UNEXPLAINED ARIZONA: Skinwalkers, Cryptid Beasts, Flying Humanoids & Alien Visitors

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>> Hey folks, welcome to Phantoms of
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Now, um, Arizona is a land of extremes.
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Its crowded cities give way to isolated
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highways, immense deserts, volcanic
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fields, rugged mountains,
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reservation land, forgotten ponds, and
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abandoned structures, and vast stretches
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of darkness where a person can travel
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for miles without encountering another
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human being. Now, for generations,
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witnesses throughout Arizona have
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reported unexplained lights, mysterious
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aircraft, crypted animals, strange
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humanoids, enormous wing figures, and
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entities that seem to defy any
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conventional explanation. So, tonight we
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will examine eight disturbing eyewitness
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accounts from across the state.
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These reports include an enormous
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wolflike animal seen along the
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southwestern Arizona highway, a massive
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hairy humanoid that chased a moving car,
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an unidentified aquatic predator near an
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old fish hatchery, a centaurlike being
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east of Flagstaff, a flying humanoid
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over Lavine,
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two possible skinw walker encounters
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near the Navajo Nation, and a daylight
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UFO landing. ing outside Buckeye
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involving apparent nonhuman occupants.
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Several eyewitnesses use culturally
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specific terms, including skinw walker,
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to describe what they believe they
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encountered. Those descriptions
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represent the witness's personal
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interpretations.
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They should not be understood as
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definitive statements about Navajo
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beliefs, traditions, or ceremonial
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practices. These stories remain
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unverified eyewitness accounts. Some may
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have natural explanations.
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Others may involve misidentification,
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folklore, psychological interpretation,
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and or phenomena that just remains
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unknown.
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Listen carefully. Consider the details
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and decide for yourself. This is
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unexplained Arizona.
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Now, our first report begins in a small
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border town in southwestern Arizona.
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The witnesses were a young couple who
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had spent the evening driving around
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listening to music and talking. At
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approximately 1:00 in the morning, they
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decided to return home. Now, what they
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encountered beside the road left both of
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them deeply disturbed. The witness
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states, "I live in a small border town
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in southwestern Arizona. There's not
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much to do around here. So, one of the
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ways people pass the time is just by
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driving around, listening to music, and
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talking. Now, about a week before I
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submitted this report, my girlfriend and
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I went on a date. Now, afterward, we
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continued cruising around until
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approximately 1:00 in the morning.
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Eventually, we decided to call it a
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night, and I started driving her home.
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Now, as we traveled along the road, we
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both noticed an enormous four-legged
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animal standing near the shoulder with
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its back towards us.
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Its fur looked coarse and unckempt with
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a dark grayish coloration.
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Because mountain lines are occasionally
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seen in the region, my first thought was
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that it might have been an unusually
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large or possibly injured cougar. I
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slowed the car down we could so we could
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get a better look. That was when the
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animal turned around and faced us. The
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moment I saw its head, I knew it was no
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mountain line.
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It had the most ferocious and terrifying
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face I'd ever seen. Its muzzle was long
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and narrow, similar to that of a wolf.
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Its mouth was open, exposing several
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large, sharplooking teeth. The creature
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appeared to be hunched over, causing its
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back to rise prominently. The fur along
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the body was standing on end, much like
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a frightened or threatened cat. When the
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headlight struck its face, its eyes
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reflected a bright orange color.
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There was something especially
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disturbing about its expression.
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Although the eyes glowed in the
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headlights, it appeared dead and
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lifeless.
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I did not wait to see what it would do
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next. So, I stepped on the accelerator
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and got us away from the area as quickly
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as possible. Now, for several moments,
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neither of us spoke. We were both in
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shock. Finally, I asked my girlfriend
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whether she had actually seen the
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creature or whether it was something it
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was something I was imagining.
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She confirmed that she had seen it.
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Without being prompted, she gave the
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same description that I had. A massive
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wolf-like animal with rough dark gray
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fur or long muzzle, large teeth, hunch
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posture, and orange reflecting eyes.
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Now, afterward, I began researching
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wolves native to Arizona. However, the
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animal we encountered seemed far larger
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and more physically imposing than any
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wolf, coyote, or domestic adult I had
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ever seen.
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Its size, appearance, and overall
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presence did not seem natural. And to
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this day, my girlfriend and I remain
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amazed and deeply unsettled by what we
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witnessed beside the road.
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We still do not know what it was. was an
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unusually large anal animal, an
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undocumented predator, a crypted, or
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something with a more supernatural
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origin.
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There's not enough evidence to make a
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definitive determination. I will leave
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that question for the audience to
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decide.
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Now, the the couple's decision to slow
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down gave them a better view, but it
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also brought them closer to something
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they just couldn't identify. Our next
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witness witnesses were also traveling
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along an isolated road at night. Their
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encounter, however, did not end when
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they drove past the creature. It began
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chasing them.
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Now, this encounter reportedly occurred
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sometime in the late 1970s. The witness
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was a teenager returning from a party
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with her boyfriend.
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They were driving along a deserted
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country road near the backside of a
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lake. Now, the surrounding area consists
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of cattails, brush, scattered farms, and
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uh numerous curves that prevented them
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from traveling at high speed. So, the
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witness states, "My boyfriend and I were
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driving home late at night after
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attending a party. We were traveling
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along a deserted country road near the
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backside of a lake. There were no homes
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along the particular stretch of road,
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and because the roadway contained
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numerous sharp curves, we just could not
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travel very fast.
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So, as we rounded one of these bends, we
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suddenly saw an enormous creature
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standing beside the road. It was
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approximately 8 ft tall and completely
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covered in hair. Now, at the time, I
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knew nothing about Bigfoot. I had never
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seriously considered that such a
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creature might exist. So, I had no way
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pro to process what I was seeing. Now,
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my first thought was that it appeared to
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be part human and part ape. And what I
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wondered whether it could be someone
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wearing a costume, but it was far too
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large. And what happened next made the
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ex explanation seem impossible.
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My boy boyfriend immediately shouted,
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"Lock the doors. Lock the doors."
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The car had manual door locks. I quickly
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locked the door beside me, but I was so
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terrified that I couldn't turn around to
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lock the rear passenger door. I was
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completely frozen. And as the car
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continued through the curve, the
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creature began running besides us.
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We were traveling at approximately 45
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mph. Yet, it had no difficulty keeping
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pace. It was only a few feet from my
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window, matching the speed of the car
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while reaching toward the door handle.
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It appeared to be trying to open the
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door. My boyfriend kept shouting that we
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needed to get away, but because of the
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bends in the road, we just could not
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immediately accelerate. Now, for several
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terrifying moments, the creature
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remained directly beside the car. And
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when the road finally straightened, my
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boyfriend stepped on the accelerator. We
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tore away from the area as quickly as
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possible and eventually left the
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creature behind. Neither of us would
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believe what could believe what had
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happened. The entire encounter felt like
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a nightmare, but we both had seen the
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same thing. And when I arrived to him, I
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told my family about the incident. My
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sister immediately said, "It was a
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Bigfoot. It was a Bigfoot." Until that
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moment, the possibility had never
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occurred to me. I had simply been trying
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to understand what kind of massive
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human-like animal would emerge from the
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woods chasing a car in attempt to open
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the door.
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I was later asked whether I had seen the
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creature's face. And when we first
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rounded the the curve, the car slowed
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beside it and the creature was standing
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nearly eye to eye with me. But I was so
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frightened that I just couldn't focus on
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the facial features. Once it began
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chasing us, I could think only about
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escaping.
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I could not even turn around to lock the
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rear door. The creature was running
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beside the car, only a few feet away,
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reaching toward the handle.
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And my boyfriend kept saying, "We have
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to get out of here. This is horrible."
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You never expect the encounter something
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like that, especially in an isolated
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country road in the middle of the night.
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But whatever it was, it was real, and
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it's something I have never forgotten.
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Now, the creature in that account
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displayed speed, intelligence, and
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apparent interest in gaining access to
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the witness's vehicle. Now, our next
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report also describes an unidentified
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animal that seems unusually intelligent.
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This creature did not chase a car. It
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followed two people through the darkness
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as they attempted to escape from an
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isolated mountain pond.
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Now, a woman and her fiance were knife
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fishing in the mountains of Arizona at
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an old fish hatchery that had been
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converted into probably owned ponds.
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They had only been there a few minutes
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when something began moving through the
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vegetation around them. The witness
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states, "My fiance and I live in the
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mountains of Arizona, and we went night
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fishing on at an old fish hatchery that
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is now privately owned. We had only been
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there for a couple minutes when we began
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hearing something rustling around the
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pound pond next to us.
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At first, I thought it was an elk. We
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had been there several days earlier and
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had seen tracks in the mud along the
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shore. Now, my fiance was concerned that
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it might be something else, so he built
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a fire in an attempt to scare it away.
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Now, after a while, the rustling stopped
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and we relaxed.
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Not long afterward, we heard an enormous
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splash from a neighboring pond.
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We wondered whether mountain lion or
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bear had jumped into the water trying to
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catch fish. That explanation did not
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seem especially likely, but we could not
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think of anything else. We heard no
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additional sl uh splashing. Later, there
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was a another huge splash, this time in
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our pond.
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I could [clears throat] not see where it
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came from or what had caused it. I was
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beginning to feel extremely
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uncomfortable. The fire was dying and I
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wanted to leave, but my fianceé wanted
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to continue fishing. We heard more
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rustling in the reeds reads near us.
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Suddenly, my fianceé began packing our
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equipment. He extinguished the fire and
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told me we had that he was ready to
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leave. Now, our car was parked near the
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highway. To reach it, we had to walk
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along a dirt road, cross a meadow, past
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several other ponds, and climb over a
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gate. Now, as we walked, my fiance
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repeatedly looked back behind us. Each
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time he looked back, he began walking
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faster. He told me that he thought there
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was a bear near the ponds. I was
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frightened and refused to look behind
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us. But the by the time we got near, we
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were nearing the car, I was almost
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jogging to keep up with him. He kept
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saying, "Once we get over the gate,
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we'll be fine." When we finally reached
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the car, he continued staring across the
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meadow. He remained nervous until we
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were driving away. I asked whether he
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had seen a bear. He replied, "I don't
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know what it was, but it wasn't a bear."
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Then he described the animal he had seen
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standing near the pond. He said it was
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approximately the size of a bear, but it
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resembled a combination of a dog and a
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crocodile.
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The creature appeared scaly, had eyes
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that were almost entirely black.
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He said the animal looked directly at
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him and seemed to be studying him. He
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felt that it it was extremely
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intelligent.
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As we were leaving the ponds, we first
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saw it sitting on the top of the hill
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watching us. The next time he looked, it
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knew down the hill, and after that, he
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saw it in the field still following us.
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Now, the final time he looked, it was
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walking along the road behind us. He
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said it moved the way a cat moves when
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stalking its prey.
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That was when he began talking about
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reaching the gate. He had also he was
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also concerned because our lantern was
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beginning to dim. I had never seen him
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so frightened. When we returned home, he
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searched online for reports of large
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alligator-like dogs and found references
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to a creature sometimes called Doyachu.
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The description seemed remark remarkably
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similar to what my fiance had described.
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We also wondered whether the second
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splash in our pond might be the cause of
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the other creature of another creature.
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My parents suggested returning in
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daylight to search for tracks, but my
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fiance refused. He swore that he'd never
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go back there again. Now, I know this
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story sounds unbelievable. I also know
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that the creature we found online is
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associated with legends from another
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part of the world. But I believe my fian
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fian, excuse me, my fiance saw something
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that night. I do not know how to explain
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it and he was convinced that whatever
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followed us intended to attack.
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Now, reports of unknown animals are
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often compared to creatures from
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established folklore. Those comparisons
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do not prove an identity, but they give
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witnesses a vocabulary for describing
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something they just cannot otherwise
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name. Now, the next witness used a word
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that seems almost impossible in a modern
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Arizona setting. They described the
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being as a centaur.
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Now, this account was related through a
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family connection and concerns three
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construction workers traveling east of
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Flagstaff near Leup.
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The encounter reportedly occurred
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approximately 20 miles outside of
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Flagstaff in an area marked by hills,
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cinder cones, and long descending
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stretch of highway.
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It was late at night and the oldest of
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the three men was driving. The witness
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source states, "One of my cousin's
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brother told me this story. He works in
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construction and he told me about three
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men he works with. This happened east of
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Flagstaff on the road toward Leup,
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possibly around 20 miles outside of the
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city. The area contains numerous cinder
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cones and hills. There's a section of
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highway that descends along the long
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climb. The three men were driving out of
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Flagstaff late one night and the oldest
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man behind the wheel. And as they
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traveled down the hill and reaching
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approximately a halfway point, something
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suddenly leaped into the center of the
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highway.
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All three men described it as a centaur,
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half man and half horse. They said the
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being was enormous, standing
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approximately 7 to 8 ft tall. It had
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long hair, a hard and hateful looking
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face, and it held a wooden club in one
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hand. Now, the creature did not appear
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confused, lost, or startled by the
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vehicle. He appeared angry. The
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witnesses described it as mean and evil.
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The driver panicked and swerved off the
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highway. The truck rolled. All three men
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managed to cra crawl from the wreckage,
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but the older driver began suffering
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what appeared to be a heart attack. They
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called 911 and were transported to
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Flagstaff Medical Center. Now, they did
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not tell the medical personnel what had
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caused the crash because they believed
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no one would accept their account.
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The older man eventually recovered and
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afterward the three witnesses repeatedly
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discussed what they had seen. Each man
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gave the same description and each man
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remained convinced the being was a
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centaur. Now my cousin later spoke with
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Navajo medicine man and asked him about
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the creature and according to my cousin,
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the medicine man told him that the story
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was true. He repeatedly said that seven
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of these centaur beings have been seen
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over the years. He also said that the
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long-haired one described by the
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witnesses was the evil or aggressive
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one. I had heard similar stories when I
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was younger, but I never knew what to
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make of them. And after hearing what
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happened to those three men, I began
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talk taking these stories more
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seriously.
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Now, my cousin said that all three
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witnesses remain traumatized by the
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encounter. They swore they would never
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again travel that highway at night.
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Now, an unexplained figure standing in a
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highway is a fright is frightening
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enough. And a figure that appears
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capable of flight presents an entirely
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different mystery. Our next account
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occurred in a residential neighborhood
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near Phoenix where three members of the
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same family saw an enormous humanoid
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form pass directly in front of them from
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in front of their dining room window.
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On May 21st, 2014, at approximately 7:30
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in the evening, a husband, wife, and
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their 17-year-old daughter were eating
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dinner at their home in Lavine, Arizona.
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They were seated near a large sliding
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glass door overlooking the backyard. The
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witness states, "Without warning,
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something enormous passed directly in
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front of the glass. My daughter noticed
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it first. She said that from the corner
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of her eye, she saw a large brown mass
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swoop past the window. She couldn't make
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out any specific features, but whatever
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appeared it was whatever it was appeared
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large enough to momentarily cover most
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of the visible window area.
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I saw it at nearly the same time. And at
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first, it also appeared to me as a brown
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mass. And as I turned toward it,
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however, I thought I saw what looked
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like a pair of long, powerful legs
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descending past the window.
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The figure swooped downward toward the
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the spray from the backyard sprinklers
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and continued west.
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My wife had the clearest view because
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she had been facing the sliding glass
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door directly. She said that what passed
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the window looked like a human figure in
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flight.
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Now, according [clears throat] to her,
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the body was dark brown and positioned
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horizontally as if the person were lying
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face down in the air with both arms held
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tightly along the side of the body.
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She estimated that the figure was
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approximately 6 to 7 feet tall or long.
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What made this the sighting even more
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extraordinary was its wingspan. She
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believed the wings extended to at least
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twice the length of the body. The moment
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it disappeared from view, I jumped up,
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ran to the sliding door, and rushed
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outside. I searched the backyard in the
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surrounding sky, but I could not locate
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the figure. I also saw no large bird or
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other animal that might have explained
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what the three of us had witnessed. And
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later that night, my wife and I heard
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something else.
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From somewhere in the backyard came an
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unmistakable sound of large wings
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flapping. I looked through the bedroom
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window, but saw nothing unusual.
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The sound did not stop after that night.
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For nearly a month following the
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sighting, we occasionally heard heavy
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flapping noise coming from the backyard.
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>> [clears throat]
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>> And each time we attempted to locate the
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source, we were never able to see
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whatever was making them.
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We never witnessed the flying figure
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again. And to this day, we have no
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explanation what passed directly in
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front of our home that evening.
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Now, three the three family members
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[cough and clears throat]
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witnessed the uh initial object, but the
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mystery continued through the repeated
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sounds from the backyard. Now, our next
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witness was alone in his observation.
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He was riding through northern Arizona
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on a school bus when a humanoid figure
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emerged from the desert, matches the
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speed of the vehicle, and appeared to
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transform before his eyes.
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[clears throat]
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Now, the witness grew up in a small
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northern Arizona town located between
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Paute Reservation to the north and the
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Navajo Nation to the south. His high
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school had been an average enrollment of
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approximately 80 students. Because
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nearby competition was limited, the
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school's athletic teams frequently
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traveled between 5 to 10 hours to play
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other schools. Now, on this particular
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night, the basketball team was returning
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home after a distant game.
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The school could not afford hotel rooms,
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so the students faced an overnight
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journey lasting nearly 12 hours. So the
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witness states, "I was the only male
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senior on the basketball team that
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season. After finishing our game, we
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boarded our old school bus, which
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everyone called Big Blue, and started
23:56
the long trip home.
23:58
About 2 hours later, sometime between
24:01
2:00 in the morning, uh sometime around
24:05
2:00 in the morning, we entered the
24:06
reservation. Nearly everyone on the bus
24:09
was asleep. I was seated directly behind
24:12
the driver when I noticed something
24:13
unusual and as soon as we crossed onto
24:16
the reservation land, the driver
24:18
accelerated. The bus was still traveling
24:20
was soon traveling close to 85 m an
24:23
hour. That immediately caught my
24:25
attention. And all the years I had
24:27
traveled with him, I never known this
24:29
driver to seriously exceed the speed
24:32
limit.
24:34
And for some reason, I could not fall
24:35
asleep. I eventually moved toward the
24:38
back of the bus and stared through the
24:40
window on the at the empty desert.
24:43
The landscape was illuminated by a
24:45
bright full moon.
24:47
There was nothing outside except open
24:49
ground, sage brush, brush, rocks, and
24:52
distant shadows. But then I saw
24:54
movement. A figure was running across
24:57
the desert toward the highway at an
25:00
angle as though it were trying to
25:02
intercept the bus. Now, at first it was
25:05
too far away to identify, but as it came
25:08
close, I realized it had the shape of a
25:10
human being.
25:12
What terrified me was that it was
25:14
keeping pace with the bus. Now, we were
25:17
traveling approximately 85 m an hour.
25:19
Yet, this figure continued gaining on
25:21
us, racing over the uneven desert
25:24
terrain without slowing down. And as it
25:27
approached the edge of the highway, I
25:28
could finally see its face. It appeared
25:31
to be painted ver vertically, one half
25:34
black and the other half white. Its eyes
25:38
reflected the light with an unnatural
25:39
glow similar to the eyes of an animal
25:41
caught in the spotlight.
25:44
My first thought was immediate. Oh my
25:46
god, it's a skin walker. The figure
25:48
reached the roadside and continued
25:51
running beside the bus, leaping over
25:52
sage brush and rocks while staring
25:55
directly at me. The moment our eyes met,
25:58
I found that I could not look away. It
26:01
felt as though an invisible force was
26:03
holding my head in place. I couldn't
26:06
turn, close my eyes, or break contact
26:09
with it. The figure smiled. The grin
26:12
stretched impossibly wide, nearly from
26:15
ear to ear, revealing crooked yellow
26:17
pointed teeth.
26:19
I became violently nauseated. I was
26:22
panicking, but I could not move or call
26:24
out to anyone.
26:26
Then the figure began to change. While
26:29
still keeping pace with the bus, it
26:31
collapsed forward onto all fours.
26:34
I could see his body contorting. Its
26:36
bones appeared to crack and reform
26:39
beneath the skin. Hair began spreading
26:42
across the body. The transformation
26:44
happened in only a few seconds.
26:47
Where the human-like figure had been,
26:49
there was now a coyote.
26:52
The animal continued running beside the
26:55
bus for a moment then suddenly turned
26:57
and disappeared back into the desert.
27:00
The instant vanished. Whatever had been
27:02
holding me my and released had released
27:05
its grip. I ran into the bathroom in the
27:08
back of the bus and vomited. I did not
27:11
tell my teammates or coaches what had
27:12
happened because I was afraid they'd
27:14
think I was crazy.
27:16
Later, I confided with a Navajo friend.
27:19
She took the encounter seriously and
27:20
told me I needed to receive a blessing
27:22
from the local community leader whom I
27:24
knew.
27:26
On the next school day, I saw him in the
27:28
parking lot. He walked directly toward
27:30
me, quietly spoke several words in
27:32
Navajo, and waved a feathered ceremonial
27:36
object around me.
27:38
He did not ask me what had happened. And
27:40
when he finished, he turned, climbed
27:42
into his truck, and drove away. I never
27:46
saw the figure again. Maybe that's
27:48
because I eventually moved away from the
27:50
area. Even now, whatever I need to
27:53
travel south, I avoid that particular
27:55
route. I go around it, a long way around
27:58
it.
28:00
Now, the witness interpreted the figure
28:02
as a skin walker, but he was never able
28:05
to verify what he had actually seen.
28:08
Now, the next account also occurred near
28:10
the Navajo Nation and involved three
28:12
longtime friends. This time the creature
28:14
appeared to have a direct connection
28:16
with one of them.
28:20
In 2013, the witness traveled to Arizona
28:23
to visit relatives living near the edge
28:25
of Navajo Nation. He had spent time in
28:28
the region as a child and still knew
28:30
several people there. Now, one evening
28:32
he went out with two old friends. To
28:35
protect their identify identities, he
28:37
referred to them as Jim and Sue. Now,
28:40
late that night, he off he offered to
28:42
drive them home. The witness states,
28:44
"Sue had fallen asleep on the right side
28:46
of the back seat. Jim was sitting behind
28:48
me on the left and was still awake."
28:51
As we drove towards Jim's house, he
28:53
suddenly pointed towards something
28:55
moving along the side of the road. At
28:57
first, it looked like an unusually large
29:00
coyote walking on all fours. It was
29:03
briefly illuminated by the headlights
29:05
before moving back into the darkness. I
29:08
slowed down and switched on the high
29:10
beams. What we saw immediately disturbed
29:13
both of us. I brought the car to a stop
29:16
and we woke Sue so she could look at it
29:18
and confirm that we were not imagining
29:20
things. The creature was still moving
29:23
slowly along the roadside. When Sue
29:26
looked through the window, she froze. At
29:28
that exact moment, the animal stopped,
29:30
turned toward the car, and rose onto its
29:33
hind legs.
29:35
It did not struggle to stand like a dog
29:37
attempting to balance upright. Its
29:40
movements appeared natural as though it
29:41
was accustomed to walking on two legs.
29:45
Jim and I had several seconds to study
29:47
it. The creature resembled a traditional
29:50
image of a werewolf. Although its
29:52
features were not completely canine, its
29:54
face appeared to be disturbing
29:56
combination of human and wolf. The
29:59
muzzle was shorter and more rounded than
30:01
that of a normal wolf with a dark canine
30:04
nose extended slightly from the face.
30:07
Its mouth contained sharp visible teeth.
30:10
Its hands and feet ended in long claws
30:12
that appeared to be permanently
30:13
extended.
30:15
For a few moments, curiosity overpowered
30:17
our fear. We simply stared at it. Then
30:21
Sue suddenly screamed at me to drive.
30:24
She continued screaming until the
30:25
creature was completely out of sight. I
30:28
eventually pulled over so she could calm
30:30
down. Once she could speak clearly, Jim
30:33
and I asked why she reacted so strongly.
30:36
She told us that she knew what the
30:38
creature was. She refused to explain how
30:41
she knew, but she said it wanted to harm
30:44
her and anyone connected to her family.
30:47
Now, when we arrived to Sue's home, Jim
30:49
and I walked her to the front door.
30:52
Neither of us felt comfortable allowing
30:54
her to approach the house alone.
30:57
We asked whether she would be safe. She
30:59
replied that she would tell her father
31:01
that he was back.
31:04
She then said her father would protect
31:06
her just as he always had. Now Jim and I
31:09
exchanged worried looks, but Sue went
31:11
inside and we returned to the car. We
31:14
resumed driving toward Jim's house. A
31:18
short time later, we saw the creature
31:19
again. This time, it was traveling in
31:22
the opposite direction. It appeared to
31:24
be heading towards Sue's home.
31:27
We did not know whether it was the same
31:29
creature or another one, but we believed
31:31
our friend might be in danger. We
31:33
decided to turn around and follow it.
31:35
And as soon as we changed direction, the
31:37
creature rose onto its iron legs again
31:39
and faced us. Then it released a deep
31:42
guttural roar. The sound was so powerful
31:45
that the animalistic and anim
31:46
animalistic that it seemed to vibrate
31:48
through the car and at the same moment
31:51
the radio went dead. Then the engine
31:54
shut off. Jim and I both screamed. I
31:58
frantically tried to restart the car as
31:59
the creature began moving towards us. It
32:02
stepped into the roadway and continued
32:04
approaching. And by the time it had
32:06
covered approximately half the distance
32:07
between us, the engine finally started.
32:11
I slammed my foot on the accelerator and
32:13
drove away as fast as the car would go.
32:16
I did not slow down until we were
32:18
several miles away. Only then did I
32:20
realize that I had passed Jim's house
32:22
nearly three miles earlier. We did not
32:25
see the creature again that night.
32:27
Later, I drove past Sue's home one more
32:29
time, and from the road, everything
32:31
seemed normal. There were no broken
32:33
windows, damaged doors, or other obvious
32:35
signs of an attack.
32:38
I never witnessed anything similar
32:39
since, and I do not know what the
32:42
creature was. The only term I can use to
32:44
describe it as a skinw walker, although
32:46
I cannot confirm that interpretation.
32:49
Whatever it was, it appeared hostile. It
32:52
also seemed to have a specific
32:53
connection to Sue or her family. I have
32:56
remained in contact with both friends.
33:00
Sue refuses to discuss what happened and
33:02
whenever I ask whether everything is all
33:04
right, she gives the same brief
33:06
response. Things are fine.
33:09
Jim has been unable to get any further
33:12
explanation from her. Even after all
33:14
these years, I remain concerned for her
33:16
and for the people living in that area.
33:21
Now, the first seven reports involve
33:23
creatures, humanoids, or figures
33:25
encountered on the ground or in the air.
33:27
Now, our final case is somewhat
33:29
different. It occurred in daylight. The
33:32
witness observed the event from an
33:34
elevated position with an unobstructed
33:37
view. The encounter reported last
33:40
several minutes include a large
33:41
structured craft, two apparent
33:43
occupants, physical interaction with
33:46
crops, rapid acceleration, and a
33:49
possible independent witness.
33:55
On June 15th, 2017, an electrical worker
33:58
was repairing overhead lines near a
34:00
substation along Old Highway 80 outside
34:03
of Buck Buckeye, Arizona.
34:07
It was approximately 4:30 in the
34:09
afternoon. The witness was working about
34:11
35 ft above the ground in a bucket of a
34:14
utility truck when a large shadow passed
34:16
over him. He looked up.
34:19
The witness states, "I saw an enormous
34:21
object flying overhead."
34:24
The craft was cigar- shaped, gunmetal
34:26
gray, and at least 60 ft long. It was
34:30
almost completely silent. The only noise
34:32
I heard was a faint rushing or whooing
34:34
sound as it descended toward the field
34:36
across the highway. Now, from my
34:39
elevated position, I had an unobstructed
34:41
view as the object came down.
34:44
It appeared to stop a few feet above the
34:46
field rather than resting directly on
34:49
the ground. It simply remained there,
34:51
hovering silently. For approximately 3
34:54
minutes, nothing happened. Then a
34:57
section of the craft opened roughly 10
35:00
feet behind what appeared to be its
35:02
nose. A ramp extended toward the ground.
35:06
About a minute later, two figures
35:08
emerged. At first, they looked like
35:10
small children. However, as I watched
35:13
them descend the ramp, I realized that
35:15
their proportions were unlike those of
35:17
normal human beings.
35:20
Each figure stood approximately 4t tall.
35:22
Their bodies were extremely thin, almost
35:24
emaciated with frail arms and legs.
35:27
Their heads were disproportionately
35:29
large and appeared almost too heavy for
35:32
their narrow bodies to support. Both
35:35
wore dark blue one-piece uniforms, and
35:38
the garments extended to the wrist and
35:40
ankles.
35:41
The first figure walked down the ramp
35:43
and waited near the bottom until the
35:45
second joined it. They then moved toward
35:49
together toward the crops growing in the
35:51
field. Now I was positioned
35:53
approximately 40 to 50 yards away across
35:56
the highway.
35:58
From the bucket truck I could see them
36:00
moving between the plants. They appeared
36:03
intensely interested in the vegetation
36:05
and seemed to be collecting us or
36:07
examining samples. They apparently had
36:10
not noticed me. Trying to obtain a
36:12
better view, I slowly raised the bucket
36:15
a little higher. I continued observing
36:17
them for approximately 6 minutes as they
36:19
walked through the field. Then a
36:22
tancoled SUV approached along the
36:24
highway. The driver apparently saw the
36:26
crab because the vehicle suddenly came
36:28
to an screeching halt.
36:31
The driver then shifted into reverse,
36:33
apparently attempting to get another
36:35
look at the object in the field. The
36:37
noise and the movement immediately
36:39
attracted the attention of the two
36:40
figures. They looked toward the highway.
36:44
That was when they also noticed me in
36:45
the bucket truck.
36:47
Both figures turned and ran toward the
36:49
craft at an unbelievable speed. I had
36:52
never seen anything move that quickly.
36:54
They raced up the ramp and disappeared
36:56
through the opening. The hatch closed
36:58
immediately behind him. Once it was
37:00
sealed, there was no visible outline,
37:02
seam, or indication that an opening had
37:04
ever existed.
37:06
The surface of the craft appeared
37:08
completely smooth. The object then rose
37:11
rapidly from the field, throwing a large
37:13
d cloud of dust into the air be below
37:15
it. It stopped and hovered above the
37:18
ground for approximately 10 seconds.
37:20
Then it accelerated toward the west.
37:23
It moved faster than any aircraft I had
37:25
ever seen and disappeared from the view
37:27
within moments.
37:29
I remained in the bucket, staring in the
37:31
direction it had gone until the driver
37:33
of the SUV called up to me. Did you see
37:36
that thing, too? I shouted back that I
37:38
had. I lowered the bucket and climbed
37:41
out of the truck and spoke with the man
37:42
for approximately 10 minutes. We were
37:45
both stunned by what we had witnessed. I
37:47
had seen many unusual things while
37:49
working in the Arizona desert, but I had
37:51
never seen anything like that.
37:54
It was the first unidentified crab I'd
37:56
ever witnessed. It was also the first
37:59
time I'd ever seen the beings that may
38:00
have been operating one operating one.
38:04
And when I told my wife that evening,
38:06
she looked at me as though I'd lost my
38:07
mind. She suggested that I might have
38:10
seen a helicopter landing and perhaps
38:12
mistaken soldiers for the figures in the
38:14
field.
38:16
But this wasn't a helicopter. Those
38:18
figures are not soldiers. I know what I
38:21
witnessed that afternoon. That's why I
38:24
decided to submit this report.
38:28
So, we had eight reports from one state.
38:30
A massive wolf-like animal watched by
38:32
two witnesses near the Arizona border.
38:34
An 8-foot hairy humanoid that ran beside
38:37
a moving car and reached for his door. A
38:40
scaly doglike aquatic creature that
38:42
followed two people away from an
38:44
isolated fish hatchery. A centaur-like
38:47
being that allegedly caused a
38:49
devastating highway accident east of
38:51
Flagstaff.
38:53
An enormous flying humanoid seen by
38:56
three family members in Lavine.
38:58
an a humanlike figure that chased a
39:01
school bus before apparently
39:03
transforming into a coyote.
39:06
A canine humanoid that seemed to
39:08
recognize and target one particular
39:10
woman and a silent cigar-shaped craft
39:15
whose apparent occupants entered an
39:17
agricultural field outside a buck eye in
39:20
broad daylight.
39:22
So, what are we supposed to make out of
39:24
these accounts? Arizona contains
39:27
numerous environments capable of
39:29
concealing ordinary wildlife.
39:32
Darkness, [clears throat] distance,
39:34
fear, fatigue, and unfamiliar terrain
39:36
can influence perception. Some reports
39:38
may involve natural animals seen under
39:40
unusual circumstances.
39:42
But certain details remain difficult to
39:44
dismiss. Multiple witnesses offered
39:47
matching descriptions. Several creatures
39:49
appeared capable of keeping pace with
39:51
fastmoving vehicles. Some displayed
39:53
apparent intelligence, strategic
39:55
behavior, or focused interest in
39:57
particular witnesses. The Lavine family
40:00
continued hearing heavy wing beats for
40:03
weeks after the initial sighting. The
40:05
Buckeye witness described a prolonged
40:08
daylight observation from an elevated
40:09
position followed by an apparent
40:11
confirmation from another motorist.
40:15
There's no physical evidence presented
40:17
in these reports that allows us to
40:19
determine exactly what occurred. We are
40:22
left with testimony.
40:24
For the witnesses, however, these are
40:26
not campfire stories or distant legends.
40:28
They are immediate, frightening
40:30
experiences that altered the way they
40:32
viewed the desert, the highway, the
40:33
mountains, and the darkness beyond their
40:35
homes. Perhaps some of these mysteries
40:38
will eventually be explained.
40:40
Others may remain permanent, tied to the
40:44
lonely roads and isolated landscapes of
40:46
Arizona.
40:49
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41:44
Any
41:51
[snorts]
42:01
questions, folks?
42:23
Dang damn it. The Mongolan monster is
42:25
Arizona's version of Sasquatch. Yes, it
42:27
is.
42:29
Yes, it is. Pretty well known, too.
42:34
I I had possible more going sightings,
42:38
but
42:40
none that I could really determine to be
42:43
what in, you know, the same creature a
42:45
lot of people have seen and reported.
42:50
La Bright, could Arizona's dog man and
42:53
humanoid reports represent different
42:55
versions of familiar earthly life
42:57
existing in another realm or reality?
43:00
Well, of course. I mean, it's um
43:04
I mean, there are no sightings to
43:06
believe that these things are regularly
43:10
seen. Um,
43:13
you know, the dog man
43:17
you know I I guess you can say different
43:20
regions have a different type of
43:22
description.
43:23
Uh, of course you know being in that
43:25
area near the Navajo and and other uh
43:30
other nations, Indian nations, uh the
43:34
skinw walker thing always comes up but
43:36
though nine times out of 10 it's nothing
43:38
to do with a skinw walker. So, um,
43:43
yeah, I mean it's it's a possibility
43:45
what you asked.
43:52
And not to Hulk, do you have any info on
43:55
domes of light? Domes of light.
43:59
In what context? I you talking about
44:02
just UFOs or saucer shaped lights or or
44:05
what?
44:08
Dagnama, what part of Arizona are Skin
44:10
Walkers in? Mostly northern. Uh,
44:14
the Navajo Nation takes up most of
44:17
northern to northwest Arizona and goes
44:20
down
44:22
uh into the Chesca Mountains area. Some
44:25
area, it's an area, I mean, that
44:27
reservation is huge. It runs into New
44:29
Mexico.
44:31
It's got a few decentsized cities in it.
44:34
Um, but it's a huge area. And um it's
44:38
got mountains and plateaus and meases
44:42
and everything. Lot a river rivers
44:45
through it. So a lot of room there, but
44:47
that's where it's mostly located at
44:51
[clears throat]
44:53
saw different colors that were different
44:55
sizes.
44:58
Oh,
45:00
now I don't I really don't or I can't
45:03
think of W off Ham
45:10
Lite. Could UFO secrecy reflect the kind
45:13
of universal non-inference rule? And if
45:16
who if so, who or what would enforce it?
45:19
Well, that's a big question there. Uh
45:23
your guess [clears throat] is as good as
45:24
mine. I can't really say who would
45:26
enforce it, but uh
45:31
you know, we're kind of at the whims of
45:34
whoever or whatever
45:38
um
45:40
is involved with tracking this stuff and
45:42
eventually, doubtfully, but eventually
45:45
disclosing it.
45:48
But I I would guess probably the United
45:52
States Air Force would probably be the
45:54
first place to start cuz they seem to
45:56
get most of it and they have all the old
45:59
reports and everything too. So they of
46:02
course have all the um
46:05
they have all the information.
46:10
Sir Wolfon,
46:12
the centaur reports seem very odd. Do
46:14
you get many? What do you think? I've
46:16
had several from Navajo Nation. Yep.
46:20
It's uh it's something that has been
46:22
seen several times. I have talked to
46:24
several residents of the res and many of
46:27
them have described the same thing.
46:30
Um
46:32
I even had a couple of uh elders tell me
46:37
distinctly that they had seen these
46:39
things.
46:40
>> [sighs]
46:40
>> So, um I do have a report from Leonard
46:44
Dan um
46:47
as well as from what uh JC Johnson had
46:51
told me about and some of the sightings
46:53
they've had. It's an older report, but I
46:55
can I can probably post it in sometime
46:58
and update it, but uh no centaur reports
47:01
are not unusual. We have had several
47:04
over the years.
47:09
Sir Wolf, they cloned Dolly the Sheep in
47:12
the Yetis. Do you think they're playing
47:13
God and creating centaurs and Dog Man?
47:15
Who knows? Who knows? You know, you
47:18
you've heard the same speculation that I
47:21
had. Um, look, there's a lot of
47:24
facilities in the Southwest in Arizona
47:26
and New Mexico. We don't know what's
47:28
going on there.
47:30
You know, there have been there have
47:32
been uh conjecture about underground
47:36
facilities
47:38
that are connected together throughout
47:41
the the uh American Southwest. So, um
47:45
yeah, but your guess is as good as mine.
47:47
I have no idea what's going on, but some
47:49
of the stuff that people see,
47:53
I don't know. It just doesn't seem like
47:55
this would be natural and it may have
47:58
some involvement with others. So,
48:02
I don't know. Lab Bright, why would a
48:05
technologically advanced intelligence
48:07
keep taking biological samples from
48:09
Earth over and over again?
48:11
Well, maybe that's not what they're
48:13
there for. you know, you know, I have
48:16
thought for a long time that um these
48:19
so-called biological samples and such
48:23
are used not for for the most part
48:27
hybridization and and other other
48:31
experiments with humans. I think it's
48:34
again and I have talked about this
48:36
countlessly that it's that their agenda
48:40
is to
48:41
find and recover what they have lost
48:44
during through their evolution as humans
48:48
may be closer to us.
48:51
Uh I think these beings look I think the
48:54
humans are a universal species. I really
48:57
do.
48:59
And I I I think they all these
49:02
civilizations
49:04
eons ago and that continue on have all
49:08
either,
49:11
I don't know, metamorphosized or evolved
49:14
from humans or maybe there's something
49:17
else to it. I don't know.
49:20
All I can do is is tell you my
49:22
speculation through the evidence I have
49:25
received over the years and it's all
49:28
anecdotal. So I have no positive or no
49:33
um physical evidence to to you know to
49:36
really make a determination what's going
49:38
on.
49:40
Uh you know it's something I've been
49:41
thinking about for the last 45 years.
49:44
So, um, you know, we're going to have to
49:47
keep doing that for a while until we
49:49
finally figure out what is going on.
49:56
Lite, in the skinwalker type encounters
49:59
near the Navajo Nation, have witnesses
50:01
ever reported these creatures copying
50:03
human behavior rather than simply acting
50:06
like animals? Well, first of all, the
50:09
skin walker is a human. It's a witch.
50:13
It's a Navajo witch. Usually male, but
50:16
it can be both. It usually involves,
50:19
according to the lore of the na of the
50:22
Navajo Nation, it involves a curse,
50:27
uh, a revenge type thing where it would
50:31
just certain people seem to be cursed
50:33
for whatever reason or they did
50:35
something and either someone has this
50:39
this witch
50:42
following them or
50:44
making life miserable for them.
50:47
Uh it it is,
50:50
you know, by lore a manifestation
50:54
and a um
50:58
a physical changing being or shipshaping
51:01
being uh through magic. So take it for
51:06
what it's worth, but that's that's the
51:08
story.
51:10
And it has nothing really to do with any
51:12
type of um regular creature or regular
51:16
animal or even a crypted. I guess some
51:19
you could consider it a crypted, but if
51:22
it's some type of manifestation or
51:25
something that has changed or
51:26
shapeshifted, I would put that under
51:28
humanoid more than anything else
51:30
regardless of what it looks like to
51:32
humans.
51:36
Anything
51:40
else, folks?
51:47
Okay. Well, I want to again thank
51:50
everyone for joining me this evening and
51:52
I'm grateful for your continued interest
51:54
and support of the channel. So now look,
51:58
I uh next week, next Wednesday is an
52:02
Ashel Lawn show for the Fams and
52:05
Monsters Insiders. So people who are
52:09
uh members of the channel, they can tune
52:11
in 9:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night
52:14
and I'll answer any questions you've
52:16
got.
52:18
Um
52:20
also, next Friday night, we're not going
52:23
be [clears throat] doing a state show.
52:24
So, this is going to be an interview.
52:25
Rissa Miller's coming back in and we're
52:28
going to be talking about haunted
52:31
Elicate City and the area around it and
52:34
all the the legends and such that are
52:37
associated with it.
52:39
Uh, so we got that to look forward to.
52:42
That'll be interesting
52:44
as well. Let's see what else I got going
52:47
on.
52:49
I don't know. I can't think of any off
52:51
hand, but um, yeah. So, next week's
52:53
going to be a two show week and uh
52:57
please join us. So, until the next time,
53:00
please remain observant, trust your
53:02
instincts, and remember that the world
53:04
around us may be far stranger than what
53:06
we've been led to believe. So, have a
53:09
nice evening, have a great weekend. See
53:12
you next Wednesday or Friday. So, have a
53:15
good night.
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