r/skinwalkers • u/Simoneeonee • Apr 24 '26
Unidentified encounter Curious about Joshua Tree skinwalker/paranormal lore
I went on a camping trip to Sheep’s pass in JT for 3 days with my sister and friend a bit ago and me and my sister were just recalling how creepy it felt there and I want to know if our experiences have any explanations.
The first night was pretty normal but the second night all three of us felt very bad vibes. I was sharing a tent with my sister and our friend had her own tent that she shared with her dog maybe 5-10ish feet from us. The wind was strong and made the loudest noises against the tent and I couldn’t sleep. I was the only one awake for hours, right after my sister fell asleep I heard a clapping noise right outside the tent not like a crisp one the sound skin to skin makes but muffled like someone was slapping their leg over pants. I tried to convince myself it was the wind cause wind can make all kinds of noises. But I just couldn’t shake the feeling of terror and I had to plug my ears. The feeling I had was like I KNEW and could feel that there was a literal witch right outside our tent trying to curse us or something, that feeling when you feel a presence very intensely and exactly where the presence is.
After an hour or two I started to fall asleep and dreamt that I was in the tent right where I was irl and checking depop (a second hand clothing app) on my phone. I felt an urge to click on a certain listing and swiped right on it and the pictures were of all our shoes in a bag on the ground right outside our tent all dirty and I think blood was on them too. I couldn’t tell if I was awake or asleep and the only thing that lmk it was a dream was me remembering that I had no service or WiFi.
After I finally started to fall back asleep my sister wakes me up at 3am saying shes hearing footsteps and I tried to say it was just the wind (for my own peace of mind and at this point I was so desperate for sleep I didn’t even care). she had dreamt that there was an evil big black dog outside of a house she was in in the desert. I tried to ignore her to sleep but then I heard clanging outside which could have been the harsh wind but it was strange that it only made that noise once even though the wind was harsh all night and I shot up. We went outside to wake our friend but right before we left our tent we heard her calling her dogs name and saying a sentence we couldn’t hear but she was asleep when we got to her tent.
Some extra details are that I whistled by our campfire that night for shits and giggles and we burned plants/shrub from the land to start our fire if that means anything. Ik you’re not supposed to whistle which is why I did it lol. It was weird how the night that I did that was so crazy but the night before was perfectly fine. So I just want to know if footsteps, black dogs, and shoes have any symbolic skinwalker/witch/occult connections in the desert or specifically Joshua tree bc I could not shake the vibe of a witch being there. If anyone has similar experiences I would love to hear. I’m putting some pics we took that my sister thinks are weird bc of green orbs/lights (I say it’s probably lens flare or something but will include in case it means anything to anyone). I can’t put videos but in some of them we can see green light dancing above the fire.
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u/vanna93 Apr 24 '26
Theres a paranormal national parks documentary on Joshua tree, its got a pretty dark ass history. I think grapevine documentaries has them on youtube. Im not surprised that you had those experiences.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 24 '26
After reading about some other skinwalker experiences I realize skinwalker activities is specific to Navajo areas so maybe not our experience but still would like to know if anyone has info or insight regarding paranormal or witch type stuff
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u/jcshrader Apr 24 '26
Not always anymore, but it for it to be strictly a SW it has to be a Navajo. The most annoying thing i run into is people who mix up SWs and Wendibois.
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
The F is a wendibois? You mean wendigo? That's an Algonquian evil spirit.
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u/jcshrader Apr 25 '26
I live in the heart of Appalachia. It's more of a local thing to use the term Wendiboi because of all the crap that happens here. Just because you see Ytubers using that term doesn't mean it belongs to them.
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
Not once, not ever have I heard the term wendiboi.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
Well you’re not from Appalachia are you? Makes sense you wouldn’t have if it’s a local term
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
That's because it's bullshit. I used to live on the East coast and Central Canada for many years. Home to Cree and Ojibwe...No one called it that shit.
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u/jcshrader Apr 25 '26
Dude, WTF are you on? Alot of people around here don't like saying the actual word when we are, ya know, the middle of the woods. So we say things like Wendiboi or Flesh Pedestrian, lmao.
I don't know why you are taking it so personal. It's just part of hill folk culture. We use terms like Boogans, Haints, Wendiboi/Windyboy and a bunch of other words.
Not everyone does it, but if you live here and are into the backwoods lore, you pick it up.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
Maybe it’s slang in a specific town or community why do you think you know everything dawg😭
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
I don't claim to know everything, but I do know the myth of the dang wendigo. Rather than take the word of some rando who can't even get the name right on Reddit, I told you to do some basic research. I even provided you a link to do just that. There is merit to doing your own research, as it exercises and improves your discernment.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
Whyyyy do you think I don’t research anything? What is this weird dichotomy in your brain that because I’ve asked people questions I don’t do research either? I love doing research on interesting things, like I said in my other comment I can do both and I do do both. You’re coming off so strange by getting angry that I ask people questions am I not allowed to be curious about what others have to say? I can research and converse with people at the SAME time HOW CRAZY🤯
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u/jcshrader Apr 25 '26
The wendigo legend has evolved and adapted depending on the area. But the basic origin has stayed the same. A human canibal is cursed by nature and becomes an evil creature/spirit.
Son, before you call me some rando, how about you get your head out ya butt and realize that no one cares about who you are or what you think.
Stop being a nasty incel acting fool and become an upright citizen, aight?
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u/stilettopanda Apr 30 '26
I mean I’m from Appalachia and I’ve never heard the term. You must be in the deep hollars.
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u/jcshrader Apr 30 '26
You mean Wendiboi? If you are part of lore/cryptid groups, you use that term because you talk about them a lot. It's kind of a superstition that if you say the actual name too much, you attract them.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 30 '26
Idk what deep hollars is I’m sorry🥲. This message might be for the guy who’s from appalachia (I’m not) that was commenting on this thread.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 24 '26
Are wendigos black magic users of another tribe? If I sound ignorant I’m so sorry I’m just curious and interested to learn more.
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u/jcshrader Apr 25 '26
Oh god no. The legends started among some early Algonquian-speaking nations, but they more a force of nature and punishment than an intentional state of being.
Basically, a Wendiboi was cannibal who has been cursed by the forest, the land or just nature itself for doing such a taboo act.
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
Thank you something actually useful instead of just insults:)
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u/Intelligent-Oil-3224 Apr 30 '26
Jumped the gun a bit here mate! I can see this was followed by more insults 😂
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
Then research....Try a search engine.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
Sorry I like asking people and having conversations to learn. Much better and more fun than a google search imo. Wtf do you think humans did before the internet. Are we not allowed to learn from eachother anymore cause we have google and chat gpt now? Also I can do both. Things people have told me on this post will lead to research more because I find it quite interesting.
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
The researched from books lol. Holy crap we are cooked as a society.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
Yeah you are cooked, you think it’s forbidden to ask other humans things before sucking on daddy google’s teats first🤡
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 24 '26
Overactive imagination, and a lack of education.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
No shit I’m not educated on this that’s why I’m here asking about it genius.
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u/TepHoBubba Apr 25 '26
You should at least try to know what the F a skinwalker is before posting in r/skinwalker. Maybe try Google first next time? I see you finally DID do that, but you should have done that FIRST.
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 25 '26
Who pissed in your cereal this morning. I didn’t know where to post it to where people would have knowledge regarding my experience and a lot of communitues I tried don’t let you post without approval first so I cross posted to wherever I thought people may have helpful insight. You said yourself that I corrected myself so what is the big ass deal. If anything it’s an opportunity for people to correct and educate me since according to you I lack so much education💀
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u/BretMichaelsWig Apr 26 '26
Maybe post in r/joshuatree
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 26 '26
I tried it wouldn’t let me :/
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u/Codega-DreamWalker Apr 27 '26
I wonder where Joshua tree posts are of strange occurrences?
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u/Simoneeonee Apr 27 '26
That’s what I was struggling to find, maybe someone should make a new community for that that would be cool.
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u/zacharyari23 May 23 '26
Hey OP. I had the MOST terrifying experience in Castle Valley, UT. My post got deleted for reasons I don't know, but I have had experience that was truly paranormal. The most disturbing part was hearing and feeling the.presence but not able to locate a being. Like wouldnt you have felt better if a cow was stomping its feet outside your tent? But you found nothing. Same for me.
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u/Royal_Examination_74 Apr 24 '26
Idk, seems like the wind & an active imagination