# A real phenomenon, not yet understood, acts on people, animals and instruments at the site.

> Disputed: A real phenomenon, not yet understood, acts on people, animals and instruments at the site.

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[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)[Did anything happen at the ranch between 1994 and 2010 that ordinary causes cannot explain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D0147PJ363M/did-anything-happen-at-the-ranch-between-1994-and-2010-that)Answer

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# A real phenomenon, not yet understood, acts on people, animals and instruments at the site.

A real phenomenon, not yet understood, acts on people, animals and instruments at the site.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, four against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Independent observers with no prior knowledge of the claims report similar events at similar rates.
- At least some events leave physical traces (carcasses, soil, instrument records) that survive third-party examination.
- Event rates do not track the presence of particular individuals or of film crews.

## What would rule it out

- Full release of the NIDS and AAWSAP records shows no instrumented event that cannot be matched to a mundane cause, and controlled observation over several years records nothing.

## Evidence 1 for · 4 against

[Many first-hand reports from the Shermans, NIDS staff and Lacatski over fifteen years describe similar…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0148XM300Z/many-first-hand-reports-from-the-shermans-nids-staff-and)

Suggestive

FOR

[Seven months after NIDS arrived its spokesman said there had been minor observations but nothing he would…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D01495E55PK/seven-months-after-nids-arrived-its-spokesman-said-there-had)

Supported

AGAINST

[The NIDS investigators' own book concedes they obtained very little physical evidence and none that could…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0149D80M7P/the-nids-investigators-own-book-concedes-they-obtained-very)

Supported

AGAINST

[The brother of the previous owner said nothing strange happened while the Myers family lived there.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0149N25PXN/the-brother-of-the-previous-owner-said-nothing-strange)

Suggestive

AGAINST

[The released AAWSAP contract documents and reports do not mention the ranch, and DIA's search for Lacatski's…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014GZE0SCH/the-released-aawsap-contract-documents-and-reports-do-not)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Did anything happen at the ranch between 1994 and 2010 that ordinary causes cannot explain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D0147PJ363M/did-anything-happen-at-the-ranch-between-1994-and-2010-that)

Most likelyThe reports grew from ordinary events and misperception in a place with a reputation, amplified by the people…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A real phenomenon, not yet understood, acts on people, animals and instruments at the site. [Answer ANS0D0148NT5RGE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D0148NT5RGE
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**ANS** 0D0148NT5RGE

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