5 Scary Skinwalker & Wendigo Stories

there seemed to be cultural taboos and dark secrets all over North America whether we're in the southwest with Navajo skinwalkers running amuck on Navajo reservations or up in Canada with Algonquin legends of man-eating beasts let's get right in to these stories that have been sent in by viewers just like you they claim that these are true experiences but as always it is up to you to decide whether you believe them or not if you have a story you would like to share in a future video be sure to submit it as swamp dweller dotnet or the email you can find in the description down below I would love to share your story with everyone here in the swamp it's stories like yours that keep this channel going now let's get right in to these creepy skinwalker & Wendigo tales there are dark secrets in every corner of this world and to some it might be hard to imagine just how easily one's life can turn upside down having been exposed to the horrors that are out there my name is April my mother named me after the month of spring as she found it to be the most beautiful season to which I was described for most of my life I was never acknowledged by my peers for my intellect rather than my looks I've had my fair share of passes from boys since high school straight onto college never was the saying boys only have one thing on their minds any truer until I experienced it firsthand however those moments made me focus even more on my academics to simply prove that I was more than just eye candy that I actually had a brain to suit the day had finally come when I graduated from Arizona State University with my degree in business never was I happier to make myself and family proud as I was now moving out of my own and having taken a job in the field I so longed for having desired my own place I moved into an apartment complex just in the suburban outskirts of the city nothing fancy but a nice rule atmosphere with a great view of the desert I moved into my one-bedroom apartment mostly out of convenience as it was less costly and my parents were helping me with the first couple of months of rent until initial paycheck started coming in from my new job we were just coming into summer and the days were getting a lot hotter typical for Arizona the apartment complex was gated and mostly had families with young children as well as elderly couples during my first few weeks there I noticed there was a young man probably just slightly ordered than myself who lived next door he had a humble demeanor and was fairly attractive in a mysterious type of way despite seeing him every now and then entering or leaving his apartment the odd thing was she would spend hours every night sitting on his balcony staring out into the desert with what seemed like extended binoculars I only noticed the strange habit of his as our respective balconies were parallel to each others and it was hard to not catch a glimpse of him from my place regardless of his mysterious nature he was quiet and kept to himself mostly so it was impossible to say he was a bother as my neighbor with my work starting to pick up later into the month my hours were inevitably longer which meant I found myself back home after dark one night in particular having made it back to my apartment around 10:00 p.m. I decided to pour myself a glass of wine after dinner and sit outside my balcony and take him some fresh air before heading to bed of course my nocturnal neighbor was doing his habitual exercise of staring out into the desert he didn't seem to mind or even notice me as a matter of fact when I stepped outside but he seemed to have a moderately depressed aura about him in an effort to be polite and break the ice between us I caught out to him hearing me he perked up from his slouched posture and finally peered over to notice me I was surprised too how pleasant he became as he stood up reached across the railings over from his balcony to mind to shake my hand he mentioned his name was Eric and we chatted for about 10 minutes engaging in quite the pleasant conversation he had a great smile and was charming overall but looking into his eyes I can not only sense fatigue but a hint of sadness as well as over the next week or so we continue to engage in our brief late-night chit chats and despite getting to know him a bit more there was still an air of mystery about him one day however I managed to get off early from work and made it home around dusk Eric wasn't outside at the time when I sat on my balcony taking in the view the colors of the Verizon shifted from a prominent red to a faint purple as the Sun began setting creating shadows and shades of reflective colors across the vast desert as the last of the light disappeared in the night encompassed the sky the sounds of coyotes or dogs emitted in the distance feeling tired I rested my eyes as I reclined in my chair taking in the cool night air laying there the howling which had started so quickly at ceased and silence engulfed the desert again however when I heard next was beyond odd faintly off in the distance I swore I heard someone under my name thinking nothing of it I brushed off the notion and tried dozing off this time I knew it wasn't my imagination as I heard my name I'd heard it again this time on the closer I sat up and listened intently hoping my ears didn't deceive me waiting to hear my name called again and to my surprise it did I stood up and looked out intensively in the area which I heard the calling despite my apartment being on the second floor and I could see as far as anybody else during the day the desert area was pitch black at night the high walls surrounding the complex had lights but unless someone was within 15 to 20 feet from the exterior it was pretty much impossible to see as the voice came closer I thought I recognized it as being Eric's thinking it was him I answered back curious as to why he was out in the desert however no matter what I said in response the voice only came and said my name in return refusing to respond to the voice any longer I kept peering out into the direction of the voice hoping to see who exactly was calling me amidst the darkness I saw what looked like eyes but not human rather that of an animal in the manner of how light reflected off of them it was hard to distinguish exactly what it could have been as my eyes followed their Sham left to right in the instance where whatever it was seemed to be pacing back and forth thoroughly disturbed by what I witnessed needless to say I went back inside I remained indoors for the rest of the night hoping that it was just my overactive imagination things went back to normal for the most part by the next morning and I attended work as usual without giving the weird incident another thought despite it all Eric was on my mind not for what had happened but as to why he had broken his routine just as I got back from work he noticed me just as he came up the stairs and he was as pleasant self as usual being a little envious and hoping to clear my doubts I asked him in a humorous and playful manner as to what he was doing out in the desert last night shouting my name before he could turn the key to unlock his front door his entire demeanor changed from casual to uptight as he stared at his apartment door momentarily before turning to face me his eyes were filled with concern and he looked at me and asked if I can repeat myself mentioning the incident again to him I noticed his breathing hasten as a sense of paranoia also set in he approached me closer and seemed desperate to know if I was being honest with him about what had happened I cannot further express the reality of the situation as I began to feel myself concerned his expression of dread soon transition to sadness as his eyes bowed to the floor as if for calling a bad memory or lost deep in thoughts Eric slowly walked back to his door with his eyes still situated on the floor but not before he glanced back up at me pleading that her remain indoors at night no matter what voice I heard calling my name I equally begged are they explained to me what was happening but he shut himself in his apartment before I had the chance to fully express myself Eric's reaction to what I had told him solidified that my experience was all too real to discredit at this point my mind raced throughout the night to praising me asleep even at work the next day I was deep into thought bothered yet again to make light and peace together these strange occurrences if there's one thing about me call it a strength or a flaw it is my persistence on getting to the bottom of things and leaving no stone unturned for the next few days despite not stepping outside my apartment at night I kept an eye out to see if I saw Eric again at some point as I was hoping to confront him and missed everything a week had passed and not only did I not see him but neither did I hear his voice calling out from the distance never was I a strong believer in the paranormal so naturally my mind gravitated to the conclusion that perhaps I was a pawn in some elaborate prank of his during one of my days off I was returning from visiting my parents and ended up reaching home later than I expected it was a little bit past midnight there were almost no residents outside at that hour so the complex was quieter than usual especially in the still air passing by Eric's door there was no sound emitting from the inside to indicate that he was home as I entered my apartment however from that moment I closed my door shut behind me I heard his open I quickly turned around and peered through my peephole to see Eric casually dressed as if he intended to go out this late with a duffel bag in his hand as he hurriedly took the stairs and was making his exit delaying my actions momentarily I hesitated with the thought of what to do before deciding to pursue him as I came downstairs to open the courtyard I realized that he had covered a lot of distance and was heading to the parking lot on the farther end of the complex choosing to run I managed to catch up to him just as I reached his car we were very much alone despite his surprised expression I sought to subtly give him a piece of my mind for possibly tricking me and causing me to feel paranoid amidst all my ranting and questioning I sensed that he was preoccupied with something else as he paid too little attention to me opening the back seat and dropping his bag in Erik urged me to go back to my apartment for some reason he was a lot more serious and concerned when he suggested I return indoors no longer did I try conversing with him rather than turn to walk away something was wrong and I could sense his intentions or whatever he was about to do will lead to bad results little was I 20 feet from him when a voice echoed Eric's name in the distance from the parking lot my frozen fear for the voice I heard was none other than my own I slowly turned back around to face Eric who was also standing still almost an anticipation for whatever was calling him as my voice rang out again I rushed up to Eric shrugging his arm as I whispered that he comes back inside we both looked around the deserted lot but there were no other people besides us the voice sounded off yet again but was followed by a low grumble as it neared us gesturing to Eric again that we should both run he whispered that I need to hurry and get in the car before the sound of the growl any closer Eric lunged into the driver's seat and started the engine fearful that I wouldn't make it back to my apartment in time I hopped in the backseat as Eric put the car into reverse as we exited the Lots making it onto the road I glared behind us and saw nothing but the dim lights at the parking lot and complex and minimizing in the distance there weren't any other cars on the road at that hour but for some odd reason Erik chose to drive in the opposite direction of town out into the desert before I could even question his sense of direction something nudged the right side of the car enough to force the car slightly to swerve I began to panic as it was obvious we were not alone on this Highway Erik glared around a concern when whatever it was slammed into the passenger side even harder this time I screamed out in shock and shouted for Erik to stop the car but all he did was accelerate more and frantically urged me to look out through my left out on the gloomy roadway my eyes widened for what I saw was a massive gray dog keeping an unnatural pace with the speeding vehicle I immediately lunge back to the other side of the car and sheer fright grabbing Erik by the shoulder as he drove faster I kept glancing to the front and back to see if there were any headlights in sight so that we can at least signal for help but there was only the sound of the revving engine in the heavy breathing of the animal keeping pace the dog became more aggressive as it banged against the car with even harder thud so much so that it nudged the car so much that we swerved off the road onto the rugged desert terrain though Erik managed to gain control of the vehicle we were still pretty banged up when we eventually came to a complete stop after all the previous tension there was suddenly a still silence all around we both tried to get a grip of ourselves before Erik glanced back to see if I was okay motioning to him that I wasn't injured from the accident we each peered around the perimeter of the car see if the dog was anywhere near but the darkness just made that impossible the only logical thing to do was find ourselves back onto the road and drive like hell in the direction of safety wasting no more time remaining stagnant Erik tried to restart the car but from the moment the headlights came on the fear returned as the dog was standing directly in front of the vehicle the creatures teeth were bare as its head bowed low and a vicious snarl while his glowing eyes locked fiercely with Erik's my eyes welled with tears as I covered my mouth from what I was witnessing glancing over at Eric he appeared to be now more angered than afraid as if he stared back at this hellish creature with an intent to fight it what happened next scarred my very soul his dog unleashed an eerie howl and began to contort its body right in front of us each of the creatures limbs began to snap like the sound of bones being broken the growls transitioned from that of an animal to that who a yell of a person the pawls turned the fingers and formed a hand the outstretched front legs became arms and it's nowt receded back into its head failing to get the car started in time eric reached his hand behind and whispered to me to reach into his duffel bag and find his handgun despite being paralyzed with fear I did as he said but what happened next garnered another scream from me the creature stood up on his hind legs right before us with the upper body of a man whose long hair covered most of his face and was clothed in animal fur of sorts his legs snapped back into position to human form as Eric groaned through his teeth for me to hurriedly hand him the gun I tried to focus yet again rifling through the bag not before the man began to walk towards the vehicle and over Eric's side of the car to my surprise the duffel bag contained a number of larger firearms but the moment I located the handgun I immediately dropped it in Eric's hand the man had reached the driver's door by now and Eric swung his hand open back over the front as soon as I heard Eric cocked the pistol I instantly ducked down in the back seat as he opened fire at the man through the window without hesitation all I heard were loud pops of the gun in the shattering glass before the man let out an animalistic hellish scream frightened I still dare to look up as Eric unbuckle the seatbelt and got out of the car as for the man he stumbled back to the front of the vehicle injured as his body began to contort yet again and his eyes reflected brightly in the headlights I wanted to shout at Eric back in the car but I was too afraid to even speak at this point aiming the gun at the man yet again Eric fired at him however after he was struck by one bullet in his back a man bolted off on all fours into the desert his sound could still be heard off in the distance for a long time like a scream between that of a man and the growl of a dog Eric circled the perimeter of the car with his gun hand and intensely looked for any sign of this creature being there or waiting for the creature to return finally calming myself enough I pleaded with him to get back in the car so we could just go to the nearest police station Eric refused to say a word but it said quietly got back in the car and started again after a few tries I climbed into the passenger seat as we drove onto the road headed back the way we came from my adrenaline was still high but surprisingly between the two of us Eric seemed the most unfazed at the encounter I argued that we should go to the police however Eric remained silent this time I demanded an answer and he responded calmly that we should go to the police what report are we going to make given that we just had this crazy I don't know this crazy encounter and how would anybody believe it regardless of how sincere we are despite how confused and scared I was this was the first thing all night that actually made sense who'd believe a dog knocked the car off the road and then transformed into a man Eric suggested that I don't return to my apartment tonight and that he would give me a drive to my parents place on the other side of town so I was safe I agreed but I still have questions I knew Eric had been avoiding them begging him to tell me the truth as we were now driving into the populated areas he finally opened up he explained that what we encountered earlier was a skinwalker an evil shape-shifter of Native American folklore that he was on the hunt for hence the reasons he was armed with numerous weapons in his bag the entity was stalking him for a while and I just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time following him so far I had to ask why such creature was after him as it turned out this was not Eric's first encounter with a skinwalker for the first time I saw genuine emotion from him as he confided in me that the creature was responsible for the disappearance and possible murder of his girlfriend over a year ago and despite its stalking him he had been hunting it ever since I saw the sadness and pain returned to his expression as I no understood the motive for everything he did that night the very last thing I asked him was the name of the girl finis lost and he quietly responded by saying Cindy I live in a pretty rural town in the southeast there are only two highways leading in and out and they passed through nothing but woods it's quite hilly and there are steep embankments on either side of the road in fact most accidents in town occur when someone is going too fast around a curve and gets stuck at the bottom of the embankment it's pretty serious when that happened since no one can get up or down those crashes without extensive gear recently my husband and I were driving home from visiting his family in a nearby town it was pitch black in the dead of night I think it was around 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. we were very close to our house off the highway when my husband spotted something on the side of the road he told me to be careful of the deer and pointed when I asked where as we passed we noticed that this quote-unquote deer was bipedal but still hairy and about the shape of a two tall human its eyes glowed in the headlights and it was walking up the embankment by the highway with ease when we looked at the hill we noticed it was one of those steep ones people couldn't climb no way I don't think it chased us then again I floored it after seeing that took my roundabout way home - just in case does this sound like a flesh gate or a skinwalker or a Wendigo I'm kind of freaking out this is way too close to home for comforts this happened back in 2018 in Western Kentucky and for privacy sake I won't disclose a location or any of our names my brother will be called G and my grandpa we'll just call pops every season my grandfather brother and I would head up to a small hotel outside of a town we would go frequently fishing around the bays and lakes there passed nightfall around 11:00 p.m. one night when we were fishing for catfish we let out a few fireworks before going back to the hotel to sleep after letting out the fireworks we heard some sort of demented scream across the water the only road to where we were fishing was a small gravel road surrounded by dense woods it wasn't uncommon to see deer or other wildlife in the woods there as there is a national park less than five miles away and very few people live around there on the way back we decided to stop and go Stargazer some three miles up the road in a small field while stargazing I saw a deer at the edge of the tree line across the field with my night fishing goggles hey gee a deer where after he had asked the deer started moving towards us across the field skinwalker he said no I don't doubt the existence of such creatures but I haven't seen one and I think immediately seeing a deer and freak me out calling it a skinwalker is kind of lame I said wrong area the skinwalkers are from New Mexico pop said after looking back in the night-vision goggles the deer was now about a hundred yards away it then stood up on its back legs which really started to freak me out and either G or pops could actually see it I think we should go ahead and go back to the hotel all right then we got in the car and went down the road as I looked out the rear of the windshield I saw the damn thing standing straight up in the middle of the road it was about eight or so feet tall at least that's my best guess it quickly ran and I mean ran back to the field after going back to the hotel G and I were watching YouTube to know about Midnight's and after turning off the lights and laying down I swore I could see something out of the window it definitely wasn't just a tree or a person as there would be no trees around and we were on the second floor if you know anything about what we might have seen I'd like to know after watching some YouTube videos I reckon it might have been a win to go where a skinwalker but I'm not sure so if you are even traveling in the countryside at nights don't stop to do anything you never know what you're going to see this happened last summer I just finished my freshman year in college I am part of the Navajo tribe after six hours of driving I wanted to relax and hang out with my boyfriend some of my friends and my family my parents and some of my uncles were going to a peyote meeting that was an hour away from my house I wanted to go but I knew I couldn't stay up all night so I plan to stay with my boyfriend friends and my younger siblings we are going to plan to have a game night before my parents were about to leave they caught us and all the kids to the fireplace outside they throw some cedar leaves in the fire as some pillar up and smoke we bless ourselves for protection and harmony and even though my boyfriend and friends weren't Navajo they even bless themselves we gave my parents hugs before they left and they say we aren't going to be back until tomorrow around noon after they left I set up the PlayStation for my two younger siblings as they wanted to play Minecraft my friends and my boyfriend were all playing cards I led him my three dogs a black deer head of chihuahua a basset hound mix and a rez dog mix we just relax and play around when I noticed the dogs were on full alert with their ears pointing up and looking outside I have a condition that if there is a strong spiritual pressure my right hand trembles it kind of feels like your arm falls asleep with non-stop shaking my people called us the hand tremblers then I heard a woman screaming in something crash I got up and closed all the windows along with the curtains as I was doing that I saw someone standing before some of the cars it had yellow eyes that glow in the dark it seemed as though if it was peering into my soul I shut the curtains quickly my friends and little siblings were terrified all I told him was that they can't enter the house so we are fine that's when I heard it calling my name Josh come outside we need to get hugs I shake it off as it sounded like my mom we are at home then it started to scream again something between a coyote and a woman after a couple of minutes of screaming and stops I got up to look around outside there was a coyote circling among the cars but it still had yellow eyes as it moves from my car to my boyfriends truck I saw it get up and it was standing on its hind legs I closed the window suggested to everyone that we should head to bed as we were all going to sleep in the living room so we got the mattress from my room and set it up in the living room my little siblings were scared I got up and on top of the door hangs a wooden lighter I rubbed my hands and fingertips together with ash and walked toward my sibling and rub the ash on their forehead of comfort and protection after an hour everyone was asleep when there was another crash as a car alarm started to beep I got up to look outside it was my car and the back passenger window was busted right open as I crap I remember that I didn't take in any box in the dorm room and it was my hairbrush I was kind of freaked out but my boyfriend wraps his body around me to try to calm me down I went to the stove to burn sweet grass and pray that nothing will happen to me and I went into the living room and grabbed my backpack and ate some bitter powder the next day I told my parents about what had happened they said that we should get a medicine man ASAP he did a quick prayer and blessed the house my car my siblings friends and my boyfriend in the next upcoming day I was feeling sick not motivated to becoming distant with everyone I kept having terrible dreams so my parents called the medicine man again they did numerous protection prayers the medicine man burned some cedar leaves and praise as the fire burns down he threw another handful of cedar leaves he looked into the fire to see who did this it turns out to be an ex-boyfriend from high school who got jealous of me how is successful and how my new relationship was better the medicine man gave me some herb to burn and to make tea to help me and protection prayer that anything that happens to me will be given back to the skinwalker that was hurting me in the Navajo way that jealousy will have a negative impact on you and the person you were jealous of it's very dangerous the skinwalker may pick up on that and put curses in order to get stronger let me begin with saying I was around seven when this happened I'm about to be fifteen so I still have a very vivid memory of this occurrence when I was younger we used to travel a lot for my mom's work particularly in our Motorhome we got to stay for free in campgrounds and take long national park vacations at this time we lived in Lake Havasu Arizona kind of irrelevant but a preface to the story we went on a camping trip to the Grand Canyon monument valley and petrified National Forest sometime in 2010 or 2011 when we finished our Grand Canyon leg we headed to the Navajo Nation to get to Monument Valley on the way we stopped at a little roadside shop on a particularly desolate area of the highway my mom and I purchased handmade juniper bracelets from a nice older lady there as my parents and other assorted families pursued the shop I talked to one of the four Gers she appeared to be the owner's daughter I believe in her early 30s she had overheard what route we were taking let her remember it if I'm honest and told me to be very careful of a man that hunted the highway at nights I haven't been able to find anything about it on mine I'm very sure that she called him the white Walker and no I'm not thinking of Game of Thrones she described him as an evil white man that stalks the highway at dusk and takes souls it was a very creepy thing to me especially since she had only told me and not my parents or anyone else I thought she was trying to scare me at first but she was very serious about it not like she was just trying to entertain me a little bit I didn't have an encounter that night but you best believe I washed the road with eyes wide open the entire Drive it was very unsettling out there and I'm usually a home and in the outdoors quite often to be honest it was just us in our clunky Motorhome we may be past two cars the entire Drive we had music playing loudly but I could tell that if we stepped outside the silence would engulf you please let me know if you have ever had an experience with this legend or know what kind of spirit of legend she was talking about she never said skinwalker and did not describe from what I've read a skinwalker but I can't be too sure

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Published: Sun Jul 07 2019