In July 2004, near Gallup, New Mexico, I had my first and only encounter with a Skinwalker. Before this, I used to say "I'll believe it when I see it." Well, I'm a believer now. What I saw was not a full human nor a full animal.

I was moving and had just completed the cleaning and was with my 10-year-old son. We had called it a night and were headed to our new place. As we walked out the front door, I saw a figure move from behind my neighbor's car to a nearby tree that stood between our apartments. It didn't have red glowing eyes, snarling teeth, or a rotten smell. It did move quickly, but not quick enough to avoid the light from a nearby light post and the porch lights. It didn't look at me or come toward me.... It moved as if trying to avoid being seen. I was within fifteen feet of it, but I did not look back to fully inspect it. What I saw was a wolf-like animal that sort of resembled the beast in "Beauty and the Beast", just not cartoonish. It had brown fur that completely covered it, it wasn't a pelt, it was a very large wolf. It didn't have any human traits except that It walked on its hind legs. It cowered behind the tree as we got into our vehicle. When we got in, I asked my son, "did you see that??!" Thankfully, he hadn't. My brother-in-law insists that it wasn't a Skinwalker because I would have never seen it. To this day, I can picture what it looked like, know they exist and pray I never encounter one again.