Alien Highway (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Hunt for the Skinwalker - full transcript
A recent creature sighting outside the infamous Skinwalker Ranch brings Chuck and the team to Utah to investigate, with evidence indicating the mysterious shapeshifter might actually be an alien.
Narrator:
Next on "Alien Highway."
That is Skinwalker ranch
to the right.
I heard a growl.
I was in fear for my life.
It's like it's a big shadow.
What the hell is that?
It was amazingly huge.
I can definitely see a beam of
light coming straight up.
All right, we're gonna
move over towards it.
Dad, where are you?
-You are going to be the target.
You're the bait.
-Oh, my gosh.
It's moving.
Dad!
Heather:
Yeah, I'm out of here.
♪♪
Chuck: There's something
happening across our land.
It's carving a terrifying path.
Right there.
-Whoa!
Lawmen don't want to
talk about it.
I have no idea how you
would explain that.
And the government denies
notice it's even happening.
Anchorman:
The White House has dismissed
A full UFO investigation.
Those who speak up
face ridicule or even worse.
Anchorwoman: An El Paso county
sheriff's deputy
Fired from his job.
They took my badge,
but they can't take my voice.
I'm determined to
uncover what's happening.
Look at that thing!
Do you see that?
I saw it that night.
I listen to people
who are afraid to speak out.
Nobody is
gonna believe me.
I find evidence
that's hiding in plain sight.
This is it right here.
Together with my son,
Dan Zukowski...
It's absolutely
moving right now.
....And investigator
Heather Taddy,
We never
really get this close.
I'm here to find the truth...
Dan: I see it!
Chuck: ...Along america's
Alien Highway.
♪♪
Narrator:
Eastern Utah's Uintah basin,
A region long plagued by claims
of the strange and unusual.
In the skies,
countless UFO sightings
Dating back to the native
american Ute tribe in the 1700s.
On the ground, terrifying
encounters with the skin-walker
Of ute legend,
a shape-shifting beast said
To transform from man to wolf.
But what if
there's a connection?
Could the skin-walker
of ancient myth really
Be an extraterrestrial, and
does recent evidence reveal
That the elusive,
possibly alien creature
Is still stalking these lands?
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Ballard is a city just outside
Of where the famed
Skinwalker ranch is.
The Skinwalker ranch is
just one location here,
But there's been a lot of UFO
sightings in this whole area.
The Skinwalker ranch
is supposed to be, like,
The direct path of
the skin-walker.
Narrator: What's now known
as Skinwalker ranch
Was originally
founded in the 1800s
As a family cattle operation.
Today, it has reportedly
taken on a darker mission.
A collective of
anonymous investors
With rumored government ties
has allegedly
Converted the ranch into
a research compound,
Investigating the region's
numerous UFO reports
And skin-walker sightings
To determine if these
two anomalies could be part
Of the same mysterious threat.
Chuck: We're not here
to actually investigate
The Skinwalker ranch,
We're here to investigate
a creature sighting
That's outside
the Skinwalker ranch.
What type of creature
are we talking about here?
Seems like it's, could
be a skin-walker.
Narrator:
The name skin-walker is derived
From native american lore.
Witnesses describe the creature
as a shape-shifting beast
With the unsettling
ability to suddenly
Materialize out of thin air.
We're gonna talk
to an investigator out here,
Ryan, who actually saw
a possible skin-walker.
Dan:
What makes this area so hot?
So active?
We're gonna find out.
Narrator: Ryan burns is
a local UFO investigator
Whose study of
Skinwalker ranch may have
Brought him face-to-face
with the legendary creature.
Nice to meet you, Ryan.
So tell me Ryan,
what's going on out here?
Lot of weird stuff.
Some high strangeness,
for sure.
Now I know we're not that far
from the Skinwalker ranch.
No, this is the general
valley right here
Going down to the east.
To the top of UFO hill.
Why is it called
UFO hill?
It was a really easy
place to just pull over
And look for UFO activity
in the area here.
I have images
of orbs in fields,
Of light phenomena where
things are flashing
In the middle of the day or
night, evening, you name it.
Now you said you saw something
around a corner over here?
Yeah.
It was late.
After midnight, it was
definitely a new moon,
So very little light.
The first thing
I saw was its eyes
And then just its size
and I just stopped right here
In the middle of the road.
Okay.
And it was right
in the center here.
It was amazingly huge.
You'd think it's maybe
just like somebody's dog
Or somebody's
great dane/wolf.
How tall
do you think it was?
I'd say it was right here.
Sitting?
To my chest. Sitting.
-Wow.
-That's a big dog.
Heather: Are wolves
common in this area?
Really, there should be
no wolves in this area.
What do you think it was?
Reminded me of
the "skin-walker sightings"
And around
the same time period,
I did have some
strange things happen.
One of them was
at the ranch itself.
I was basically driving
and there was a,
What I can only describe
as like an elderly
Native american shaman
coming down off of a bluff,
And it had the pelt
of an animal on.
So I pulled over and said
hey do you want a ride?
They climbed in,
and I kind of just lost time,
I didn't really
remember anything.
Narrator: Many UFO witnesses
report a black hole
Of missing time immediately
after their initial sighting.
Some believe this
is an alien tactic
To abduct and study humans,
Stealing our memories
to hide their own existence.
And then the tribal police
saw me kind of
Hanging out
of my truck.
First thing they thought
is this guy's drunk,
And when they asked what
happened and I told them,
They were, like,
laughing like, oh, my gosh,
He got nabbed
by the skin-walker.
Ryan talked about
experiencing missing time
When he had interaction
with a possible skin-walker.
So right off the bat,
I'm seeing similarities
With UFO investigations
I've done.
Have you ever got
any type of evidence
Of anything that
you've seen in this area?
Absolutely.
Heather:
What's that?
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It's an animal,
and those are the legs.
Yeah, he's mid-stride.
In the mid-stride, yeah.
No, but look how
tall it is, though.
It looks like
somebody wearing...
-Like a cape.
-Almost like a cape
And they're, like, trying'
to get out of the way.
It's just so weird 'cause
that looks like a human leg.
Dan: I'm not sure what, but it's
definitely on two legs.
Hey, Ryan, how close can you
get me to Skinwalker ranch?
I can get you
pretty close.
Is there a road that
leads us directly to it,
Or is there?
Actually, this road right
here'll take you right to it.
As long as we don't stop
completely, we're okay.
If you stop completely, they
can immediately hold your stuff
For 72 hours,
including you.
So apparently at
Skinwalker ranch, they not only
Investigate skin-walkers
but also investigate UFOs.
They must think
there's a connection.
So how close can
you get to the ranch
Before you get contacted
by their security?
You don't even have
to really get close.
Really?
Yeah.
There is that line of
defense where you're just not
Gonna penetrate
the property.
There's just no way.
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Narrator: Before attempting to
approach Skinwalker ranch,
The team secures the location
of Ryan's encounter.
Dan: I think we'll just put
it up for the night
And then come back tomorrow
and see what we get.
Narrator:
If the creature returns,
It will now trigger
a motion-activated trail camera.
♪♪
With the camera ready,
the team follows Ryan
To the place where UFO reports
And mysterious creature
sightings intersect.
Dan: So there's these lights
that people are seeing,
There's UFOs that
people are seeing,
And then this creature,
And all of these predate
the ranch itself.
So do you think
the ranch itself is there
To monitor all these things?
I think originally,
all these occurrences happened
At that general location.
Ryan: That is Skinwalker ranch
to the right.
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You're gonna see
the ranch is coming up
Towards the end
of the road here.
Halfway between us and the gate,
You'll see a large white sign.
You can't go past that sign.
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Heather:
So this is it.
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Chuck:
"you are now trespassing.
Security is aware
of your presence
And is preparing to
notify law enforcement.
Turn around now to
avoid prosecution."
Cameras on top of
these telephone poles.
[ camera shutter clicks ]
Let's go out and take a peek.
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[ camera shutter clicks ]
Yeah, we might have to
move here pretty soon.
[ man speaking indistinctly
over speaker ]
Ryan: Okay, we're getting
back in the vehicles.
Thing to do
is turn around.
-It's right there!
-[bleep] is this?
That car is coming fast.
[ camera shutter clicking ]
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Ryan:
That's it down there.
Yeah, we might have to
move here pretty soon.
[ man speaking indistinctly
over speaker ]
Okay, we're getting
back in the vehicles.
Thing to do is turn around.
-It's right there!
-[bleep] is this?
Heather:
That car is coming fast.
Let's go.
We don't want to
deal with these guys.
-Let's get out of here, then.
-Got a camera on?
Mm-hmm.
♪♪
Man: Guys, let's go.
Move it!
♪♪
Narrator:
After being chased off
By Skinwalker ranch security,
the team regroups
To observe the compound
from a safer vantage point.
♪♪
So that basically
is Skinwalker ranch,
Probably the most
famous spot right there.
That's pretty close
to where we were just at.
You talking about
where the peak is?
Yeah.
Where the two peaks
are right there?
-Yep, where the two peaks.
-Right in the middle?
Heather: Am I seeing the house,
that little tan house?
That's the last house
near the gate, right?
-That's right.
-Okay.
Ryan: And the actual
ranch house, you can see it.
See, there's a very densely
thick area right here.
Yeah.
Aren't there several
houses on the property?
Yeah, there's a house
and a command center,
And then there's also
some pens and some storage...
-Okay.
-...On the property.
-Wow.
-You can actually
See the bait pen right
there in the middle
Of that first field.
And they are just
basically spots,
They would put researchers
to tie things like calves,
Small calves, baby calves...
Really?
...And be able to research
if anything comes in
To try to interact.
Chuck: My gosh,
just like jurassic park.
So there's a lot of rumors
out there who owns this ranch.
We know originally
the previous owners
And sold it to bigelow.
Narrator: The ranch's previous
owner, Terry Sherman,
Sold the property in 1996
after suffering years
Of alleged paranormal
phenomenon.
[ camera shutter clicking ]
Despite his claim of menacing
UFOs and monstrous creatures,
The rancher managed to find
a buyer, Robert Bigelow,
A billionaire
government contractor
With ties to the space
program and military defense
As founder of the national
institute for discovery science,
A paranormal think tank.
Bigelow targeted
Skinwalker ranch
As the ideal spot to further
his research into the unknown.
There's a concept that
I think deserves thinking about.
I guess Bigelow bought
it for, like, $200,000.
Mm-hmm.
Not bad.
But then he sold it for over
$4.5 million.
Mm-hmm.
You know who bought it?
It's a shell company
within a shell company.
They don't want to be
in any way, shape, or form tied
To the property,
but they want to be able
To do whatever
they want there.
About $22 million was budgeted
by our government here
At this property to study
Advanced aerial
threat identification.
That definitely
upped the stakes.
So you mentioned
the $22 million budget.
Of course, we're talking
about the pentagon now.
If it's true that our
government is pouring millions
Of dollars into skin-walker
research investigations,
What are they hoping
to get out of it?
What do they know
that we don't know?
Narrator: Following its sale
to this anonymous group
In 2016, the secrecy and
security of Skinwalker ranch
Has continued to ramp up.
But the mysteries surrounding
the region aren't limited
To the confines of
Skinwalker's barbed wire fences.
One of Ryan's colleagues
dave miller is a ghost hunter,
But his recent
graveyard investigation
May have scared out
more than restless spirits.
What happened out
here in the cemetery?
Dave: Right over there by those
benches is where it all started.
Ryan had just walked
around the side of the car,
And that's when
all hell broke loose.
I heard a growl, grunt,
snarl, and I could feel,
Could see, this huge
presence coming at us.
It's so dark out here at night
time, it's completely black,
So I could see the shape of it
And I could see Ryan's reaction,
Which empowered my reaction,
which was to go backwards.
It was completely coming at us.
The cameras were
going in and out.
While all of this was
going on, I drained
Like three batteries out just
in a quick ten minute session.
So whatever it was,
it was draining energy?
Took complete control
over my camera.
Three batteries.
I was in fear for my life.
-Yeah, it was crashing.
-Yeah.
-What did it look like?
-It was like a big shadow.
Like a silhouette
of something?
Silhouette of
something coming at us.
How tall?
I'll say seven feet?
Oh, my gosh!
It was big.
Could you see
through it?
No.
So it was solid.
It was solid.
You know what?
I was running from a monster.
I'm 48 years old
and I can honestly look you
In your face and tell you
that I believe in monsters.
Chuck:
You are gonna be the bait.
-What the hell is that?
-It's definitely moving.
I was running from a monster.
I'm 48 years old
and I can honestly look you
In your face and tell you
that I believe in monsters.
Later that night, something
really crazy happened, man.
We were over by the ranch,
the UFO ranch.
We were driving,
and Ryan noticed it.
He went light, light, light!
And I'm driving
and I look over to the right
And there it was, this orb light
sitting there, hovering.
And when it went,
the front of it spun this way
And the back side
of it spun that way
And it was gone.
He looked right
in my face, he goes, gone.
Gone.
And I started laughing,
nervous laugh, right?
-Yeah.
-Did the light
appear to be solid?
Could you see
through the light?
It was completely solid.
-Completely solid.
-Until it spun out.
Did you feel anything,
static electricity?
Did you feel any of that,
-no, I didn't feel
Anything static because
-did you smell anything?
-We were inside the car.
-Okay.
We came here to learn about
dave's close encounter
With a skin-walker,
and now I hear he's seen UFOs
In the area, too.
It seems like if you
experience one of these things
Near the Skinwalker ranch,
another one's not far behind.
Dan: Can you show us where
you saw this thing?
-Yeah, let's go check it out.
-Sure, sure.
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This is it right here,
and there is hair on it.
Look at that,
there's a significant amount
Of hair on there.
So these are deer for sure,
the longer ones,
But I don't know what the
smaller fluffy stuff is.
We had it tested and it
was kind of inconclusive
'cause it had unknown fibers.
I got some little glass vials,
I think we need to take
Some of the hair samples,
put it in glass vials.
Keep that.
Dan: Would like to get
a game camera up here.
-Mmm.
-That's a great idea.
You point it right here,
You can see what
comes through here.
I'd like to get
a camera on the cemetery.
-What about?
-Yeah.
That second group
of tree right there.
So we got a little
bit of oversecting
Going this way.
Chuck: Yep.
♪♪
What I'm gonna do is I'm
gonna take some hair samples.
I'm gonna try and get
a sample close to the fence
That doesn't look like deer.
So we'll test the hair sample,
Then we'll see if there's
any follicles attached
To the hair that maybe
we can get some dna off of.
If this is a creature,
it's gonna follow
Where the game's going, so
the intent of this camera
Is we'll put it up kind of
facing this direction
So we can catch
the opening part here
Where the game trail
is and hopefully we can
Get something tonight with that.
I'm gonna hit it
with an emf meter,
See if I pick up
anything to this fence.
Narrator:
The emf meter detects residual
Electromagnetic energy, measured
In units called microteslas.
Whoa! Whoa.
[bleep]
It has about 50 microteslas
right there.
Narrator:
50 microteslas is equivalent
To the energy emitted
by a smartphone,
Far higher than the baseline
of a chicken wire fence.
Chuck:
I don't know why, it seems like
there's a lot of energy here.
♪♪
Narrator: After collecting
evidence from the site
Of alleged UFO and
skin-walker encounters,
The team will check their
motion-activated trail cameras,
Looking for visual confirmation
of a link between the two.
♪♪
-Is it still there?
-At least it's still on there.
♪♪
Chuck:
You see anything, dan?
Let's see.
Okay, 166.
[ laughs ]
166 hits?
-166.
-Oh, man.
There's a lot of
activity out here.
So that's just like
motion activated, right?
Yeah.
-What've we got?
-68.
Sixty-eight?
Yeah.
This one's got a lot
of hits for being
Pointed at an empty field.
I hope we got something.
Well, we definitely
got evidence,
Now we wanna know what
type of evidence it is.
All right,
so let's get out of here.
Narrator: The team conducts
a footage review
To observe what
triggered these isolated
Motion-operated cameras
throughout the night.
This is
around 4:50 a.M.
What are
these little lights?
Yeah, that's what
I'm try to look at.
Just like a little flash
of light, did you see that?
Yeah.
Whoa whoa whoa!
Oh, I saw that!
I saw that too.
-That was it, that was it.
-Right in there.
Right there, whoa!
If you look really
close, though,
It looks like you can
see these everywhere.
Another one that
went down this way.
Can we look at the camera
that dan and I set up just
To see if it looks,
like if you
Can see the little
lights like this?
-Ooh! Oh, that's--
-oh, it looks like it's snowing.
That's snowing there.
Mike: You're saying the snow
could set this off?
I mean...No.
Dan: I think we should
just go to nighttime.
Okay.
Well, here's the night stuff
right here.
Let's see what we got.
This is what
we want to see.
Okay listen, hold on.
♪♪
[ truck horn blares ]
Whoa!
Dang, talk about
giving us heart attack.
What the hell was that?
-I didn't do it!
-Thanks, neil.
♪♪
[ gunshots ]
-Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-Was that gunshots?
Can you slow that down
to that one part of the clip?
[ gunshots ]
Could've been.
Sounds like it.
We have one more camera.
Let's all check that.
This is the last video.
♪♪
Whoa! Whoa!
-Dad!
-Yeah?
Come here.
This is getting --
this is getting crazier.
What the hell is this?
-What the [bleep]?
What is that?
Chuck: That's in the direction
of the Skinwalker ranch.
Dan: All right, we're gonna
move over towards it.
Narrator: Utah's Uintah basin
Is both an alleged UFO
hotspot and ground zero
For sightings of
the skin-walker,
A wolf-like shape-shifter.
After retrieving
motion-activated cameras
From last night's investigation.
-What do we got?
-68.
68.
So we captured something.
The team searches their footage
for evidence
Of the legendary beast.
♪♪
We have one more camera.
Let's all check it out.
♪♪
Whoa!
-That's big!
-That is big.
What the [bleep]?
Go back, go back,
go back, go back more.
The hell is that?
Just to clarify,
there are no wolves here.
Is that what he said?
Ryan burns said that there
are no wolves in this area.
Go back and slow it down.
Is it looking
at the camera?
This is exactly the same area
that Ryan saw
The large,
possible skin-walker.
Okay, we have a wolf-like
creature on camera,
And it just appears
out of nowhere.
♪♪
I'm just trying to, like,
where did it come from?
Since it shows up
in the middle of the street.
Dan: I don't know.
It literally just
appears out of nowhere.
So something triggered
the camera here.
We don't see
anything till here.
Yet the camera was
recording the whole time.
How do you explain that?
You see that?
Yeah, that's bizarre.
Here's the reality, though.
I know we all got
excited about this stuff,
But we need to reel
ourselves back in here
And try to figure out
what that animal is.
Well, the best way
to figure out
What this animal is
is to get out there
And see what we can find.
Narrator:
Using their footage as a guide,
The team prepares to determine
the creature's actual size
In an effort to rule
out known animals.
Chuck: So I've got the image
of the animal on my phone here.
-Okay.
-So we can get a good idea
Of exactly where the camera
was and the size of the animal.
We're gonna use a video
on my phone as a guide
And we're gonna
have Heather walk
That same line the
animal took and see
If she trips a camera the
same time the animal did.
Having Heather here
in this location
Is gonna give us a good idea
how big this creature really is.
Dan: So, Heather, you want to
hold the tape measure
And you can walk right
on where the snow starts
Then we can get an idea.
Kind of pull
the tape measure out
And kind of lock it like this.
Okay.
From the video, it kind of
looked like it appeared
In between these branches.
Yeah, let me turn this on.
Okay.
Okay Heather, can you go
back just a little bit more?
Little bit more.
You have to start further back
'cause we want to make
sure we trigger the camera.
All right, we're gonna try
and get an idea of the size
Of this animal that we captured.
We got the game camera set up,
So go ahead and just
kind of walk this way,
Right down the center line.
♪♪
Okay.
We caught it probably
right in this area, so.
Just measure
from the ground
To the bottom
of your red coat.
What do we have there?
32 inches.
Okay.
We can compare the video we
picked up from the trap cam
To the video on my cellphone
and then get an idea
On size and speed.
Huh.
So on my phone, this is
that video from the trap cam
That we got last night.
So here he is right here.
So now,
we have Heather here.
Set the trap cam
in the same place,
And there's the top of
the branch right there,
And from there down,
it's 32 inches.
That's pretty big.
Dan: Mm-hmm, yeah.
So we now have
an idea of sizes.
Narrator: With the creature's
size established,
The team compares
simultaneous playback
As each camera is activated.
♪♪
Look at that.
The animal doesn't appear
until the middle of the clip.
Well, I've never seen
anything like this before.
Right here, the game
camera triggered
When you were
standing back here.
So it should've
picked up the creature
Way back here when the
camera started rolling.
It should've.
It should've and look,
it came in right there.
Do you see that?
It's like he's just appears
in the middle of the street.
We got something' that just
looks like it just appeared.
Walks down the street,
it's 32 inches from the back.
That comes up
to here on me.
That's not a coyote.
Too big.
That's too big for a coyote.
That's bigger
than a normal dog.
It's not a dog, and there's no
wolves in this area.
♪♪
Chuck: Whatever we're
dealing with triggered
That motion sensing camera.
That tells me it's got mass.
That also tells me there
could possibly be some types
Of tracks or fur nearby.
♪♪
What the [bleep]?
Dan!
-Yeah?
Come here.
This is getting --
this is getting crazier.
What the hell is this?
What the [bleep]?
♪♪
Dan:
It's a deer leg.
What the hell would
a deer leg be?
It's twisted around like
something came through here.
Did he get stuck and
then ripped his leg off?
I've never, ever, no.
Let's say a deer
ran through here,
Ripped its leg off,
it'd be dead.
You'd see a carcass out there.
Or over here.
I think something was carrying
it and it got caught in here.
Something had it.
Had a deer, came through
this area, it got caught.
Twisted around.
I've never seen anything
like this before.
Stuck in there, too.
It is.
Just down there, our game camera
Picked up that animal,
right there.
I mean, could this
be all related?
I mean...
Something -- I mean
there was a lot of pressure,
A lot of power that
caused this to happen.
I only see one set
of tracks going in.
This is getting crazy.
Is it related
to the skin-walker,
Or is it related
to this area?
Because there's all kinds
of things going on out here.
This leg wasn't here yesterday.
We captured that creature
on camera last night.
And Ryan and dave's sightings
happened at night.
I think if we want to see
something for ourselves,
We need to be here
after sundown.
Narrator:
The team has captured footage
Of a massive wolf-like beast,
That appears to materialize
out of thin air.
Could it be the
legendary skin-walker,
Said to haunt the uintah basin?
Given the regions
long UFO history,
And the creatures apparent
paranormal ability,
Chuck has prepared
a night investigation
To determine not only if
the skin-walker exists,
But if it's true origin
is not of this earth.
I think this is a great place
for an investigation tonight.
We have the broken fence here,
This is an area
where Ryan saw a creature
In the cemetery
come through here.
Just to our left over here,
That's where
Ryan saw the creature
In the middle of the road.
That's where our game camera,
Picked up something in the road.
That's where
we found the deer leg,
And just behind, on that
side over there to my left,
Is the Skinwalker ranch.
I think what we need to
do is focus on this area.
And what you think about
me taking neil or something
Up top of that hill?
Chuck: It'd be great to have
a camera up there,
I'll give you the night
vision binoculars.
That way, I think we got
this whole area covered.
What I wanted you
to do, though,
Is I have a distressed
animal caller.
Hunters use that
to bring in animals.
I'm gonna have you use it
and take david our sound guy,
And you are gonna be the target,
you're the bait.
Okay.
Okay?
I'm up for it.
I'll be up top watching.
If we hear anything,
I'll get on the radio,
I'll tell you guys
to stop doing it.
Okay, we're in daylight,
it's time to
Get our equipment and get
set up, find our location.
♪♪
♪♪
[ device beeping ]
♪♪
Heather: Okay, so we're out
in this cemetery.
It's super cold and snowing.
I'm right in
the middle of everything,
So I think I'm the
most vulnerable person.
Narrator:
With Heather in the cemetery,
And Chuck manning the perimeter,
Dan moves into position,
high atop UFO hill.
UFO hill is here, that's
where dan is going up now.
And off to my left,
is the Skinwalker ranch,
Just on the other
side of this hill.
This is where
all the stories converge,
So if there is
a connection between
Skin-walkers and UFOs,
then right here
Is where we want to investigate.
What we're gonna do is get
to a spot on top of this,
Ridgeline here,
where we can look down
And see dad and Heather.
Chuck: Hopefully by bringing in
distressed calling noises,
Dan will be on top
of the hill looking
With the night vision
binoculars and then
Me checking the perimeter here,
We're hoping we'll pick
up something tonight.
We have no idea, really,
What kind of creatures
could be out here.
♪♪
Chuck: We don't know where this
creature's coming from,
We don't know whether
or not it's coming from
The Skinwalker area,
or coming from the area
Over here to my right.
We do know that based
on eye-witness reports,
That this is the
path that it travels.
♪♪
Bigger vantage point.
♪♪
What the hell is that?
What is that?
Look at that glow.
♪♪
What the hell is that?
Dan:
That's a good question.
That's in the direction
of the Skinwalker ranch.
Heather: Can you see that
there's like a beam of light
Right above it,
do you see that?
-I do.
-What is that?
Dan:
Dad we're gonna move around and
See what that
light's coming from.
Be careful.
Yeah, we see something
right above it, yeah.
It's like a white line.
Do you guys see that too?
-I can see that,
I can definitely see a beam
of light coming straight up.
We're gonna move
over towards it.
Dan.
Holy [bleep]
Dan come back to Chuck.
Dan!
Chuck:
What the hell is that?
That's in the direction
of the Skinwalker ranch.
What is that?
Dan:
Dad we're gonna move around
And go see what's
lights coming from.
Be careful.
♪♪
Dan!
Oh, my god, it's gone now.
♪♪
Dan's still up there.
Dan, come back to Chuck.
Dan, do you copy?
Dan?
Dan: Yeah, I copy.
The light's gone.
Did you see that?
Heather:
I never seen anything like that.
Dan, where are you?
Dan:
You guys see my red light?
Yeah, copy that.
You were just right,
from my perspective
Of where that light is,
And you didn't see
the origin of that light?
Hey, we lost it.
It's on the other side,
it's probably about,
The ridge up here
is actually bigger
Than what you guys
can see down there.
It's probably a good
hundred yards to another
Ridge behind us,
and that's where the light
Was coming from,
was from behind us.
Heather: Hey, Chuck,
in your investigations
Have you ever seen
anything like that before?
Negative.
This is the first time
I've ever seen
anything like that.
Chuck: We got the whole sky
lighting up,
Right in the middle
of skin-walker central.
I can't say for sure if
we're talking about a UFO.
What I do know is now
we have lights in the sky
In the same area where we've
had skin-walker sightings.
Okay, if we see that again,
I'm gonna move over
there a little faster.
Okay, well this is
why they call that UFO hill.
God that was
something else,
I've ever seen like that.
It was almost like
the aurora borealis,
It was just ridiculous.
I wasn't expecting that at all.,
I was hoping for something
to break the perimeter,
But that was the furthest
thing from my mind,
Something like that happening.
We got something.
That was pretty cool.
Heads up guys, I'm gonna
do my first animal call.
Copy that.
Heather: Okay, here we go.
Okay, let's hope
this'll attract something.
[ animal screeching ]
♪♪
♪♪
[ animal howling ]
♪♪
Can you turn on your red light,
and then face my direction?
♪♪
Oh, I hear
something back there.
What do you think that was?
David: It sounded like
two different things,
It sounded
like maybe an owl?
And then something
almost like if it was,
If the owl
got some dinner.
♪♪
What are you hearing?
It's like a low rumble,
but it's almost like a
Howl at the same time.
Where is it coming from?
♪♪
See anything?
You said it sounds like a howl?
Look, are you guys hearing
any kind of weird noises?
What direction are you
hearing it from Heather?
It would be to the east.
I'm not hearing anything,
apparently it's something
David is picking up
on his mics.
All right, I'm gonna
use my night vision,
See if I can see anything.
What'd it sound like?
♪♪
♪♪
Wait, I hear it.
I can hear it.
Guys, we can hear it, it sounds
like it's coming closer.
I don't see anything though.
Hey, so I'm getting
like a black mass,
But I can't tell
if it's moving
Or if it's a headstone.
A black mass.
Is this
black mass moving?
Everybody be
really quiet,
We're gonna try and see
if we can listen again.
♪♪
I can hear it.
I heard it.
I hear it.
It's definitely
coming from that way.
This thing is actually moving,
it's definitely moving.
♪♪
Go, go, go, go
back to the car.
Go, go.
The team's investigation
is interrupted
By the sudden emergence
of a shadowy mass
That appears to be
moving towards them.
This thing is actually moving.
It's definitely moving.
♪♪
David: Go, go, go, go
back to the car.
Go, go.
♪♪
Heather: Spotlight on it.
♪♪
Dan's still up there.
Dad where are you?
What's out there?
See anything?
A little higher,
it's not in the cemetery.
Dad where are you?
Can you see my spotlight?
Dan: Yeah, standby.
Chuck:
The direction of the spotlight,
That's where they
saw this black mass.
David: My perimeter mics are
still hearing something.
I can't tell
if it's moving or not.
Yeah, and the trees are
blocking my spotlight.
Dan: It's moving.
Holy [bleep]
Heather:
This is wild.
No, this is dangerous now.
♪♪
Man, it's gone.
Dan come back,
come back to home base.
Dan:
Copy, I'm headed back.
♪♪
♪♪
-There you are.
-You guys all right?
Both: Yeah.
I mean we've been keeping
our eye out over here,
Because we definitely heard
something coming from that way.
It sounded like you guys were
getting attacked by something.
Yeah, you know, the excitement,
I mean, it was crazy.
They heard
something over there.
I heard it twice.
It was like a howling noise.
And then you said you saw
something go toward us,
So we ran back here.
I mean, this has been,
well, with you,
One hell of an experiment.
-Yeah.
That seemed to work.
Definitely.
Chuck:
This is a crazy night.
Lights in the sky
over the hill,
Then we got david
our sound guy picked up
Like a howling
or something,
But, you know, I think
we might've brought that in
Using the distress
animal caller.
This is exciting but,
a little stressful.
Especially when you
have the team split up.
We came here looking
for a creature,
We definitely found
enough evidence
That there is one out here.
And then see if it has
some kind of connection
To these lights in the sky.
One hell of a night,
With everything going on,
And one hell
of an investigation.
There's definitely
something going on,
In this whole area
outside the ranch.
This is an open case,
it's not closed,
Not even by a long shot.
Narrator: The team still awaits
dna lab results
On the unknown hair samples,
hoping to shed light
On the nature of this beast.
Further analysis of the
motion-activated camera footage
Has proven inconclusive
as to why or how
This creature
instantly manifested,
Seemingly out of nowhere.
The Skinwalker continues
to allude being captured.
It's connection
to strange lights in the sky
Remain shrouded in mystery.
As does the nature
of the government's
Alleged interest
in Skinwalker ranch.
But something out here
is still terrorizing
Both humans and animals alike
Before once again
vanishing into the night.
Adjusted & sync CORNELDVD
Next on "Alien Highway."
That is Skinwalker ranch
to the right.
I heard a growl.
I was in fear for my life.
It's like it's a big shadow.
What the hell is that?
It was amazingly huge.
I can definitely see a beam of
light coming straight up.
All right, we're gonna
move over towards it.
Dad, where are you?
-You are going to be the target.
You're the bait.
-Oh, my gosh.
It's moving.
Dad!
Heather:
Yeah, I'm out of here.
♪♪
Chuck: There's something
happening across our land.
It's carving a terrifying path.
Right there.
-Whoa!
Lawmen don't want to
talk about it.
I have no idea how you
would explain that.
And the government denies
notice it's even happening.
Anchorman:
The White House has dismissed
A full UFO investigation.
Those who speak up
face ridicule or even worse.
Anchorwoman: An El Paso county
sheriff's deputy
Fired from his job.
They took my badge,
but they can't take my voice.
I'm determined to
uncover what's happening.
Look at that thing!
Do you see that?
I saw it that night.
I listen to people
who are afraid to speak out.
Nobody is
gonna believe me.
I find evidence
that's hiding in plain sight.
This is it right here.
Together with my son,
Dan Zukowski...
It's absolutely
moving right now.
....And investigator
Heather Taddy,
We never
really get this close.
I'm here to find the truth...
Dan: I see it!
Chuck: ...Along america's
Alien Highway.
♪♪
Narrator:
Eastern Utah's Uintah basin,
A region long plagued by claims
of the strange and unusual.
In the skies,
countless UFO sightings
Dating back to the native
american Ute tribe in the 1700s.
On the ground, terrifying
encounters with the skin-walker
Of ute legend,
a shape-shifting beast said
To transform from man to wolf.
But what if
there's a connection?
Could the skin-walker
of ancient myth really
Be an extraterrestrial, and
does recent evidence reveal
That the elusive,
possibly alien creature
Is still stalking these lands?
♪♪
♪♪
Ballard is a city just outside
Of where the famed
Skinwalker ranch is.
The Skinwalker ranch is
just one location here,
But there's been a lot of UFO
sightings in this whole area.
The Skinwalker ranch
is supposed to be, like,
The direct path of
the skin-walker.
Narrator: What's now known
as Skinwalker ranch
Was originally
founded in the 1800s
As a family cattle operation.
Today, it has reportedly
taken on a darker mission.
A collective of
anonymous investors
With rumored government ties
has allegedly
Converted the ranch into
a research compound,
Investigating the region's
numerous UFO reports
And skin-walker sightings
To determine if these
two anomalies could be part
Of the same mysterious threat.
Chuck: We're not here
to actually investigate
The Skinwalker ranch,
We're here to investigate
a creature sighting
That's outside
the Skinwalker ranch.
What type of creature
are we talking about here?
Seems like it's, could
be a skin-walker.
Narrator:
The name skin-walker is derived
From native american lore.
Witnesses describe the creature
as a shape-shifting beast
With the unsettling
ability to suddenly
Materialize out of thin air.
We're gonna talk
to an investigator out here,
Ryan, who actually saw
a possible skin-walker.
Dan:
What makes this area so hot?
So active?
We're gonna find out.
Narrator: Ryan burns is
a local UFO investigator
Whose study of
Skinwalker ranch may have
Brought him face-to-face
with the legendary creature.
Nice to meet you, Ryan.
So tell me Ryan,
what's going on out here?
Lot of weird stuff.
Some high strangeness,
for sure.
Now I know we're not that far
from the Skinwalker ranch.
No, this is the general
valley right here
Going down to the east.
To the top of UFO hill.
Why is it called
UFO hill?
It was a really easy
place to just pull over
And look for UFO activity
in the area here.
I have images
of orbs in fields,
Of light phenomena where
things are flashing
In the middle of the day or
night, evening, you name it.
Now you said you saw something
around a corner over here?
Yeah.
It was late.
After midnight, it was
definitely a new moon,
So very little light.
The first thing
I saw was its eyes
And then just its size
and I just stopped right here
In the middle of the road.
Okay.
And it was right
in the center here.
It was amazingly huge.
You'd think it's maybe
just like somebody's dog
Or somebody's
great dane/wolf.
How tall
do you think it was?
I'd say it was right here.
Sitting?
To my chest. Sitting.
-Wow.
-That's a big dog.
Heather: Are wolves
common in this area?
Really, there should be
no wolves in this area.
What do you think it was?
Reminded me of
the "skin-walker sightings"
And around
the same time period,
I did have some
strange things happen.
One of them was
at the ranch itself.
I was basically driving
and there was a,
What I can only describe
as like an elderly
Native american shaman
coming down off of a bluff,
And it had the pelt
of an animal on.
So I pulled over and said
hey do you want a ride?
They climbed in,
and I kind of just lost time,
I didn't really
remember anything.
Narrator: Many UFO witnesses
report a black hole
Of missing time immediately
after their initial sighting.
Some believe this
is an alien tactic
To abduct and study humans,
Stealing our memories
to hide their own existence.
And then the tribal police
saw me kind of
Hanging out
of my truck.
First thing they thought
is this guy's drunk,
And when they asked what
happened and I told them,
They were, like,
laughing like, oh, my gosh,
He got nabbed
by the skin-walker.
Ryan talked about
experiencing missing time
When he had interaction
with a possible skin-walker.
So right off the bat,
I'm seeing similarities
With UFO investigations
I've done.
Have you ever got
any type of evidence
Of anything that
you've seen in this area?
Absolutely.
Heather:
What's that?
♪♪
It's an animal,
and those are the legs.
Yeah, he's mid-stride.
In the mid-stride, yeah.
No, but look how
tall it is, though.
It looks like
somebody wearing...
-Like a cape.
-Almost like a cape
And they're, like, trying'
to get out of the way.
It's just so weird 'cause
that looks like a human leg.
Dan: I'm not sure what, but it's
definitely on two legs.
Hey, Ryan, how close can you
get me to Skinwalker ranch?
I can get you
pretty close.
Is there a road that
leads us directly to it,
Or is there?
Actually, this road right
here'll take you right to it.
As long as we don't stop
completely, we're okay.
If you stop completely, they
can immediately hold your stuff
For 72 hours,
including you.
So apparently at
Skinwalker ranch, they not only
Investigate skin-walkers
but also investigate UFOs.
They must think
there's a connection.
So how close can
you get to the ranch
Before you get contacted
by their security?
You don't even have
to really get close.
Really?
Yeah.
There is that line of
defense where you're just not
Gonna penetrate
the property.
There's just no way.
♪♪
Narrator: Before attempting to
approach Skinwalker ranch,
The team secures the location
of Ryan's encounter.
Dan: I think we'll just put
it up for the night
And then come back tomorrow
and see what we get.
Narrator:
If the creature returns,
It will now trigger
a motion-activated trail camera.
♪♪
With the camera ready,
the team follows Ryan
To the place where UFO reports
And mysterious creature
sightings intersect.
Dan: So there's these lights
that people are seeing,
There's UFOs that
people are seeing,
And then this creature,
And all of these predate
the ranch itself.
So do you think
the ranch itself is there
To monitor all these things?
I think originally,
all these occurrences happened
At that general location.
Ryan: That is Skinwalker ranch
to the right.
♪♪
You're gonna see
the ranch is coming up
Towards the end
of the road here.
Halfway between us and the gate,
You'll see a large white sign.
You can't go past that sign.
♪♪
Heather:
So this is it.
♪♪
Chuck:
"you are now trespassing.
Security is aware
of your presence
And is preparing to
notify law enforcement.
Turn around now to
avoid prosecution."
Cameras on top of
these telephone poles.
[ camera shutter clicks ]
Let's go out and take a peek.
♪♪
♪♪
[ camera shutter clicks ]
Yeah, we might have to
move here pretty soon.
[ man speaking indistinctly
over speaker ]
Ryan: Okay, we're getting
back in the vehicles.
Thing to do
is turn around.
-It's right there!
-[bleep] is this?
That car is coming fast.
[ camera shutter clicking ]
♪♪
Ryan:
That's it down there.
Yeah, we might have to
move here pretty soon.
[ man speaking indistinctly
over speaker ]
Okay, we're getting
back in the vehicles.
Thing to do is turn around.
-It's right there!
-[bleep] is this?
Heather:
That car is coming fast.
Let's go.
We don't want to
deal with these guys.
-Let's get out of here, then.
-Got a camera on?
Mm-hmm.
♪♪
Man: Guys, let's go.
Move it!
♪♪
Narrator:
After being chased off
By Skinwalker ranch security,
the team regroups
To observe the compound
from a safer vantage point.
♪♪
So that basically
is Skinwalker ranch,
Probably the most
famous spot right there.
That's pretty close
to where we were just at.
You talking about
where the peak is?
Yeah.
Where the two peaks
are right there?
-Yep, where the two peaks.
-Right in the middle?
Heather: Am I seeing the house,
that little tan house?
That's the last house
near the gate, right?
-That's right.
-Okay.
Ryan: And the actual
ranch house, you can see it.
See, there's a very densely
thick area right here.
Yeah.
Aren't there several
houses on the property?
Yeah, there's a house
and a command center,
And then there's also
some pens and some storage...
-Okay.
-...On the property.
-Wow.
-You can actually
See the bait pen right
there in the middle
Of that first field.
And they are just
basically spots,
They would put researchers
to tie things like calves,
Small calves, baby calves...
Really?
...And be able to research
if anything comes in
To try to interact.
Chuck: My gosh,
just like jurassic park.
So there's a lot of rumors
out there who owns this ranch.
We know originally
the previous owners
And sold it to bigelow.
Narrator: The ranch's previous
owner, Terry Sherman,
Sold the property in 1996
after suffering years
Of alleged paranormal
phenomenon.
[ camera shutter clicking ]
Despite his claim of menacing
UFOs and monstrous creatures,
The rancher managed to find
a buyer, Robert Bigelow,
A billionaire
government contractor
With ties to the space
program and military defense
As founder of the national
institute for discovery science,
A paranormal think tank.
Bigelow targeted
Skinwalker ranch
As the ideal spot to further
his research into the unknown.
There's a concept that
I think deserves thinking about.
I guess Bigelow bought
it for, like, $200,000.
Mm-hmm.
Not bad.
But then he sold it for over
$4.5 million.
Mm-hmm.
You know who bought it?
It's a shell company
within a shell company.
They don't want to be
in any way, shape, or form tied
To the property,
but they want to be able
To do whatever
they want there.
About $22 million was budgeted
by our government here
At this property to study
Advanced aerial
threat identification.
That definitely
upped the stakes.
So you mentioned
the $22 million budget.
Of course, we're talking
about the pentagon now.
If it's true that our
government is pouring millions
Of dollars into skin-walker
research investigations,
What are they hoping
to get out of it?
What do they know
that we don't know?
Narrator: Following its sale
to this anonymous group
In 2016, the secrecy and
security of Skinwalker ranch
Has continued to ramp up.
But the mysteries surrounding
the region aren't limited
To the confines of
Skinwalker's barbed wire fences.
One of Ryan's colleagues
dave miller is a ghost hunter,
But his recent
graveyard investigation
May have scared out
more than restless spirits.
What happened out
here in the cemetery?
Dave: Right over there by those
benches is where it all started.
Ryan had just walked
around the side of the car,
And that's when
all hell broke loose.
I heard a growl, grunt,
snarl, and I could feel,
Could see, this huge
presence coming at us.
It's so dark out here at night
time, it's completely black,
So I could see the shape of it
And I could see Ryan's reaction,
Which empowered my reaction,
which was to go backwards.
It was completely coming at us.
The cameras were
going in and out.
While all of this was
going on, I drained
Like three batteries out just
in a quick ten minute session.
So whatever it was,
it was draining energy?
Took complete control
over my camera.
Three batteries.
I was in fear for my life.
-Yeah, it was crashing.
-Yeah.
-What did it look like?
-It was like a big shadow.
Like a silhouette
of something?
Silhouette of
something coming at us.
How tall?
I'll say seven feet?
Oh, my gosh!
It was big.
Could you see
through it?
No.
So it was solid.
It was solid.
You know what?
I was running from a monster.
I'm 48 years old
and I can honestly look you
In your face and tell you
that I believe in monsters.
Chuck:
You are gonna be the bait.
-What the hell is that?
-It's definitely moving.
I was running from a monster.
I'm 48 years old
and I can honestly look you
In your face and tell you
that I believe in monsters.
Later that night, something
really crazy happened, man.
We were over by the ranch,
the UFO ranch.
We were driving,
and Ryan noticed it.
He went light, light, light!
And I'm driving
and I look over to the right
And there it was, this orb light
sitting there, hovering.
And when it went,
the front of it spun this way
And the back side
of it spun that way
And it was gone.
He looked right
in my face, he goes, gone.
Gone.
And I started laughing,
nervous laugh, right?
-Yeah.
-Did the light
appear to be solid?
Could you see
through the light?
It was completely solid.
-Completely solid.
-Until it spun out.
Did you feel anything,
static electricity?
Did you feel any of that,
-no, I didn't feel
Anything static because
-did you smell anything?
-We were inside the car.
-Okay.
We came here to learn about
dave's close encounter
With a skin-walker,
and now I hear he's seen UFOs
In the area, too.
It seems like if you
experience one of these things
Near the Skinwalker ranch,
another one's not far behind.
Dan: Can you show us where
you saw this thing?
-Yeah, let's go check it out.
-Sure, sure.
♪♪
This is it right here,
and there is hair on it.
Look at that,
there's a significant amount
Of hair on there.
So these are deer for sure,
the longer ones,
But I don't know what the
smaller fluffy stuff is.
We had it tested and it
was kind of inconclusive
'cause it had unknown fibers.
I got some little glass vials,
I think we need to take
Some of the hair samples,
put it in glass vials.
Keep that.
Dan: Would like to get
a game camera up here.
-Mmm.
-That's a great idea.
You point it right here,
You can see what
comes through here.
I'd like to get
a camera on the cemetery.
-What about?
-Yeah.
That second group
of tree right there.
So we got a little
bit of oversecting
Going this way.
Chuck: Yep.
♪♪
What I'm gonna do is I'm
gonna take some hair samples.
I'm gonna try and get
a sample close to the fence
That doesn't look like deer.
So we'll test the hair sample,
Then we'll see if there's
any follicles attached
To the hair that maybe
we can get some dna off of.
If this is a creature,
it's gonna follow
Where the game's going, so
the intent of this camera
Is we'll put it up kind of
facing this direction
So we can catch
the opening part here
Where the game trail
is and hopefully we can
Get something tonight with that.
I'm gonna hit it
with an emf meter,
See if I pick up
anything to this fence.
Narrator:
The emf meter detects residual
Electromagnetic energy, measured
In units called microteslas.
Whoa! Whoa.
[bleep]
It has about 50 microteslas
right there.
Narrator:
50 microteslas is equivalent
To the energy emitted
by a smartphone,
Far higher than the baseline
of a chicken wire fence.
Chuck:
I don't know why, it seems like
there's a lot of energy here.
♪♪
Narrator: After collecting
evidence from the site
Of alleged UFO and
skin-walker encounters,
The team will check their
motion-activated trail cameras,
Looking for visual confirmation
of a link between the two.
♪♪
-Is it still there?
-At least it's still on there.
♪♪
Chuck:
You see anything, dan?
Let's see.
Okay, 166.
[ laughs ]
166 hits?
-166.
-Oh, man.
There's a lot of
activity out here.
So that's just like
motion activated, right?
Yeah.
-What've we got?
-68.
Sixty-eight?
Yeah.
This one's got a lot
of hits for being
Pointed at an empty field.
I hope we got something.
Well, we definitely
got evidence,
Now we wanna know what
type of evidence it is.
All right,
so let's get out of here.
Narrator: The team conducts
a footage review
To observe what
triggered these isolated
Motion-operated cameras
throughout the night.
This is
around 4:50 a.M.
What are
these little lights?
Yeah, that's what
I'm try to look at.
Just like a little flash
of light, did you see that?
Yeah.
Whoa whoa whoa!
Oh, I saw that!
I saw that too.
-That was it, that was it.
-Right in there.
Right there, whoa!
If you look really
close, though,
It looks like you can
see these everywhere.
Another one that
went down this way.
Can we look at the camera
that dan and I set up just
To see if it looks,
like if you
Can see the little
lights like this?
-Ooh! Oh, that's--
-oh, it looks like it's snowing.
That's snowing there.
Mike: You're saying the snow
could set this off?
I mean...No.
Dan: I think we should
just go to nighttime.
Okay.
Well, here's the night stuff
right here.
Let's see what we got.
This is what
we want to see.
Okay listen, hold on.
♪♪
[ truck horn blares ]
Whoa!
Dang, talk about
giving us heart attack.
What the hell was that?
-I didn't do it!
-Thanks, neil.
♪♪
[ gunshots ]
-Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-Was that gunshots?
Can you slow that down
to that one part of the clip?
[ gunshots ]
Could've been.
Sounds like it.
We have one more camera.
Let's all check that.
This is the last video.
♪♪
Whoa! Whoa!
-Dad!
-Yeah?
Come here.
This is getting --
this is getting crazier.
What the hell is this?
-What the [bleep]?
What is that?
Chuck: That's in the direction
of the Skinwalker ranch.
Dan: All right, we're gonna
move over towards it.
Narrator: Utah's Uintah basin
Is both an alleged UFO
hotspot and ground zero
For sightings of
the skin-walker,
A wolf-like shape-shifter.
After retrieving
motion-activated cameras
From last night's investigation.
-What do we got?
-68.
68.
So we captured something.
The team searches their footage
for evidence
Of the legendary beast.
♪♪
We have one more camera.
Let's all check it out.
♪♪
Whoa!
-That's big!
-That is big.
What the [bleep]?
Go back, go back,
go back, go back more.
The hell is that?
Just to clarify,
there are no wolves here.
Is that what he said?
Ryan burns said that there
are no wolves in this area.
Go back and slow it down.
Is it looking
at the camera?
This is exactly the same area
that Ryan saw
The large,
possible skin-walker.
Okay, we have a wolf-like
creature on camera,
And it just appears
out of nowhere.
♪♪
I'm just trying to, like,
where did it come from?
Since it shows up
in the middle of the street.
Dan: I don't know.
It literally just
appears out of nowhere.
So something triggered
the camera here.
We don't see
anything till here.
Yet the camera was
recording the whole time.
How do you explain that?
You see that?
Yeah, that's bizarre.
Here's the reality, though.
I know we all got
excited about this stuff,
But we need to reel
ourselves back in here
And try to figure out
what that animal is.
Well, the best way
to figure out
What this animal is
is to get out there
And see what we can find.
Narrator:
Using their footage as a guide,
The team prepares to determine
the creature's actual size
In an effort to rule
out known animals.
Chuck: So I've got the image
of the animal on my phone here.
-Okay.
-So we can get a good idea
Of exactly where the camera
was and the size of the animal.
We're gonna use a video
on my phone as a guide
And we're gonna
have Heather walk
That same line the
animal took and see
If she trips a camera the
same time the animal did.
Having Heather here
in this location
Is gonna give us a good idea
how big this creature really is.
Dan: So, Heather, you want to
hold the tape measure
And you can walk right
on where the snow starts
Then we can get an idea.
Kind of pull
the tape measure out
And kind of lock it like this.
Okay.
From the video, it kind of
looked like it appeared
In between these branches.
Yeah, let me turn this on.
Okay.
Okay Heather, can you go
back just a little bit more?
Little bit more.
You have to start further back
'cause we want to make
sure we trigger the camera.
All right, we're gonna try
and get an idea of the size
Of this animal that we captured.
We got the game camera set up,
So go ahead and just
kind of walk this way,
Right down the center line.
♪♪
Okay.
We caught it probably
right in this area, so.
Just measure
from the ground
To the bottom
of your red coat.
What do we have there?
32 inches.
Okay.
We can compare the video we
picked up from the trap cam
To the video on my cellphone
and then get an idea
On size and speed.
Huh.
So on my phone, this is
that video from the trap cam
That we got last night.
So here he is right here.
So now,
we have Heather here.
Set the trap cam
in the same place,
And there's the top of
the branch right there,
And from there down,
it's 32 inches.
That's pretty big.
Dan: Mm-hmm, yeah.
So we now have
an idea of sizes.
Narrator: With the creature's
size established,
The team compares
simultaneous playback
As each camera is activated.
♪♪
Look at that.
The animal doesn't appear
until the middle of the clip.
Well, I've never seen
anything like this before.
Right here, the game
camera triggered
When you were
standing back here.
So it should've
picked up the creature
Way back here when the
camera started rolling.
It should've.
It should've and look,
it came in right there.
Do you see that?
It's like he's just appears
in the middle of the street.
We got something' that just
looks like it just appeared.
Walks down the street,
it's 32 inches from the back.
That comes up
to here on me.
That's not a coyote.
Too big.
That's too big for a coyote.
That's bigger
than a normal dog.
It's not a dog, and there's no
wolves in this area.
♪♪
Chuck: Whatever we're
dealing with triggered
That motion sensing camera.
That tells me it's got mass.
That also tells me there
could possibly be some types
Of tracks or fur nearby.
♪♪
What the [bleep]?
Dan!
-Yeah?
Come here.
This is getting --
this is getting crazier.
What the hell is this?
What the [bleep]?
♪♪
Dan:
It's a deer leg.
What the hell would
a deer leg be?
It's twisted around like
something came through here.
Did he get stuck and
then ripped his leg off?
I've never, ever, no.
Let's say a deer
ran through here,
Ripped its leg off,
it'd be dead.
You'd see a carcass out there.
Or over here.
I think something was carrying
it and it got caught in here.
Something had it.
Had a deer, came through
this area, it got caught.
Twisted around.
I've never seen anything
like this before.
Stuck in there, too.
It is.
Just down there, our game camera
Picked up that animal,
right there.
I mean, could this
be all related?
I mean...
Something -- I mean
there was a lot of pressure,
A lot of power that
caused this to happen.
I only see one set
of tracks going in.
This is getting crazy.
Is it related
to the skin-walker,
Or is it related
to this area?
Because there's all kinds
of things going on out here.
This leg wasn't here yesterday.
We captured that creature
on camera last night.
And Ryan and dave's sightings
happened at night.
I think if we want to see
something for ourselves,
We need to be here
after sundown.
Narrator:
The team has captured footage
Of a massive wolf-like beast,
That appears to materialize
out of thin air.
Could it be the
legendary skin-walker,
Said to haunt the uintah basin?
Given the regions
long UFO history,
And the creatures apparent
paranormal ability,
Chuck has prepared
a night investigation
To determine not only if
the skin-walker exists,
But if it's true origin
is not of this earth.
I think this is a great place
for an investigation tonight.
We have the broken fence here,
This is an area
where Ryan saw a creature
In the cemetery
come through here.
Just to our left over here,
That's where
Ryan saw the creature
In the middle of the road.
That's where our game camera,
Picked up something in the road.
That's where
we found the deer leg,
And just behind, on that
side over there to my left,
Is the Skinwalker ranch.
I think what we need to
do is focus on this area.
And what you think about
me taking neil or something
Up top of that hill?
Chuck: It'd be great to have
a camera up there,
I'll give you the night
vision binoculars.
That way, I think we got
this whole area covered.
What I wanted you
to do, though,
Is I have a distressed
animal caller.
Hunters use that
to bring in animals.
I'm gonna have you use it
and take david our sound guy,
And you are gonna be the target,
you're the bait.
Okay.
Okay?
I'm up for it.
I'll be up top watching.
If we hear anything,
I'll get on the radio,
I'll tell you guys
to stop doing it.
Okay, we're in daylight,
it's time to
Get our equipment and get
set up, find our location.
♪♪
♪♪
[ device beeping ]
♪♪
Heather: Okay, so we're out
in this cemetery.
It's super cold and snowing.
I'm right in
the middle of everything,
So I think I'm the
most vulnerable person.
Narrator:
With Heather in the cemetery,
And Chuck manning the perimeter,
Dan moves into position,
high atop UFO hill.
UFO hill is here, that's
where dan is going up now.
And off to my left,
is the Skinwalker ranch,
Just on the other
side of this hill.
This is where
all the stories converge,
So if there is
a connection between
Skin-walkers and UFOs,
then right here
Is where we want to investigate.
What we're gonna do is get
to a spot on top of this,
Ridgeline here,
where we can look down
And see dad and Heather.
Chuck: Hopefully by bringing in
distressed calling noises,
Dan will be on top
of the hill looking
With the night vision
binoculars and then
Me checking the perimeter here,
We're hoping we'll pick
up something tonight.
We have no idea, really,
What kind of creatures
could be out here.
♪♪
Chuck: We don't know where this
creature's coming from,
We don't know whether
or not it's coming from
The Skinwalker area,
or coming from the area
Over here to my right.
We do know that based
on eye-witness reports,
That this is the
path that it travels.
♪♪
Bigger vantage point.
♪♪
What the hell is that?
What is that?
Look at that glow.
♪♪
What the hell is that?
Dan:
That's a good question.
That's in the direction
of the Skinwalker ranch.
Heather: Can you see that
there's like a beam of light
Right above it,
do you see that?
-I do.
-What is that?
Dan:
Dad we're gonna move around and
See what that
light's coming from.
Be careful.
Yeah, we see something
right above it, yeah.
It's like a white line.
Do you guys see that too?
-I can see that,
I can definitely see a beam
of light coming straight up.
We're gonna move
over towards it.
Dan.
Holy [bleep]
Dan come back to Chuck.
Dan!
Chuck:
What the hell is that?
That's in the direction
of the Skinwalker ranch.
What is that?
Dan:
Dad we're gonna move around
And go see what's
lights coming from.
Be careful.
♪♪
Dan!
Oh, my god, it's gone now.
♪♪
Dan's still up there.
Dan, come back to Chuck.
Dan, do you copy?
Dan?
Dan: Yeah, I copy.
The light's gone.
Did you see that?
Heather:
I never seen anything like that.
Dan, where are you?
Dan:
You guys see my red light?
Yeah, copy that.
You were just right,
from my perspective
Of where that light is,
And you didn't see
the origin of that light?
Hey, we lost it.
It's on the other side,
it's probably about,
The ridge up here
is actually bigger
Than what you guys
can see down there.
It's probably a good
hundred yards to another
Ridge behind us,
and that's where the light
Was coming from,
was from behind us.
Heather: Hey, Chuck,
in your investigations
Have you ever seen
anything like that before?
Negative.
This is the first time
I've ever seen
anything like that.
Chuck: We got the whole sky
lighting up,
Right in the middle
of skin-walker central.
I can't say for sure if
we're talking about a UFO.
What I do know is now
we have lights in the sky
In the same area where we've
had skin-walker sightings.
Okay, if we see that again,
I'm gonna move over
there a little faster.
Okay, well this is
why they call that UFO hill.
God that was
something else,
I've ever seen like that.
It was almost like
the aurora borealis,
It was just ridiculous.
I wasn't expecting that at all.,
I was hoping for something
to break the perimeter,
But that was the furthest
thing from my mind,
Something like that happening.
We got something.
That was pretty cool.
Heads up guys, I'm gonna
do my first animal call.
Copy that.
Heather: Okay, here we go.
Okay, let's hope
this'll attract something.
[ animal screeching ]
♪♪
♪♪
[ animal howling ]
♪♪
Can you turn on your red light,
and then face my direction?
♪♪
Oh, I hear
something back there.
What do you think that was?
David: It sounded like
two different things,
It sounded
like maybe an owl?
And then something
almost like if it was,
If the owl
got some dinner.
♪♪
What are you hearing?
It's like a low rumble,
but it's almost like a
Howl at the same time.
Where is it coming from?
♪♪
See anything?
You said it sounds like a howl?
Look, are you guys hearing
any kind of weird noises?
What direction are you
hearing it from Heather?
It would be to the east.
I'm not hearing anything,
apparently it's something
David is picking up
on his mics.
All right, I'm gonna
use my night vision,
See if I can see anything.
What'd it sound like?
♪♪
♪♪
Wait, I hear it.
I can hear it.
Guys, we can hear it, it sounds
like it's coming closer.
I don't see anything though.
Hey, so I'm getting
like a black mass,
But I can't tell
if it's moving
Or if it's a headstone.
A black mass.
Is this
black mass moving?
Everybody be
really quiet,
We're gonna try and see
if we can listen again.
♪♪
I can hear it.
I heard it.
I hear it.
It's definitely
coming from that way.
This thing is actually moving,
it's definitely moving.
♪♪
Go, go, go, go
back to the car.
Go, go.
The team's investigation
is interrupted
By the sudden emergence
of a shadowy mass
That appears to be
moving towards them.
This thing is actually moving.
It's definitely moving.
♪♪
David: Go, go, go, go
back to the car.
Go, go.
♪♪
Heather: Spotlight on it.
♪♪
Dan's still up there.
Dad where are you?
What's out there?
See anything?
A little higher,
it's not in the cemetery.
Dad where are you?
Can you see my spotlight?
Dan: Yeah, standby.
Chuck:
The direction of the spotlight,
That's where they
saw this black mass.
David: My perimeter mics are
still hearing something.
I can't tell
if it's moving or not.
Yeah, and the trees are
blocking my spotlight.
Dan: It's moving.
Holy [bleep]
Heather:
This is wild.
No, this is dangerous now.
♪♪
Man, it's gone.
Dan come back,
come back to home base.
Dan:
Copy, I'm headed back.
♪♪
♪♪
-There you are.
-You guys all right?
Both: Yeah.
I mean we've been keeping
our eye out over here,
Because we definitely heard
something coming from that way.
It sounded like you guys were
getting attacked by something.
Yeah, you know, the excitement,
I mean, it was crazy.
They heard
something over there.
I heard it twice.
It was like a howling noise.
And then you said you saw
something go toward us,
So we ran back here.
I mean, this has been,
well, with you,
One hell of an experiment.
-Yeah.
That seemed to work.
Definitely.
Chuck:
This is a crazy night.
Lights in the sky
over the hill,
Then we got david
our sound guy picked up
Like a howling
or something,
But, you know, I think
we might've brought that in
Using the distress
animal caller.
This is exciting but,
a little stressful.
Especially when you
have the team split up.
We came here looking
for a creature,
We definitely found
enough evidence
That there is one out here.
And then see if it has
some kind of connection
To these lights in the sky.
One hell of a night,
With everything going on,
And one hell
of an investigation.
There's definitely
something going on,
In this whole area
outside the ranch.
This is an open case,
it's not closed,
Not even by a long shot.
Narrator: The team still awaits
dna lab results
On the unknown hair samples,
hoping to shed light
On the nature of this beast.
Further analysis of the
motion-activated camera footage
Has proven inconclusive
as to why or how
This creature
instantly manifested,
Seemingly out of nowhere.
The Skinwalker continues
to allude being captured.
It's connection
to strange lights in the sky
Remain shrouded in mystery.
As does the nature
of the government's
Alleged interest
in Skinwalker ranch.
But something out here
is still terrorizing
Both humans and animals alike
Before once again
vanishing into the night.
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