Book: Skinwalker Ranch: The Path of the Skinwalker by Ryan SkinnerGenre: NF Memoir
Rating:★ ★ ☆☆☆
For: Fun
From: The library
Short Synopsis: So this guy, Ryan, has a strange experience out in the middle of nowhere Utah one night. After that, he's obsessed and he learns that there's a place near Fort Duchesne Utah where strange things happen all the time. So he begins to investigate. This book is the story of what first happened to him, and what happened to him during a couple of times that he camped on the ranch. For those interested... some of the strange stuff he sees are: blue floating lights that come up out of the ground, bigger lighted orbs that circle overhead and charge at him, voices in the sky that speak a strange robotic language, a wolf that emerges out black smoke, power lines that furiously wig out, creatures that appear out of the orbs of light, sounds and lights that are there one second and gone the next, etc. etc. etc.
My Response: I'm researching skinwalkes... yes. It's crazy I know. And fairly spooky. But I wanted to learn more about how others see them, or portray them, or what they think. This ranch here in Utah is named for the Skinwalker, but the stuff that goes on there is mostly alien, UFO, other worldly related. Spooky stuff for sure, but I still haven't heard any stories that are truly about the Skinwalker, which is a Navajo folk legend about evil shape-shifting witches. So, this book was disappointing in that regard. Plus, it had many problems. No editing at all (I've never read a book with so many mistakes!) and extremely strange writing. (And what do you think about the author's last name in regard to the subject matter? Now THAT's what's weird!)
Bottom line: Interesting as far as the stories go, terrible as far as the writing goes, and the fact that I'm still not sure if he has any idea what a skinwalker is.
Let's Talk About: When it comes to other worldly phenomenon, what do you think? Do you say yay or nay? Do you believe that we have aliens among us? How would you explain the strange goings on at Skinwalker Ranch? An elaborate hoax that someone's been keeping up on for the past 50 years? Or truly a mystifying enchanted haunted place?
Other Reviews:
There really are no other reviews on blogs that I can find. But you can always check out what the people on Amazon have to say!
A little clip from a SYFY show:
I read a book once (set in prehistoric times) that had what I guess you'd call a skinwalker. It was one of my favorite parts of the book. I think it was Reindeer Moon... I didn't know there was a modern belief in this.
ReplyDeleteJeane: Oh... I wonder if it is! I must check it out...
DeleteIt was Reindeer Moon I was thinking of- my own blog reminded me here. But I don't think it was quite the same thing as what this skinwalker idea sounds like... still interesting though.
ReplyDeleteJeane: Just read your review. Yeah, you're right, it doesn't quite sound the same. Skinwalkers are EVIL beings... and can change back and from from animal to person again. But the book does sound interesting. I'll keep an eye out!
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