# Kelleher 2005: Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah > Colm A. Kelleher, George Knapp, 2005. 23 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The source for all NIDS-period witness accounts and for the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D013WF67AF3/hunt-for-the-skinwalker-science-confronts-the-unexplained-at Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)Kelleher 2005 **0** # Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah Colm A. Kelleher, George Knapp, 2005. _Paraview Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster_. The NIDS investigator and the Las Vegas journalist's account of the Sherman family's experiences (renamed the Gormans) and of what NIDS staff reported seeing at the ranch between 1996 and 2004. The only extended record of the NIDS period; written by participants and not independently checked. **Skinwalker Ranch** BookChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The source for all NIDS-period witness accounts and for the "precognitive intelligence" reading. ## Cited by on this site 23 records [A real phenomenon, not yet understood, acts on people, animals and instruments at the site.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D0148NT5RGE/a-real-phenomenon-not-yet-understood-acts-on-people-animals) Answer ANS [NIDS recorded anomalous events on its instruments but never published the records.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014VQ67DDZ/nids-recorded-anomalous-events-on-its-instruments-but-never) Answer ANS [No; the 2005 book retells what the family reported in 1996.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014TZR4ZPT/no-the-2005-book-retells-what-the-family-reported-in-1996) Answer ANS [People killed, cut or stole the animals (theft, cult activity, harassment).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014CTM0VRP/people-killed-cut-or-stole-the-animals-theft-cult-activity) Answer ANS [The Myers family experienced or knew of strange events but did not speak of them.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D0157E668G3/the-myers-family-experienced-or-knew-of-strange-events-but) Answer ANS [The deaths were caused by the same unknown phenomenon that produced the sightings.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014D2E4NSK/the-deaths-were-caused-by-the-same-unknown-phenomenon-that) Answer ANS [The ranch is a local concentration of anomalous events, distinct from the Basin's general record.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D01557W2J7Q/the-ranch-is-a-local-concentration-of-anomalous-events) Answer ANS [NIDS field records and samples from the ranch, 1996-2004](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/artifacts/ART0D015SGA1NV6/nids-field-records-and-samples-from-the-ranch-1996-2004) ART [Creatures, the wolf and the 'tunnel of light' are reported from the ranch, not from the Basin's earlier…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0155024Q00/creatures-the-wolf-and-the-tunnel-of-light-are-reported-from) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [NIDS reports examining carcasses with unusual features.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014DA830NJ/nids-reports-examining-carcasses-with-unusual-features) Evidence EVD [The 2005 book describes staff sightings, some through night-vision equipment.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014W6T0Z7H/the-2005-book-describes-staff-sightings-some-through-night) Evidence EVD [Kelleher and Knapp publish Hunt for the Skinwalker](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/events/EVT0D0144RT3539/kelleher-and-knapp-publish-hunt-for-the-skinwalker) EVT [Colm Kelleher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/people/FIG0D0141K85C5R/colm-kelleher) FIG [George Knapp](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/people/FIG0D0141V21P6Q/george-knapp) FIG [Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch) The mystery article MYS [Are the ranch's reports distinctive within the Uintah Basin's own record of sightings and animal deaths?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014EHA6BJY/are-the-ranchs-reports-distinctive-within-the-uintah-basins) Question QST [Did anything unusual happen at the ranch while the Myers family owned it, from the 1930s to 1994?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014ES40PZ2/did-anything-unusual-happen-at-the-ranch-while-the-myers) Question QST [How reliable are the Sherman family's 1994–96 accounts, and how did they reach print?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014DA8480K/how-reliable-are-the-sherman-familys-199496-accounts-and-how) Question QST [What happened to the Shermans' cattle?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D0147YC7V7H/what-happened-to-the-shermans-cattle) Question QST [Colm Kelleher: Reported seeing, through night-vision equipment, a large humanoid…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/accounts/WIT0D01476Y4WKP/colm-kelleher-reported-seeing-through-night-vision-equipment) WIT [Terry Sherman: A large wolf approached the family in daylight, seized a calf through…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/accounts/WIT0D0146FG35YW/terry-sherman-a-large-wolf-approached-the-family-in-daylight) WIT [Two NIDS staff (unnamed): Reported watching from a ridge at night as a dim light formed in the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/accounts/WIT0D0146Z422V2/two-nids-staff-unnamed-reported-watching-from-a-ridge-at) WIT ## Cite it ``` Kelleher, C. A., & Knapp, G. (2005). Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah. Paraview Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hunt-for-the-Skinwalker/Colm-A-Kelleher/9781416505211 ``` [Find it at simonandschuster.com](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hunt-for-the-Skinwalker/Colm-A-Kelleher/9781416505211) Key **SRC** 0D013WF67AF3 Kind Book Rights The publisher's Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D013WF67AF3/hunt-for-the-skinwalker-science-confronts-the-unexplained-at/csl.json)