Skinwalkers

There are some creatures so powerful and malicious that even speaking about them will make you their target. That's why so little is known about the Skinwalkers.
The legendary creatures of the Navajo Nation.
Yee Naaldlooshii, another name for the Skinwalkers, translates to he who walks on all fours.
They are said to be witches who have gained the power to shapeshift. They will wear the skin of the animal they wish to take the form of, and once the transformation is complete they will have the strengths and powers of that animal.
They’re harmful and have the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal. They intentionally cause harm to others and are never associated with healers.
But this isn't done just for the fun of it.
The intent of the Skinwalkers is pure evil. They can use mind control on their victims to make them hurt others and themselves.
One of their initiation rituals is to murder a family member. It is also said that if you make eye contact with a Skinwalker, it will absorb your soul and even steal your body. This may seem like another urban legend, but to the Navajo, it is very real.
In 1878, about 40 people were purged by tribe members who accused them of practicing malevolent witchcraft.

And then, there was the curious case of Sarah Saganitso.
In June of 1987, Sarah was working
the night shift at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona. It was her first time working the late shift and her family became worried when she didn't come home.
They went to the medical center the following morning, that's when they found the body of a woman whose face was so bruised, she was almost unrecognizable.
But they knew that it was Sarah.
Her torso had numerous stab wounds. And her left breast appeared to have been bitten off. There was also a broken stick oddly left on her neck, as well as a clump of grass from a graveyard in the distance found near her car.
Who, or what would've done such a thing?
The police believed it was George Abney. A former professor at Northern Arizona University.
He had apparently been telling his friends about strange dreams he had been having where he was witnessing Sarah's murder.
I was receiving prophecies from God, he said.
But his defense lawyers had another theory.
“That broken stick, the clump of grass? This is the work of a Skinwalker.”
Nobody was buying this defense and George was found guilty.
However, a year later, his case was reopened by Sarah's family. They believed he was truly innocent, and George was acquitted of all charges.
He apparently even became a close family friend to the Saganitsos. So did George take advantage of the Navajo's belief in the Skinwalkers to get away with murder? Or, was he in fact innocent? Until there is definitive proof, I guess this will just be another unexplainable event.
If these creatures are indeed real…
be careful, you might be drawing their attention to you.