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A 19-year-old staying with his aunt and uncle near the New Mexico-Arizona border encountered something in an irrigation ditch that he still cannot fully explain. He had come to help his family for the summer after his first year of community college, working alongside his cousin Jonah on a rural property that seemed ordinary enough during daylight hours. The trouble began when his uncle noticed the ditch backing up and Jonah volunteered to clear it. His aunt objected sharply—"Not tonight"—but eventually relented on the condition that the narrator go with Jonah. The narrator thought she was being dramatic. He learned otherwise.
What the Ditch Held
The ditch ran along the back edge of the property, past a chicken pen where the family's dogs stopped following—a detail that bothered the narrator more than he admitted at the time. The water sounded wrong that night: a thick, uneven gurgle instead of its usual steady flow, accompanied by a smell like rotten meat and wet hair left somewhere too long. Jonah brought a pistol from the mudroom, and when the narrator asked if it was for snakes, Jonah answered "sometimes." When pressed further, he said only: "Stay close. And if I tell you not to look at something, don't look."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:21) **Setup: A Skeptic Confronts Real Fear** - The narrator explains his background as a previous skeptic of scary stories, setting up the contrast between theoretical bravery and the paralyzing nature of actual fear.
- 2 (04:48) **The First Warning: An Unspoken Rule** - During a normal evening meal, the family's behavior shifts from relaxed to tense, revealing a pre-existing, unspoken fear about the property after dark.
- 3 (07:11) **The Descent into the Ditch** - As the sun sets, the environment itself begins to feel wrong, with the dogs refusing to follow and the water sounding sick.
- 4 (08:59) **The Mimicry Begins: The Sound of a Woman Crying** - The first sign of the entity is a woman's crying from down the ditch, which Jonah immediately forbids the narrator from investigating.
- 5 (11:33) **The Revelation: Seeing the Skinwalker** - The narrator disobeys Jonah and shines the light on the source of the crying, revealing a creature that defies human categorization.
- 6 (14:14) **The Chase: A Flight for the House** - The creature pursues them across the field, using their own voices against them as Jonah fires a warning shot.
- 7 (17:55) **The Siege: The Creature Surrounds the House** - The family barricades themselves inside as the creature stalks the perimeter, using their voices and even sending text messages.
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Show Notes
Scary Skinwalker Stories That Will Keep You Up Tonight
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:00:18 Story 1
00:30:02 Story 2
Music by:
►'Decoherence' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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