Skinwalker: Navajo Shapeshifter Legend 🐺

A skinwalker is a creature from Native American legend, especially Navajo stories, known as a powerful shapeshifter. In modern tales, skinwalkers can mimic voices, take the form of animals or twisted humans, and stalk people in remote areas. They often lure victims by pretending to be someone they know.

People who encounter skinwalkers often describe glowing eyes that pierce the darkness and a foul, unsettling smell like rotting flesh or copper. Their movements are unnatural and jerky, sometimes crawling or walking on all fours. Victims say they feel a heavy sense of being watched, hunted, or followed—even when nothing is visible.

The common advice is simple: if you hear your name called from the woods or encounter something that seems “off,” don’t answer, don’t approach, and get to safety as quickly as possible.