man, their curiosity and a few beers overshadowed any of their concerns.

After accepting an invitation to attend an unusual ritual being carried out in the middle of the desert one night,

the two men spent the rest of their lives haunted by the experience,

and more so by what took place in the following days.

There's no way to verify the story,

but the man who shared it did so saying that these events actually happened.

A story about two army vets and a dead skinwalker.

I'm Luke Lamanah, and this is wartime stories. This is wartime stories.

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